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Tag Archives: Great Mentioner
Paul Grogan Has To Be Pissed At The Boston Herald
Our feisty local tabloid plays Great Mentioner today in handicapping the potential field for next Boston mayor. City power players: Our top picks The race for mayor 2013 — the first without an incumbent in three decades — likely will … Continue reading
Boston Herald Is the Papal of Record
The Boston Globe has a nice Page One piece about the Great Mentioner throwing Sean O’Malley’s hood into the bakeoff for a new Pontiff, but our feisty local tabloid goes all Poparazzi over the prospect. Page One: Inside spreads . . . … Continue reading
Brown Out, The Great Mentioner In
Now that former Sen. Scott Brown (R-$$$) has dropped out of the running for the upcoming special election for U.S. Senate, the local dailies are putting forth very – wait for it – different lists of potential fill-ins. The Boston … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Herald: City Haul In Menino’s Absence)
It’s now three weeks Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s been in the hospital with a Whitman’s Sampler of symptoms, and not surprisingly, political maneuvering is the order of the day (although anyone who bets against Menino running again doesn’t really care … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston mayoral race, Brian McGrory, Great Mentioner, IGTLTDT, Joe Battenfeld, Peter Gelzinis, Tom Menino
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Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar 2016 Rumpus Begin! (One Day After Edition)
Okay – now that the parties have officially nominated their presidential candidates, Obama and Romney are fishwrap. On to the next round! From Thursday’s Politico (Burns & Haberman blog): Gillibrand, at Iowa breakfast, says she’s all for Hillary 2016 At the … Continue reading
GOP: Grand Oy! Party
The bigger the Republican presidential pool gets, the smaller it looks. Here are the latest entries from the Great Mentioner: 1) Via Politico Playbook: –TEXAS GOV. RICK PERRY: @gretawire: i think Gov Perry will run….he did not say that but … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Caller, George Pataki, Great Mentioner, Politco Playbook, Rick Perry, Rudy Giuliani
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