The Boston Globe: on Principles & Values
Donald Trump:
Mocks opponent as "Pocahontas" at Native American event
Most candidates hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren in next year's election aren't shying away from President Donald Trump's criticism of her claims of Native American heritage, although all but one say they won't be adopting Trump's habit of
deriding the Massachusetts Democrat as "Pocahontas."Warren has called the Republican president's use of the name a racial slur. Warren has acknowledged telling Harvard and an earlier employer, the University of Pennsylvania, of her heritage but only
after she had been hired.
Pocahontas was a native woman who lived in present-day Virginia in the 1600s and agreed to marry an English colonist to help ensure peace and protect her people.
Questions about Warren's heritage, which first surfaced
during her successful 2012 campaign to oust Republican Sen. Scott Brown, haven't dampened her popularity in Massachusetts. One recent poll found her leading each of her challengers by more than 20 percentage points.
Source: Boston Globe, on Trump Administration, "Use of 'Pocahontas'"
Dec 5, 2017
Katherine Clark:
Kitchen Table Tour: informal Q&A at voters' homes
Clark aired three television ads in recent weeks. In each, she derided Republicans and underlined her support for equal pay for women in the workplace and female reproductive rights--hewing to well-worn Democratic talking points. But beyond the standard
mechanisms of a Congressional campaign, Clark, who is warm and engaging in person, also ran something of a under-the-radar kaffeeklatsch effort. The Congressional hopeful attended several dozen informal sessions at voters' homes in the district,
in what she called a "Kitchen Table Tour." Sometimes the sip-and-schmooze sessions were attended by only a few people, sometimes by a roomful. But in each, Clark had an opportunity to speak at length and answer voters' questions.
Campaign aides believe this effort has a multiplying effect. Voters who met Clark and liked her, shared their enthusiasm with friends and neighbors.
Source: Joshua Miller, Boston Globe, "Political Inteliigence"
Oct 15, 2013
Katherine Clark:
Elected to School Committee, State House, then State Senate
Born and raised in New Haven, Conn., Clark lives with her husband and their three school-age sons in Melrose. A graduate of St. Lawrence University, where the majored in history,
Clark also has degrees from Cornell Law School and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
A former member of the Melrose School Committee, she was first elected to the Legislature as a state representative in 2008, winning a state Senate seat in 2010.
Before becoming a lawmaker on Beacon Hill, Clark served as Chief of the Policy Division in Attorney General Martha Coakley's office and as general counsel for the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services.
Source: Joshua Miller, Boston Globe, "Political Inteliigence"
Oct 15, 2013
Alan Khazei:
Citizen-led, citizen-energized, & citizen-financed campaign
With hundreds of supporters cheering him on at Boston Common, City Year cofounder Alan Khazei officially announced his candidacy yesterday for the US Senate seat of Edward M.
Kennedy, vowing to run a "citizen-led, citizen-energized, and citizen-financed" campaign. "Some pundits will say I'm a good guy who's done a good thing, but I don't have a chance, because I don't have political experience,"
Khazei said. "And in one way, they'll be right: I don't have any experience in running up trillions of dollars in debt. I don't have any experience in the politics of division and distraction and destruction.
They will say that I start behind in the money race, the horse race, the name ID race, and the ad wars. But that will all change very quickly because of you."
Source: Eric Moskowitz in Boston Globe, "Khazei enters race"
Sep 25, 2009
Sarah Palin:
Miss Congeniality in statewide beauty pageant in 1984
Palin, 44, worked in corporate communications and as a television sportscaster, describes her current occupation as governor and “commercial fisherman” and is a former beauty queen who was featured in a Vogue magazine spread last year.In college,
Palin competed in the Miss Wasilla beauty pageant in 1984 while working toward the communications degree she received at the University of Idaho in 1987. She won her hometown’s competition and was named Miss Congeniality in the statewide event.
Source: Boston Globe, “A valentine to evangelical base”, p. A12
Aug 30, 2008
Sarah Palin:
Star high school athlete in Fellowship of Christian Athletes
A standout high school multiple-sport athlete nicknamed “Sarah Barracuda,” Palin was team captain for the Wasilla High Warriors, an underdog girls’ basketball team that improbably won the state championship.Raised in a religious household, her faith
apparently emerged at a young age: a photo of her from a high school yearbook carries a Biblical caption: “He is the light and the light is the life.” While in high school she headed her high school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Source: Boston Globe, “A valentine to evangelical base”, p. A12
Aug 30, 2008
Sarah Palin:
Gained political prominence as a whistleblower
One commentator noted that] Palin--a 44-year-old former small-town mayor who gained prominence as a whistleblower against fellow Republicans in Alaska--seemed to better suit
McCain’s style. “This is a maverick picking a maverick, and I think it makes sense,” he said.
