State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill plans to leave the Democratic Party this week, two advisers said yesterday, in what is probably a first step toward an independent challenge to Governor Deval Patrick, a Democrat, in next year’s election.Now, I don't know if this is a particularly smart move for Cahill to make. Massachusetts is owned, lock, stock, and barrel, by the Democratic party. Our governor is a Democrat. Both of our US Senators are Democrats. All ten of our US Congressmen are Democrats. Representation at the state level is something like 90% Democrat. This is a risky move for Cahill - if he upsets the powers-that-be, he finds himself out on the street post haste.
By removing his name from the Democratic ledgers in Quincy City Hall and declaring himself unenrolled, Cahill will be making not only a strong philosophical statement, but a practical one as well. As an independent, Cahill will be positioning himself as an outside candidate at a tumultuous time on Beacon Hill; he will also be sidestepping an uphill primary fight against an incumbent in a possible gubernatorial race.
Conventional wisdom is that he's doing it to secure a slot in the 2010 Gubernatorial race, that he would never defeat incumbent Governor Patrick for the Democratic nomination. Cynically, I wonder if he's doing this to hurt the GOP rather than Deval Patrick - by giving the MA voters a former Dem to vote for as opposed to a Republican, Cahill can split the opposition vote and secure Patrick's re-election. Stranger things have happened, especially in MA politics...
In any case, the next year and a half should prove quite interesting...
That is all.
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I'm thinking that he's thinking that in a couple of years, the word "Democrat" will be commonly pronounced with the same tone as "sex offender" ..... it already is out here in flyover country ..... When BO's policies have their effects, the sentiment will be pretty much universal.
I like it! He'll split the Moonbat vote, and give Mihos an edge over the already bloody Patrick.
Of course I'm still pissed at Mihos for giving us Patrick in the first fucking place.
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