Mayor Marty Walsh
A Good Mayoral Debate, But Marty Walsh Makes A Bad Demand
There was a really good mayoral debate Tuesday night, which I hope some voters tuned in to see. Moderators Jim Braude and Margery Eagan asked […]
Dropkick Murphys Rewrite Lyrics to ‘Shipping Up to Boston’ In Support of Marty Walsh
The Dropkick Murphys don’t change their song lyrics for just anybody. But when they do, they do it for Marty Walsh. Walsh, one of two […]
Let’s Agree to Call the First Mayoral Debate a Dress Rehearsal
This was a good idea, in hindsight, to have a dress rehearsal, warm-up, spring training debate of sorts. Neither John Connolly nor Marty Walsh has […]
Did Marty Walsh Over-Perform in the Preliminary (And Will He Do It Again)?
There is a school of thought among some Boston political insiders that says Marty Walsh is in better shape than polls suggest because his massive, […]
The Endorsements Start For Marty Walsh
John Barros and Felix Arroyo are endorsing Marty Walsh for mayor today. Neither is a huge surprise: Barros, of Dorchester, has known Walsh a long […]
Boston Voters Think All The Candidates Are Great
I love everybody—and so do Boston voters, apparently. The new Suffolk/Herald poll finds that no more than 16 percent view any of the citywide candidates […]
John Connolly Poll Shows Him Starting With A Lead
John Connolly’s campaign conducted a poll that shows him with a 12-point lead over Marty Walsh at the start of the six-week final race for […]
Marty Walsh Takes Up A Battle On The Wrong Turf
One of my rules of thumb for campaign analysis is that whoever’s turf the battle is being fought on is probably the one getting the advantage. […]
Connolly or Walsh: Who Is The Bigger People’s Pledge Hypocrite?
The people of Boston surely have many weighty things to consider in choosing their next mayor, but none more consequential than independent campaign expenditures. No, […]
Is Marty Walsh Too Much of a Union Guy?
One of the big topics of the Boston mayoral race has been whether state representative Marty Walsh is too much of a union guy to […]
In July, Marty Walsh Said He Would Sign Pledge If Others Did
This past Wednesday, as the battle over the so-called “People’s Pledge” or “Boston Pledge” against independent expenditures came to a boil in the mayoral campaign, […]
Mayoral Forums Are Boring, But They Don’t Have To Be
Wednesday was a big day for Boston’s fledgling mayor’s race: In the morning, there was an eight-candidate forum at the Boston Society of Architects and, […]
Marty Walsh Drops The Race Angle
Yesterday I hit mayoral candidate Marty Walsh for claiming that signature requirements disproportionately prevent “candidates of color” from ballot access. Today, Walsh is pushing forward with the […]