The grassroots in MA(of which I am one) are going to campaign for Deval Patrick as if those numbers were reversed.

We are taking nothing for granted.

So much for Gabrieli being the strongest candidate.

Wow.  This guy must truly be something special.  Best of luck to him.

This poll reflects what everyone in MA thinks after the Tuesday night coverage, and after Patrick's brilliant post-primary ad that keeps that narrative alive: many people think Patrick just won the governorship outright.

Undoubtedly this massive advantage will dwindle in the next couple of weeks, and the narrative will subside as the candidates debate, as Healey sinks more money into TV, etc.  but yeah,  I'd certainly like to think the Healey/Cheney ticket is toast.

As I am sure everyone knows, the key for Patrick had to do with his moderate stances: voting for the bankruptcy bill, legalizing torture, keeping Bush's tax cuts, opposing gay marriage, etc. Oh wait--he didn't do any of that.

Episode summary of "The Opposite"

George comes to the realization that he should try to do the opposite of everything, so he does, his luck changes and everything begins to go his way including getting a girlfriend, a job with the Yankees and moving out of his parents' house. Things begin to be unlucky for Elaine after she buys a box of "Jujyfruits." Kramer appears on Regis & Kathie Lee to promote his coffee table book. Rachel wants to break up with Jerry and he readily agrees, because his luck has been "even Steven." Elaine's eating of "Jujyfruits" causes Pendant Publishing to go under, and later she realizes that she and George have traded places.

Well, the Democrats of Massachussettes have!

Patrick is a good fit for MA, which has 10 Democratic Congressmen and two Democratic Senators.  Do you think a Democratic candidate like Patrick would do as well in Indiana or Oklahoma?  I'd like to say he would, but reality calls for the Bill Nelsons and Ken Salazars of the party.

Do you think a Democratic candidate like Patrick would do as well in Indiana or Oklahoma?

Yes I do.

By "Miller" I assume you mean Mihos -- Christy Mihos, the independent candidate. Just a typo I'm guessing.

Also, looking at the numbers, it's staggering how broad Patrick's support is -- he is strong in every demographic, and he's even winning 27% of the Republican vote (darn good for such an avowed liberal).

I doubt this will become competitive -- Kerry Healey's an empty suit (or hairstyle), and everybody knows it -- so this is great news.

The Globe, which had made a clear endorsement of Patrick, subsequently talked out of the other side of its mouth and said his stands on some issues had exposed him to being labeled "liberal".  Oh horrors!  About time we retired the term "liberal" as some kind of smear.

I'd like a show of hands as to who thinks that word has any sting left in it.

BTW, it was not as easy as it looked for us voters.  All 3 dems were, for one set of issues or another, better candidates by far than Healy.  Her ads were pathetic: since when is a voter interested in a candidates father's heart attacks more than they are on a candidate's stand on particular issues?  I guess she just doesn't have a stand, or has one she'd rather we don't know about.

I'm sure that the spread between Patrick and Healy will close between now and election day, but it is interesting that Healy's campaign has all been negative against Patrick.  Nothing positive regarding her (I wonder why) unless one can claim that her implicit immigrant-bashing proposals as outlined in the Globe a couple of days ago are positive (I wouldn't).  Patrick's campaign seems to be pretty much all positive--and he's much more dynamic than O'Brien was four years ago.

Regarding MarkusRTK's comment that Patrick is winning 27% of the Republican vote, that isn't really that much of a surprise.  The Romney/Healy administration has pretty much ruined the Republican party in the state.  Bill Weld (for whom I voted) had a veto-sustainable Republican minority in the state Senate.  Aside from the fact that the Romney/Healy administration has uttered proposals that are probably far more conservative than more than a few Republicans like, under Romney/Healy, the Republicans lost so many seats in the Statehouse that they can't sustain a Romney veto in either house, and I suspect that many Republicans are frustrated at that.