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...forums" and campaign stops, the press picks out events in a narrative. A succession of events, controversies and polls narrow the focus of a crowded race. It may be artificial, but it's manna to the journalist who can't remember if he last talked to Flynnigan of Dikearney. Finnegan was the cagey. Irish pol. Flynn, the liberal "goo-goo". King, the leftist. Incidents become symbolic stories that don't connect," not proven patterns but isolated signals between the lines. Thus Finnegan took his desk home from his School Board office: read. he's a plunderer. Larry DiCara...
EDITORIALLY, the Globe's failure to endorse a candidate suggested an equally limited vision. DiCara, Finnegan, Flynn, Kearney and King all have "the experience and intelligence necessary to lead this city capably," their editorial read. they might just as well have said. "Don't vote this year. It doesn't matter." The election is too important for such apathy, but if the Globe can't choose on the basis of its own coverage, how can anybody else...
...Herald endorsed David Finnegan. "The overriding concern is who you think would be best for the city as a whole." Deputy Managing Editor Allen Eisner said of their choice. But according to one participant in the Herald's deliberations, the endorsement was "not just a discussion of who would govern the city best, but who has a reasonable chance to win and who would most benefit the Herald, He said editors asked. "Would he owe us? If we endorsed now, would we have impact. and which candidate would the endorsement help the most...
When the field, narrows down to two, race is sure to become an issue. Though King may be leading in the polls against a large field, analysts predict the either Flynn or Finnegan would be favored over a Black candidate. And the high level of the campaign so far will most likely erode two candidates find themselves in the homestretch...
...King's two major opponents, Finnegan, the former School Committee chairman, has run a campaign without ideas, without principle, and without conviction. Flynn, on the other hand, may be a man of conviction, but the many questions about his past opposition to busing--including a proposal to abolish mandatory education--and an inconsistent record on social issues can only lead one to believe that he does not have the political savvy to run the city...