Gubernatorial debate: too crowded for clarity

WBZ performed its civic duty by including three independent candidates for governor in Tuesday's gubernatorial  debate, but the three added little to the process.  It's one thing to give everyone equal access in the early stages of the campaign, helping the independents get themselves known,  make their views known,  raise some money and perhaps gain some …

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Walsh moves from wannabe to will-be

Still-a-state rep Marty Walsh appeared yesterday on Channel Five's On the Record. The candidate who, in debates and interviews,  was unprepossessing at best, often awkward with rhetoric trending banal, is looking more and more mayoral.  His presentation was comfortable,  and he came across as focused and transparent even while skillfully avoiding being pinned down on specifics (as in, what …

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