Bostonist: Another Reilly Campaign Stumble, But Maybe Not So Bad

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Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:59:49 -0500

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Trenchant

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:02:04 -0500

It's now Thursday morning and he still hasn't updated his Web site. I'd say his campaign is in crisis and that his Web people are in a state of paralysis due to lack of coherent direction from the top.

Trenchant

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:38:45 -0500

It's 11:37 p.m. and Marie St. Fleur has been out of the race for more than 8 hours and tomorrow's newspaper stories have all been written but Tom Reilly's campaign website (http://www.tomreilly.org) is still carrying the headline: "Reilly Taps St. Fleur As His Running Mate For Lieutenant Governor." And the testimonials about St. Fleur from Scott Harshbarger, Ralph Martin and Thomas Menino are still there. It's just another example of Reilly's bumbling, ham handed approach to campaigning. Doesn't he know that the Internet is the fastest place to keep your message totally current? Doesn't he know that reporters on deadline are likely to go to his website to get his spin on the latest developments? Like his policies or hate them, the man is just a lousy politician. Actually, he's downright embarrassing.

jon

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:36:11 -0500

wha? a democrat in the corner office in mass. it's like y'all think this is a "blue state" or something. jeez.

Josh

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:26:57 -0500

Well, forget everything I've said up to now: I just saw that St. Fleur has withdrawn. There's no spinning that, I guess. I would feel obliged to be contrite about how wrong I was, except that Reilly keeps going to new levels of surprising ineptitude and I don't think anybody coulda predicted all this idiot business. Dag.

Josh

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:15:36 -0500

I'm not saying it doesn't have the potential to be a liability, and I'm not really trying to say anything about Reilly's qualifications. All I'm saying is that this particular mini-scandal could be handled with the right spin. Perhaps the best test of Reilly's smarts and political acumen will be whether he (and St. Fleur) have the wherewithal to make student loan debt and house financing problems into an emblem of working class cred. I have my doubts. Coakley's jumping in might be a fine idea, but I don't think Reilly has the humility to drop everything like that.

soccerguy

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:35:26 -0500

I agree that Reilly is not on top of his game. But how can you say this will not be a liability. Reilly clearly isn't cut out for the corner office. He should step aside and remain as Attorney General. Deval is too devicive to be governor. Martha Coakley, the only remaining strong candidate running for statewide office, should jump into the gubernatorial race and save the Democratic party in Massachusetts.