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Neither had the game-changing moment he wanted. Even so, a tie tends to go to the incumbent. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff conjoined images.
– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.
Trading elbows
A Boston Globe image
Markey Kennedy Senate primary debate scorecard.
After early polling considerable advantage for Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III’s bid to primary Senator Edward Markey, the race has tightened, and Trey has gone negative – a common indicator of a campaign that knows it is in trouble.
Cash leaves no trail
A file photo
That and Papa Joe Kennedy has allegedly taken a page out of his grandfpa Joe Senior’s playbook to purportedly pour serious money on the down low into an anonymous PAC to help fund attack ads dissing Senator Markey in ways that even Quincy Quarry finds a bit much but which the greater outrages during the Age of Trump are providing cover.
In any event, if the Quarry came away with anything from last night’s debate, it was reinforcement of its ongoing opining that Trey could well be Conan O’Brien’s love child.
After all, not only is the resemblance considerable, Trey speaks with the same adenoidal voice as Conan.
Source: Scorecard: Grading the debate performances of Markey and Kennedy – The Boston Globe
Markey calling for support is out of control. The night before last I got a call from the Markey campaign and responded to a survey during the call. Then while I was on the phone someone else from Markey campaign tried calling but I did not answer – I have two phone lines – and in the next half hour I received three phone calls on my upstairs phone and 4 on my downstairs phone. I finally answered and told them to stop calling. Enough already!!!
Ms. B: Are you aware of Senator Malarkey’s securing enactment into law the Thune/Markey Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (“TRACED”) legislation to reduce the number of robocalls? And yes, political robocalls are exempt from TRACED calling restrictions …
https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senate-overwhelmingly-approves-thune-markey-bill-to-crack-down-on-annoying-illegal-and-abusive-robocalls