Word: piercees
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And when House Minority Leader Steven D. Pierce (R-Westfield) officially announced he would run for governor at the Boston Trade Center, a lounge quartet in the corner of the small banquet room played his style of music.
The music--steady, low-key with few surprises--fits the candidate and his campaign smartly. Pierce, now considered the frontrunner in the Republican race for the corner office, has built his campaign slowly but steadily, making use of broad grassroots support and contacts deep within the GOP. He has successfully...
Supporters of the minority leader, who assumed his position in 1987 at the young age of 33, attribute the campaign's success to Pierce's image as a down-to-earth conservative, knowledgable with the state's budget crisis and accustomed to battling the Democrats.
"I've served here for six terms in a real political arena, which tests somebody's metal," Pierce told The Crimson in an interview late last year. "I know how to articulate our message, and I've gone toe-to-toe with Democratic leaders."
Turning to his campaign program, Pierce said the state's budget crisis must be the top priority for any governor who wants to restore legitimacy to state government. Citing a poll that shows that 40 percent of state residents would leave if they could move elsewhere, Pierce said Massachusetts is...