Source: Boston Globe, “Romney backers”, p. A12
Aug 30, 2008
Ed O`Reilly:
Formally announced at the Democratic State Convention
A Gloucester attorney is planning to challenge Sen. John Kerry in the 2008 election, saying the Massachusetts Democrat was wrong to support military intervention in Iraq and should be replaced to bring a fresh perspective into the political system.
Edward O’Reilly, a former lobsterman, firefighter, Gloucester city councilor and Gloucester School Committee member, plans to run as a Democrat.O’Reilly, 53, plans a formal announcement at the Democratic State Convention in Amherst.
A year from now, he will need to gain the support of 15% of the convention delegates to secure a spot on the Democratic primary ballot against Kerry. Kerry was unchallenged during his 2002 re-election campaign. O’Reilly said Kerry was wrong to vote in
Oct. 2002 in favor of a congressional resolution authorizing war with Iraq, a vote Kerry himself now says was a mistake. A Kerry spokesperson said “Sen. Kerry is honored to serve Massachusetts and looks forward to his re-election campaign.”
Source: Associated Press in Boston Globe, “Challenge Kerry”
May 17, 2007
Christy Mihos:
Ran for State Senate on South Shore in early 1990s
Q. It’s a little bit forgotten, but you ran for state Senate down on the South Shore. And it was a closely fought race, and you lost. Can you talk about that experience?A. Well, I’m glad I did it certainly, and the best thing that ever happened
to me was losing, because certainly back in 1990, 1991 the economy really just went into the tank, and I was able to focus back on Christy’s, and I was able to get through some real tough times when a lot of my peers in the business went bankrupt.
I think I answered questions [in the campaign], not in a political manner, but it was yes, no, I’m for this, I’m not for that, and I was a young rookie at the time certainly.
Q. So now you would be answering questions in a far different way?
A. Look, I’ve had a lot of experience. When I got into the Turnpike Authority I was about 6 foot 2. Now I’m 5 feet 8. I got my brains beaten in by your paper and a couple others in the city. But I’ve learned a lot. I’ve learned what this is all about.
Source: Interview in Boston Globe, by NECN’s Jim Braude
Apr 26, 2006
Christy Mihos:
Supported Romney to create viable two-party system
Q. You are seen as someone who [was] very much behind Governor Romney’s election or sort of reentry into Massachusetts politics. You commissioned a poll and triggered a lot of momentum for Romney, and then it seems like that wasn’t repaid to you
in terms of loyalty from Romney. A. Well, certainly at the time, we all watched him open up the Olympics without a hitch and all. I knew him from his senatorial run, certainly. But if you’re looking for credit or loyalty in this business,
get a dog, basically. When [Romney] was focused that first year and a half, I thought he was hell on wheels. I thought he was really going to make a difference here; he was going to build the Republican Party so we’d have a viable two-party
system, but it didn’t happen. I say this all the time: There must be a seat-ejection switch in that governor’s chair, because as soon as they sit in it, pow, they want to get out, and I’ve never understood it
Source: Interview in Boston Globe, by NECN’s Jim Braude
Apr 26, 2006
John Kerry:
Clear separation of church and state
Kerry says, ‘I believe in the separation [of church and state].
Source: Complete Biography By The Boston Globe, p.293
Apr 27, 2004
Howard Dean:
Appeals $76 late fee on property tax; known as a tightwad
Howard Dean is battling the city of Burlington VT, over a $76.01 fee for late payment of his property taxes, a fee he says was unfairly assessed. Burlington city officials are expected to take up the matter at a hearing. Dean does not plan to attend.
Earlier this month, a subcommittee ruled against Dean, ordering him to pay the penalty. Dean says he paid his quarterly tax assessment on time, and at the same time, prepaid three other quarterly assessments in a lump sum, because, he wrote in a letter,
“my campaign keeps me so busy.”
The payment was due Aug. 12, but the city says it received Dean’s check for $6,080.20 on Aug. 21. Dean’s Burlington home is assessed at $221,300.
