EDITORIAL: State Democratic Party deciding its future in Galvin/Zakim race
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Zakim is running against Galvin as a reformer and has pointed to the fact that Galvin is late to come out in favor of same day voter registration and automatic voter registration. The two reforms were long ago adopted by other
It might be easy to understand why the 67-year-old Galvin, who was close to former House speakers
To be fair, Galvin has his own legitimate reform credentials. When he was acting governor in 1998, he filed legislation to force HMOs to divulge details of their costs for providing prescription drug coverage to senior citizens. Later, it was Galvin's office that found 5,000
Still, the voter access and public records issues raised by Zakim are more than legitimate ones. And they deserve public debates between the two candidates this summer before the
In races across the country this year, there is talk of a "blue wave" as women and young people upset by what they see as as
Zakim had done his groundwork. Before a convention vote was cast he had secured the endorsement of Congressman
Before the convention, it was clear that Zakim was going to meet the party's 15 percent threshold for a place on the ballot. But few expected he would actually wrest the endorsement away from Galvin, who points out he has never been the favorite of Democratic activists.
The party is now in for a real summer campaign. Galvin has
Beyond the electronic media advertising money, however, we hope the race will largely be about some of the reforms Zakim has proposed, as well as the need to bring new blood into the party. In announcing his campaign, Zakim called for "a new era of leadership on
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