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During Friday afternoon's taping of Channel 56's "Let's Talk Politics," which aired last night, Barrett questioned the integrity of his Democratic opponents--state Rep. Mark Roosevelt '78 (D-Beacon Hill) and former state Sen. George Bachrach (D-Watertown...
...only gubernatorial candidate who has not mentioned any of his opponents in his television spots is Roosevelt, whose commercial begins with mention of his family background--focusing on great-grandfather Theodore Roosevelt, Harvard class of 1888--and ends with Roosevelt's promise to promote personal responsibility...
Dwight D. Robson, spokesperson for Roosevelt's campaign, says voters, who often don't understand the basis for the political attacks, are tired of negative campaigning...
...People actually know what [Barrett] is saying," Osborne says. "After they see his TV ad, people may not know too much about Mark except that he's a Roosevelt. But people will know what Mike Barrett stands...
Boston Globe columnist David Nyhan says, however, that neither Roosevelt's "Mount Rushmore-type" ad nor Bachrach and Barrett's negative television spots will make the difference in this year's gubernatorial race