MA: The statewide race that involves a Satanic cult killing.

[Brittain33]

How did I guess the link was to the Herald based on the first paragraph of the story? The photo of her they chose to illustrate it is priceless, too.

I know this has nothing to do with her role as Auditor, but how do you feel about the fact that Connaughton signed up for the anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment?

[Brittain33]

I know this has nothing to do with her role as Auditor, but how do you feel about the fact that Connaughton signed up for the anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment?

Whatever the case, gay marriage is an entirely irrelevant issue in a race for State Auditor.

Yes and no. It has zero to do with her qualifications for State Auditor. I did raise it because of a) Mr. Moderate's personal support for her, which isn't really significant and which we've discussed elsewhere, and b) if she is the only statewide elected Republican coming out of this election, I really don't want a specifically anti-gay Republican to have a platform to run for governor in 2014. But I make no pretense that my vote was up for grabs, or that this is a wider concern for voters or relevant to how she'd perform the job.

[Brittain33]

If anyone ran for governor in MA on an anti-gay marriage platform, he or she would be crushed.  If he or she somehow won, they wouldn't have any luck on that issue given the huge Democratic supermajorities in both houses.

Scott Brown shows how hostility to gays can manifest itself in a dozen other small acts and decisions rather than taking a no-hope position on a settled issue at a state level. I prefer candidates who don't have a "tell" that they're hostile to gay rights. Anyway, this is getting silly, because I don't get a say in who the Republicans choose to put at the top of their ticket, this isn't the full story about Mary Z., and even with Baker not coming from an anti-gay angle, I'm not voting for him anyway...