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2010: Ghost-writing, MA layoffs

Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:15 AM by Domenico Montanaro
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FLORIDA: The Hill: "Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s Senate campaign is accused of breaking campaign finance law by ghost-writing a negative website about his opponent in the Republican primary race. At issue is the new site, TruthAboutRubio.com, which launched this week and features hits on Crist primary opponent Marco Rubio, including suggesting Rubio's campaign was behind a video comparing Crist to Adolf Hitler."  
 
MASSACHUSETTS: How bad are the state's budget problems? Deval Patrick announced he's slashing 1,000 jobs

NEW YORK: "Attorney General Andrew Cuomo campaigned for Controller William Thompson in the Bronx on Thursday - or was it the other way around?" The New York Daily News posits. "Thompson needs all the support he can get from white ethnic Democrats to win his uphill battle against Mayor Bloomberg next week, while Cuomo will need African-American backers like Thompson in his rumored run for governor next year."

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WORCESTER - Governor Deval Patrick intends to close a projected $600 million budget gap by eliminating nearly 1,000 state jobs, shaving millions from human service programs, reducing help for local school building projects, and possibly closing the State House library, the governor and his aides said yesterday.

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Government run health care is bleeding Massachusetts dry.
Interesting about accusations against Charlie Crist.  Illegal is illegal but it isn't much better for his opponent to compare Crist to Adolf Hitler.  Guess using Hitler against democrats has morphed into an acceptable attack against your own party members.  It is like the angry tea party protestors turning on the republicans with equal fury.

Enjoyed the comment by a protester (about 10 of them) at Pelosi's news conference saying that the organizers of the protest weren't very good at it.
Charlie Crist's true colors coming out!
Sleazy policitics as always. Crist deludes himself on being Mr. Clean which he's not. He's a major fraud wink wink. Come out come out where ever you are.
Thoughts on Va. Democrats should make sure that none of thier money ever again goes to Shiela Johnson and her entertainment network. I am geting very tired of her smiling face telling me how good Mr McDonnell is going to be for me. It is one thing for Colin Powell and Doug Wilder to endorse the opo candidate out of principal and quite another for her to allow her name and image to be used in the way it has. Makes me wonder who paid who. Democrats need to take a long hard look at Tim Kaine. Yes Mr Deeds is maybe not the best candidate and his campaign may not be the best run but the Chairman of your party ought to be able to do better in his home state and base supporters. McDonnell is a better looking candidate on the surface and has taken well to his rebranding. If he manages to skate by 4 yrs. in Va. (term limits) that would give him a couple of years to prepare and as good as he projects and as smart as he appears he might be one of those fellows that would be a leadig candidate in the national in '12. If he is not handled better then than he has been this time here then he is going to look pretty good kind of like G. Bush in his first run.
WORCESTER - Governor Deval Patrick intends to close a projected $600 million budget gap by eliminating nearly 1,000 state jobs, shaving millions from human service programs, reducing help for local school building projects, and possibly closing the State House library, the governor and his aides said yesterday.

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uh oh.   smaller government

it's obama's fault

lets here it dittoheads!!
Government Run Healthcare is NOT bleeding Massachusetts dry nor will it bleed any other state.  For those of you who do not understand how this happened.....it was Wall Street and their Fantastic Gang of Thieves" with the Derivitives Selling on the Housing Market.  I worked for a State Government.    Usually, when they cut jobs, it means there was not enough work for the huge staff they have on hand, and they downsize to fit the workload.


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