Word: silbering
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...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...
...Silber and supporters such as State Senate President William M. Bulger (D-Boston) have voiced their opposition to the "15 percent rule" from the campaign's start, claiming it is an "exclusionary" measure that limits voter choice...
...Murphy supporters downplayed the poll's results, attributing Silber's rise to a "media bump" from the two-week, $200,000 television advertising campaign he began in early April...
...others predicted that Silber's success in the Herald poll would negatively influence perceptions about Murphy, making it difficult for her to regain ground on television...
Payne added that Bellotti has maintained a strong lead, a lead that Bellotti supporters said was not likely to be effaced by Murphy or Silber, whatever their media efforts...