MA: Boston Globe endorses Baker for Governor

[New_Conservative]

WOW!

This is an incredible moment, I never thought I would see the day!

Adios Coakley!

[New_Conservative]

Has the Globe ever endorsed a republican before?

Tisei in '12, Weld '94.

I don't think I can call this a tossup anymore if the Boston Globe is endorsing Baker.

Don't underestimate the Democrats' GOTV machine in Massachusetts.

[New_Conservative]

So you think they're endorsing him just to jump on the winning bandwagon? What would be the point of that?

Their reasoning, I suspect, is that Coakley has proven herself to be such a weak candidate that they're worried she'd lose reelection in 2018, potentially to someone quite a bit more conservative than Baker is. So they think it's better to cut their losses and endorse Baker, then (if he's elected) his opponent in 2018. Same reason they endorsed Tisei over Tierney in 2012, pretty much.

Don't underestimate the Democrats' GOTV machine in Massachusetts.

It's true. Suzanne Bump still won the Auditor job in 2010 without the Boston Globe's endorsement.

And Tierney over Tisei in 2012, obviously. But everything I've heard suggests that the MA Dem machine is mostly sitting this one out.

If that's true, Coakley will have a rough night, and that will be realized early.

The only region of the state that Coakley is looking good in right now is the Berkshires, and that's a very low percentage of the overall vote. She could see 2010 numbers if the Dem machine is sitting this one out.

[New_Conservative]

So you think they're endorsing him just to jump on the winning bandwagon? What would be the point of that?

Their reasoning, I suspect, is that Coakley has proven herself to be such a weak candidate that they're worried she'd lose reelection in 2018, potentially to someone quite a bit more conservative than Baker is. So they think it's better to cut their losses and endorse Baker, then (if he's elected) his opponent in 2018. Same reason they endorsed Tisei over Tierney in 2012, pretty much.

This actually makes a lot of sense, especially looking at their other endorsements (Yes on Bottle Deposit, Yes on repealing the casino law, etc.) and after reading their election coverage. This is shocking, considering how anti-Baker their op-ed section has been over the course of the past 2 months.

[New_Conservative]

Coakley has finally earned a newspaper endorsement, from the far-left Herald News from Fall River, and their argument is basically vote for Coakley because she is a woman.

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