Posts Tagged ‘Marian Walsh’
Deval’s preemption
After Tim Cahill’s appearance on On The Record this weekend, Deval is doing some preemption to try to save his hide. That show saw Cahill using the first Marian Walsh attack of the election, and also a spending cut attack (Cahill says Deval hasn’t cut enough spending). Knowing that Walsh, Aloisi, Grabauskas, and other mistakes will be a defining issue of this campaign, Deval said this yesterday: “Fear is going to be used as a tool in this campaign. You watch it. I will.’’ By saying this, he is attempting to preempt his opponents from going negative on him. It is an interesting strategy, but I don’t think it will work. Unfortunately, there is too much to be used against him. My prediction one year out is that the Walsh hiring will be brought up by all 3 opponents, as it is a major example of Deval’s cronyism. I predict that the Democrats will hold steady in both houses of the General Court, but that we’ll lose the corner office.