Dean’s campaign released a statement yesterday saying, “The Governor
is exercising his right, as a citizen of Burlington, to appeal the $76.01 in interest and penalties and will abide by the decision of the Board. This will come as no surprise to Vermonters, who are well aware that Howard Dean is a tightwad.”
Source: Sarah Schweitzer, Boston Globe, p. A3
Sep 20, 2003
Arnold Schwarzenegger:
Needs no money; so will represent ordinary citizens
The Republican actor’s campaign theme has been sounding in $1 million worth of 60-second television spots since Wednesday:
Because he doesn’t need money from anyone, he will represent ordinary people, not the special interests.
Source: Boston Globe, p. A16, column 6
Aug 24, 2003
Bill Simon:
Exits race to avoid splitting GOP vote
Bill Simon, Republican son of the US Treasury secretary under Presidents Nixon and Ford, William E. Simon, dropped out of California’s gubernatorial recall race yesterday.
The move appeared to have improved the position of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor and current frontrunner.
“I strongly believe that the desire of Californians must come before the aspirations of any single candidate,” Simon said in a statement.
Polls have found that Schwarzenegger was leading the Republicans, but was still running neck-and-neck with the leading Democrat among the replacement candidates, Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante.
Source: Boston Globe, p. A16, column 5
Aug 24, 2003
Bill Simon:
Exits California recall race to avoid splitting GOP vote
Bill Simon, son of the US Treasury secretary under Presidents Nixon and Ford, William E. Simon, dropped out of California’s gubernatorial recall race yesterday. “I strongly believe that the desire of Californians must come before the aspirations of any
single candidate,” Simon said in a statement. Polls have found that Arnold Schwarzenegger was leading the Republicans, but was still running neck-and-neck with the leading Democrat among the replacement candidates, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante.
Source: Boston Globe, p. A16, column 5
Aug 24, 2003
Cruz Bustamante:
Dems strategy: No on recall, yes on Bustamante
Leaders and contributors in both parties, apparently concerned about splitting the vote Oct. 7 if Davis is recalled, have started lining up behind the two front runners, Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante and Republican actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Republicans largely have supported Schwarzenegger, and Democrats have tended to favor a “No on recall, yes on Bustamante” strategy.
Source: Boston Globe, p. A16, column 5
Aug 24, 2003
Cruz Bustamante:
Campaign strategy: No on recall, yes on Bustamante
Leaders and contributors in both parties, apparently concerned about splitting the vote Oct. 7 if Davis is recalled, have started lining up behind the two front runners,
Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante and Republican actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Republicans largely have supported Schwarzenegger, and Democrats have tended to favor a “No on recall, yes on Bustamante” strategy.
Source: Boston Globe, p. A16, column 5
Aug 24, 2003
JoAnn Sprague:
Socially liberal yet fiscally conservative
At a rally in front of the State House yesterday, Republican state Senator Jo Ann Sprague declared: “All through this process, I’ve heard the pundits ask, ‘How can you beat the Democrats?’ Well today, we begin to answer that question, as this campaign
officially moves into high gear and I announce my candidacy for the US Congress.” Sprague’s aides believe that Lynch can be beaten by a moderate Republican in the mold of former Governor William Weld - socially liberal yet fiscally conservative.
Source: Boston Globe, p. B4
Sep 7, 2001
Harry Browne:
Little difference between Dems & Reps; hopes to be spoiler
Polls in Colorado and Illinois show Harry Browne drawing support from 3% of voters, with Bush & Gore in a statistical dead heat. “It would be nice if I got 3% in a state that was decided by 1%,” Browne said, relishing the idea of the role of spoiler.
He won 485,759 votes in the 1996 presidential vote, less than 1% of the national tally. A Libertarian Party spokesman said the polls show Browne and the Libertarians are finally breaking through. “It’s important from the standpoint of letting
people know that when they vote for the Libertarian candidate their vote counts,“ the spokesman said.
Not that Browne cares who wins. ”I didn’t vote for 30 years because I did not see any difference between Republicans and
Democrats,“ said Browne, who is doing little to encourage participation in the Nov. 7 presidential election. ”I don’t blame people who don’t vote today,“ he added.
Source: Reuters story in Boston Globe, p. A6
Sep 18, 2000
Gary Bauer:
Something is wrong, despite good economy
Despite the Dow Jones Industrial Average over 10,000, a growing economy and despite all of the things to our credit, you and I know there is something wrong in America, Bauer said.
Source: Boston Globe, Thursday April 22, 1999, p.A21
Apr 22, 1999
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