MA gubernatorial debate on CBS4 news: on Principles & Values

Chris Gabrieli: Candidacy based on getting results, not partisanship

GABRIELI: I think that my candidacy was premised on the fact that it’s not really fundamentally about Democrat or Republican, it’s about getting results. I have a record of getting results throughout my career. I have put forward detailed specific plans of how I’ll get results.

• How I will cut taxes, but do it smartly by taking it out of income growth.
• How I will drive the economy by taking advantage of expansion in the innovation economy and investing in those areas that drive new technologies and new fields.
• How to bring down the cost of housing in Massachusetts so that seniors aren’t pushed out of their homes by making our circuit breaker work better to let them stay in their homes.

Deval Patrick: Brings leadership and grassroots power to Beacon Hill

PATRICK: I think first of all, the point about the clarity of ideas, and the depth of them. I want to point out that we’ve put out ideas over the last year, very specific plans for how to move Massachusetts forward. But the edge I think that I bring is leadership that includes government, but also business also non-profits, and also community groups. I’ve gotten results in every one of those contexts and no one else in this race has this range of leadership experience. That’s one difference. Another difference is that I run a campaign that is about inviting people who have checked out to check back in, whatever their political philosophy and wherever they are in the commonwealth. And I think that brings a different kind of power, a people power, a grassroots power to Beacon Hill. Unless we change that culture with that kind of power, all bets are off.

Tom Reilly: People looking for independent who fights for average people

REILLY: People are looking for independents. I’ve been an independent Democrat throughout my career. Willing to stand up to my party when it was right for the people of Massachusetts. A big issue in this campaign is rolling back the taxes; I’m the only Democrat in this race who is willing to stand up and fight for the people on things that are important to them. I have a proven record of getting things done, and things that are important too, their safety, the protection of their children, also on the education of their children as well. So I have a proven record of standing up for people and fighting for people. I live the life of a average working family in Massachusetts, I understand that life, I’ll be a governor who is going to be on their side.