| As far as I know, there hasn't been another straw poll held here in Mass. One was held at the Black Rock Country Club in Hingham, sponsored by the GOP-8, a group of eight South Shore towns (pretty much all that RED area on the RMG logo). Also, Charlie Baker spoke about health care for about a half hour, and Jeff Beatty did a presentation for his Senate campaign.
Only a few candidates had people speak for them - Sen. Bruce Tarr (Senate Minority Leader) for Giuliani, Plymouth County Sheriff Joe McDonough for McCain, Lee Haskins for Fred Thompson (she met him at the fundraiser in Chatham this past weekend - but he has no campaign here) and former Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey for Mitt (and she did a SWELL job selling the room!) Here are the results -
Tied for Zero - Brownback, T. Thompson, Hunter, Ron Paul
One - Gingrich (write-in)
Two - Tancredo and Huckabee
Seven - McCain
Tied with Seventeen Each - Fred Thompson and Giuliani
Thirty-Two - Romney
You might think, well of COURSE. And yet - All the State Committee members there except one and all the elected officials attending were supporting somebody else, even if it is Mass.
This was a real victory for Mitt, and as an aside, for Kerry Healey too, who is now working full time for the campaign.
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Yr. Obedient Servant,
Peter Porcupine |
