If I have been Andrea Campbell, the Democrat nominee for lawyer basic, I’d keep away from debating Jay McMahon, too.
That is as a result of McMahon, the Republican nominee for the job, has most likely forgotten extra concerning the regulation than Campbell will ever know.
Or, as one prime Boston felony lawyer stated to me, “I don’t think she’s ever been in a courtroom.”
This is to not say that McMahon, a conservative and skilled Cape Cod lawyer who has appeared in each court docket round, has a lot of an opportunity to defeat Campbell within the November election.
This is closely progressive and Democrat Massachusetts we’re speaking about right here, a woke paradise the place there has not been a Republican lawyer basic in 50 years.
And to make any affect, the little identified and underfunded McMahon wants media protection and a sequence of debates, neither of which he’s getting.
Campbell to date has informed him to get misplaced. While McMahon has requested for seven debates, he’ll get one, a taping on WBZ on Oct. 20.
And when McMahon has snagged a tv look, as he did not too long ago WCVB-TV’s “On the Record,” politically right reporters pummeled him with questions on Donald Trump, who he isn’t operating towards, somewhat than Andrea Campbell, who he’s.
McMahon wants debates to ask Campbell the questions that the liberal media won’t ask, questions on crime and cops. So far, the media has given Campbell, who Is Black, a free journey.
Which is partly why Campbell, a former president of the Boston City Council and a failed candidate for mayor, is closely favored to win.
Which signifies that with crime raging throughout the nation, she is going to almost certainly develop into the state’s chief regulation enforcement officer as one who’s on report calling for the defunding of the police and stripping cops of certified immunity.
If it weren’t for McMahon, assist for the cops and crime would most likely not be a problem now. The Campbell pleasant media has not introduced it up.
It was not a problem within the Democrat major, which Campbell received over Shannon Liss-Reardon and Quentin Palfrey, who dropped out and endorsed Campbell.
Back then they talked concerning the lawyer basic’s workplace as if it have been a social or welfare company, somewhat than a regulation enforcement workplace.
They talked about social injustice, systematic racism, local weather change, transparency, accountability and fairness. They talked about all the things besides supporting the cops.
In addition to cops and crime, Campbell must be requested about her relationship with present Attorney General Maura Healey, the Democrat candidate for governor, who’s at present favored to be elected over conservative Republican Geoff Diehl.
In a most uncommon improvement, Healey endorsed Campbell within the Democrat major over the 2 different candidates. She helped Campbell win the first. She not solely campaigned for her however referred to her as to her as “my successor,” as if she was hiring her.
The lawyer basic doesn’t work for the governor. It is an unbiased workplace that investigates political and felony wrongdoing throughout the board, together with the governor’s workplace.
But now Campbell owes Healey, so how efficient of a watchdog will she be?
While the media received’t deliver it up, McMahon ought to ask Campbell if, as lawyer basic, she would pursue Healey’s extremely questionable indictment of Republican Congressional candidate Dean Tran of Fitchburg, a Vietnamese American. He is operating towards Lori Trahan within the Lowell-centered Third Congressional District.
Healey reached in and dredged up a dormant three-year-old disputed gun theft case towards Tran — which Worcester County District Attorney Joe Early didn’t pursue — after Trahan raised and personally contributed 1000’s of {dollars} to Healey’s marketing campaign. The case smells.
The motive McMahon must ask Campbell these questions is as a result of the woke, weak and compliant Massachusetts media received’t.
Peter Lucas is a veteran Massachusetts political reporter and columnist.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”