Representative Edward J. Markey has hired the two staff members who helped Senator Elizabeth Warren raise a record-setting $42 million last fall to fill the same role for his planned US Senate campaign.
Michael Pratt, who served as Warren’s national finance director, and Colleen Coffey, who headed fund-raising in Massachusetts, were labeled a “dynamic duo” Friday by a Democrat familiar with the hirings who confirmed them for the Globe.
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The interim selection belongs to the Governor. The folks that are trying to publicly bully him into selecting Barney Frank should back off. The Governor has the right to make this own decision. The selection of the next US Senator legally belongs to the people of Massachusetts. But, the grand potentate's of the Beltway and Democratic Party feel that they have the right to "pre-select" for the rest of us by whittling down the field and pressuring potential candidates off the field entirely. In doing so, they are robbing voters of their right to make this decision. Shame on all of them. The amount of money it takes to run a campaign is an obscenity. It has turned our elected officials into beggars who must sell their souls and good names for contributions. Both sides of the aisle are bought and paid for by election day. No wonder good people are turned off to politicians and government.
If you want the Democratic party to behave in a particular manner, you are free to join it and participate. If you do not join the process, you have no grounds for complaining about the process. The method for doing this is to become a member of your town's Democratic Town Committee, and put in the hours of volunteer work that participation in the process requires.
Kate: I am a lifelong Democrat, a member of my Democratic Town Committee, have volunteered thousands of hours to Democratic candidates over the years...I have truly earned my right to be disappointed in the direction MY party is heading and to publicly express it...Democratic Town Committees are dying on the vine because they are meaningless to candidates compared to the big fundraisers and special interests that fill campaign coffers with millions, yes, millions of dollars...it's time to give back the Parties and the country to the people who elect their leaders, not the people who buy them.
“I’d rather spend my time working the job I enjoy than raising money,” he said during that interview. “At the same time, I have supporters and commitments that would put me well over $1 million if I needed the money.” Gerard Leone, Middlesex County D.A. Explaining in a BG article today why he's ending his political career.