Left In Lowell

Well, the Democratic Commission On Staying Good And Nice is in the pooper with Gabrieli’s latest robocall. A volunteer of ours also got the same call David got tonight.

A lively debate sprung on BMG on that thread on what the meaning of “misleading” and “attack” is, with some denizens (pro-Gabs I suspect) downplaying the call as just Chris distinguishing himself on the issues. Trouble is, Gabrieli is attacking Patrick on the tax rollback - when both candidates say nearly the same thing about it. Gabs is pushing his “not until we meet our economic yardstick” and Patrick says we can’t just be giving you back $200 this year only to have your local government charge you an extra $500 next year, but when it’s responsible, of course the income tax rollback is on the table. Um…how are they different, exactly? Sounds to me like they both say “not now.”

This is what happened to Reilly…he ran out of issues to talk about, so he brought out the big attack guns (which of course jammed and blew up in his face). Gabrieli is obviously seeing his internal polls (I’m sure he’s hired the best) as well as the two that came out today (see below) and in desperation is grasping at straws. It didn’t work for Reilly (both his victims remained calm in the last debate and turned the tables) so why does Gabrieli think it’s gonna work now? Typical Democrat…take the old playbook that seems to never work and start using it from page one.

Couple that with the yawner of an issue, in-state tuition for children of illegals (trust me Gabs, you do not want to attack Patrick on that one tomorrow night, he will decimate you), and from what I heard from our volunteer, telling the voter that Patrick is for Social Security and driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants (the former is, I believe, not true, and the latter is once again, a non-starter and Deval can explain very easily what that’s about). Pepper on a little ranty attack on Patrick’s supporters (another word of advice, not a good idea to attack supporters when lots of them blog regularly) and you have a recipe for an unraveling campaign.

Does anyone else find it sad that Gabrieli is using the same wedge issue the Republicans hoped to use in the 2006 national elections? And it’s shameful, being a self-described “education candidate” and yet denying these top-performing kids, who did not ask for illegal status and had no choice in being here, the chance to pay for their own tuition (they are still not eligible for financial aid, remember) and deny our universities this basically free money because oooh, they’re those icky illegals (you know, the ones who left depressed economies back home, leaving friends and family, to make a better life for themselves and their children). Some Democrat Chris is.