There are other Democrats running for Senate in Massachusetts in addition to Elizabeth Warren despite her high profile entrance to the race against Senator Scott Brown.
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Eric Fehrnstorm's @CrazyKhazei account hijinks have now backfired entirely. Fehrnstrom, Mitt Romney's former communications director and current presidential campaign adviser and adviser to Senator Scott Brown, used the account to mock CityYear founder Alan Khazei's run for Senate. Of course, Fehrnstrom exposed himself as the tweeter when he used his own Twitter account, @EricFehrn, to post a "CrazyKhazei" type tweet regarding Khazei's charity and potentially improper payments to and from it.
Senator Scott Brown's list of opponents for 2012 has grown and now includes someone people have heard of in the person of Democratic activist Alan Khazei, who today announced he was running. He lost to Martha Coakley in the Democratic primary in 2009. Bob Massie, who hired Howard Dean's former advisor Joe Trippi, and attorney Marisa DeFranco are also running for the Democratic nomination.
In a semi-surprising move, the Boston Globe endorses Alan Khazei in the Democratic primary for Senate. The Globe calls the City Year founder "Massachusetts’ best chance to produce another great senator," citing Khazei's strong vision, collaborative talents, and forward-thinking stance. Other candidates are criticized: Michael Capuano for basing his campaign on "populist anger," Martha Coakley for lacking "legislative energy", and Stephen Pagliuca as "not a good fit" for the Senate job. Folks at Blue Mass Group wonder if the Khazei endorsement is anything more than a union-busting move for charter schools, and note that the Boston Pressmen's Union endorsed Capuano a while ago, putting the Globe in (unsurprising) conflict with some of its own workers.
Bostonist was there for the taping of the debate between Democratic primary candidates competing for the chance to get Teddy Kennedy's senate seat in the upcoming January special election. Here's our record of what happened, in case you didn't get to watch for yourself. We weren't supposed to post before the thing actually aired. This is unedited, uncut, so forgive errors--will correct as soon as possible! And to be clear, this is by no means an exact transcript--there's lots of paraphrase, and a little snide commentary. (Full program if you missed it.)
Tomorrow, two debates will take place that might help you make a decision in the special election race to fill Ted Kennedy's senate seat. First, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce sponsors a debate between the Republican candidates Scott Brown and Jack E. Robinson tomorrow at 8am. It's too late to register (aka pay through the nose) to attend, sadly, but we'll try to round up some reactions for you.
City Year founder and former Americorps CEO Alan Khazei is running for Ted Kennedy's senate seat, and has been endorsed by Max Kennedy. Now, Khazei's asking you to pick his campaign video. We kinda like the "I rhyme with Jay-Z platform," but others may be more partial to this somewhat amazing take on the Cheers song.
-- Social media gets shut down in a Boston hospital. Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel, comments on his blog. [Running a Hospital]
- Thirteen communities Massachusetts are getting $8.1 million in federal stimulus cash to rehire 127 firefighters. [Boston Herald]
- While Martha Coakley has some favorable polling data, Alan Khazei has something Coakley probably won't get: the endorsement of a Kennedy, in this case, RFK's son Max Kennedy. [Boston Globe]
Bostonist isn't running for Senate. Neither is Stephen Lynch, who said there wasn't enough time to prepare for a run. Everyone else is, or may be. City Year founder Alan Khazei is apparently running. The Boston Globe said Khazei will get the nomination papers today and begin collecting signatures. Khazei had been considering running for the Senate so it's not a huge surprise that he's making it official. The idea that Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca, last seen trying to buy the Globe, is possibly running for the seat vacated by Ted Kennedy's death in August, comes out of half-court left field.
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