Word: bellotti
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bureaucracy in general and the fiscally disastrous administration of Michael Dukakis in particular. He capped his uphill fight by narrowly corralling the necessary 15% of delegates at a chaotic Democratic state convention. For that feat, Silber drew at least as much attention as former state attorney general Francis X. Bellotti got for finishing first...
...Bellotti and lieutenant governor Evelyn Murphy, the third surviving candidate, will train their guns on Silber, whom they fear for his brains, bile and ability to dominate the news. Says pollster Gerry Chervinsky: "If he gets going on substance, Silber is going to win." He would be a formidable general-election candidate whose stern morality could draw Reagan Democrats back to the party and attract liberal Republicans...
...poll, which appeared in yesterday's Boston Globe, shows former Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti recieving 24 percent of the vote from Democrats and independents who say they plan to vote in the September primary. Boston University President John R. Silber received 21 percent and Lt. Gov. Evelyn F. Murphy was a close third with 20 percent...
This represents a dramatic drop for Bellotti who, up until recently, had been seen as the party's frontrunner going into the September primary. Bellotti dropped from 38 percent of the vote in a similar Globe poll conducted in January, while Murphy held steady at 20 percent, and Silber increased his share from 16 percent...
Though no official counts of delegate support have yet been released, analysts estimate that the convention will be a close race between Bellotti and Murphy. It is still unclear whether or not Silber will get support from 15 percent of the delegates, which he needs in order to continue the race...