The Boston Globe has endorsed Baker.

[merrily]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2014/10/26/charlie-baker-for-governor/r4Yymw55jVr20D53EhUIkK/story.html

The Globe is also showing Baker nine points up.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/10/23/baker-pulling-away-from-coakley-new-poll/t1UAIVNm4FWE9i31bf6YTM/story.html

Other polls are within the margin of error, but Coakley is not ahead in any of them and the Globe's is the most recent.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2014/governor/ma/massachusetts_governor_baker_vs_coakley-3266.html

And, I imagine the Globe endorsement is going to kick him up at least a tick.


I don't often wish I had been dead wrong, but this is one of them. She is not a good candidate.

All that said, NEVER give up on an election. Schumer said Sunday that the ground game alone is worth several points that do not show up in the polls.

Vote and GOTV.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. I'm not surprised, actually.

I'm having a tough time getting behind Coakley. That debacle with Scott Brown will haunt her forever.

[merrily]

2. You can get behind Baker's policies? Thanks, but no thanks.

[HomerRamone]

3. My sports team lost a championship, so I'm never going to root for them again nt

[merrily]

4. So, you're not a Red Sox fan, I take it?

I kid.

[HomerRamone]

5. I was pointing out something to the person who might not vote for Coakley

because she "played badly" last time

[merrily]

6. I understood.

I'll be the first to admit that she doesn't make a great candidate, except when she runs for AG, but she'll make a much better Governor than Baker--and that's so much more important than being a great candidate for Governor.

[HomerRamone]

7. Unfortunately horserace is all that matters to the media-brainwashed nt

[polmaven]

8. I kept hearing on the radio...

that it is the first time in 20 years the Globe has endorsed a Republican for Governor, and states that they are both qualified, but.....and the first thought that went through my mind was...."but Charlie Baker has one thing Martha Coakley does not have - Charlie Baker has one additional body part, which makes him more qualified!!"

[merrily]

9. I just checked RCP and Richard Tisei is leading too, though also in the margin of error.

That is a very odd race, indeed. The Democrat is a vet and getting bashed with ads about big Wall Street donations, and the Republican is a married gay man.

I don't think Martha has done a lot with the first female Governor of Massachusetts bit. It's hard for her to do it herself, but I think surrogates should be out there pointing it out. I think that would help get out the vote in a state like Massachusetts.

I feel strongly she would make a good governor, certainly far better than Baker. I just wish she were a stronger campaigner.