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...administration. Though she aligns herself with parts of the administration’s record, especially the health care legislation passed in April, she has faced a dilemma in appearing too close to the governor, whose approval rating is 43 percent according to an October Survey USA poll. Healey has faced a tough road in trying to extend the 16-year Republican domination of the governor’s mansion in a year that portends well for Democrats. And though she has relied largely on the strategy that proved successful for her predecessors—highlighting her moderate positions on abortion...
When Deval L. Patrick ’78 spoke on a panel at his 25th reunion in 2003, an audience member asked him to run for U.S. president. Today, Patrick seems poised to launch his political career by becoming Massachusetts governor. A CBS4 poll of 664 likely voters released on Nov. 2 shows Patrick, the Democratic candidate, leading with the support of 55 percent of likely voters. His Republican opponent, Kerry M. Healey ’82, trailed with 34 percent. Patrick, a former chair of the Dunster House Committee, has focused on health care, education, and the environment throughout...
...What Do You Think? Click the links below to from the TIME.com poll and see how others voted
...Voting Machines: For the first time this year, nearly 40% of Americans will vote by electronic device; nearly all of us will have our votes counted that way. That alone will cause some delays: voters won't all know how to operate them, poll workers will not be all fully trained, and, if recent primary voting is any indication, there are going to be technical problems. As states and counties certified their new devices in October - and it's not uncommon for multiple types of machines to be used in almost every state - there were reports of glitches, ballot errors...
...Montana, where a Mason-Dixon poll shows 71% support for a $1 minimum wage hike, an opposition group recently tried to challenge the signatures gathered by the initiative supporters. But last week a judge ruled that the challenge had been filed too late. In Colorado, opponents of the wage initiative, dubbed Amendment 42, say that raising entry-level pay in the state to $6.85 would hinder job growth. They ran a TV ad showing Moses pleading with God for divine intervention to stop the wage initiative. "We can't let the people make this mistake," God responds. "Go. Spread...