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Can Floon win more black votes?
By adamg on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 7:57am
At yesterday's deputy-mayor press conference/rally, Michael Flaherty never introduced the guy standing right up there with him and Sam Yoon: Former state Senator Bill Owens, who had endorsed Yoon in August. But is the presence of the man defeated by Dianne Wilkerson in 1992 enough to increase Flaherty's vote getting in black neighborhoods?
Chris Lovett writes it could be the deciding factor in Flaherty's bid for mayor, because Yoon peaked in areas with traditionally low turnout in general city elections, such as Jamaica Plain, Back Bay and Allston/Brighton. Lovett talks to former city councilor Larry DiCara about turnout, especially in minority areas where Menino did particularly well.
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Comments
Ticket doesn't make sense
I think that Yoon voters (traditionally progressive) will have trouble stomaching Yoon pairing up with Flaherty (the least progressive) candidate. Both Menino and Yoon captured much more of the progressive voters and if you even ask Yoon supporters they admit that they saw Flaherty as the more conservative candidate, at least in his support if not in his ideas. I don't think the Yoon supporters will fall in line with this odd political marriage.
Least progressive?
Flaherty was the first person out of the candidates who ran for Mayor to come out in support of gay marriage. That is an indisputable fact. He was way ahead of Menino, as usual. Same with lifting the cap on charter schools. Menino's reactive "proposal" for 'in district' charters was a pathetic attempt to move forward on education reform. Menino isn't progressive, he's reactive and everyone knows that.
Menino Least Progressive
Menino is by far the least progressive candidate. He runs a patronage machine. He destroys public records and wastes taxpayer money by not embracing new technology. He runs a dysfunctional planning agency and is backwards as far as anything environmental goes. Just because he keeps saying that he is progressive, doesn't mean that he actually is. This lefty would take Michael Flaherty any day over Tom Menino and his tired old machine.