If today’s edition is any indication, the Boston Herald will be Stephen Lynch’s in-House organ during his run to replace departing U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Empty Seat).
The feisty local tabloid has one news report (“Some unions already on Lynch’s side”), two columns, and an editorial about Lynch – most all of it positive.
Representative sample: Peter Gelzinis’ column.
Working-class hero Steve Lynch has got the goods
Steve Lynch was exactly where he wanted to be yesterday afternoon — standing in an ironworkers’ hall, around the corner from the housing project where he grew up, and poised to mount an underdog challenge against a fading political relic.
It’s a place Lynch knows all too well . . .
Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
Campaign Outsider 
You should have a bet as to how many days it takes for DINO to appear next to Lynch’s name in the Globe. And a second bet for the Herald.
I take on or before (a) Feb 11 and (b) May 2.
Interesting idea, Mike. But I’m already stretched thin on our Menino bet.