Berwick, Grossman, Fisher Hold Out Hope for Primary Miracles
Don Berwick, candidate for governor, is running a distant third in the democratic primary. But according to Berwick, that’s just where he wants to be a day-and-a-half before Tuesday’s primary election.
At a Sunday rally near Jamaica Pond, Berwick rallied supporters, saying the primary race was breaking his way despite his consistent, gigantic gap in the polls.
“We can win on Tuesday. I can feel it,’’ said Berwick. “The momentum is amazing. This is exactly the 10-day period we’ve been building to the last 18 months.’’State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz warmed the crowd up, recounting her own long-shot candidacy and squeaker of a win.
“I’m going to ask you to gut it out over the next two days,’’ said Chang-Diaz to the crowd about their get-out-the-vote efforts. “Your two votes, your three votes over the next few days could be the difference for this man.’’
Berewick’s not the only one hanging on to hope. The Boston Globe followed all three democratic primary candidates this weekend, and all three said they had their opponents right where they want them. Because what else would they say?
Steve Grossman admitted the obvious to the Globe: He’s trailing favorite Martha Coakley by a wide margin. But he believes he has “enough runway’’ to pull out the win.
His surrogates, including US Representative Stephen Lynch, said the Summer is over and voters are finally engaging in the campaign.
Coakley, for her part, was barnstorming churches, flanked by surrogates like Boston City Councillor Ayanna Pressley.
All the candidates talk about how they’re the best fit to defeat Republican Charlie Baker in the fall, but Baker’s got his own laughter of a primary to walk through on Tuesday. Republican primary candidate Mark Fisher isn’t just lying down, according to a Globe story about the GOP race. Fisher spoke with the Globe and sounded a note similar to Berwick’s Sunday pitch:
“A lot of the polls that are coming out don’t look very good for us,’’ Fisher said Thursday night just before a meeting of the Westwood Republican Town Committee. “But my target audience likes what I’ve done. I’ve sat on the couch and not voted sometimes or else I’ve held my nose and voted.’’
For Grossman, Berwick and Fisher, every minute before the polls close is an opportunity to change a mind. Whether there’s enough time left remains to be seen.
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