... and told his mom, 'Guess who I'm meeting tomorrow.'" Patrick's office statement: "There are currently over 1,100 Massachusetts ...

... has "championed." Baker, speaking at an IHOP: "I think that's a clever idea....It has tremendous potential to help all kinds of organizations." Baker, on Patrick's '06 ...

... : "The state budget's a mess. Treasurer Tim Cahill has made the problem worse. Hiring his friends. Defending his cronies." CAHILL: "I'm not passing myself off as a reformer or as a good government guy." ANNCR: "Massachusetts ...

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... GOV candidate/ex-U.S. Amb. to Ireland Tom Foley (R) also said that he thinks '06 ...

... to do with the ads: "Test it. Test it. I call on Charlie Baker to test it. I have a feeling that if he asked the RGA to cut it out, they would." Baker responded at a rally 5/17: "I can only control my own message. I'd rather that all of these independent groups stay out of Massachusetts ...

... would be "a positive development" for GOPers ( TPM ). •In a letter to FL Gov. Charlie Crist (I), NRSC Chair John Cornyn ...

... Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 5/10; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 5/12). Tested: Gov. Deval Patrick (D), '06 Green-Rainbow Party nominee Grace Ross ...

... , Take Down That Ad! MA Lottery Commis. Derek Davis "demanded" 5/3 RGA take down a "reprehensible" attack ad on Treas. Tim Cahill (I) and "apologize to Massachusetts ...