Baker (R for Gov-MA, forgets to mention jobs in his top 5 priorities.

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Totally out of touch.

http://mobile.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2010/11/01/candidates_offer_their_top_5_for_the_first_365/?p1=News_links

Top 5 for the first 365

Nov 1, 2010
Charles D. Baker Republican

1. File tax reform package that would return both the sales tax and income tax to 5 percent and repeal the alcohol tax.

2. File pension reform legislation that would cap state employee pensions at $90,000, raise the retirement age from 55 to 60, calculate retirement based on the average of an employee’s career salary rather than top three years, and prevent spikes in pensions by changing an employee’s status only after 10 years in a given group.

3. Reform immigration with an executive order allowing benefits to go only to legal Massachusetts citizens, reinstate the agreement with the federal government to allow State Police to detain and arrest illegal immigrants, and sign the Secure Communities agreement with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement allowing police to deport illegal immigrants arrested for serious crimes.

4. Place an immediate moratorium on new regulations in order to provide businesses with a predictable and stable business environment.

5. File executive orders for a hiring and pay freeze and ban project labor agreements.

Deval Patrick Democrat, incumbent

1. Continue to grow jobs by supporting small businesses’ need for access to capital, and by emphasizing innovation industries (like biotech and clean energy) and related manufacturing.

2. Push for payment reform and other measures to reduce health insurance costs, so that health care is as affordable as it is accessible.

3. Implement education reforms to raise standards and protect education funding so that every child gets a great school and we keep our kids number one in the nation.

4. Work with local communities on a comprehensive response to youth violence.

5. Continue to govern at the grass roots.

Timothy P. Cahill Independent

1. Sign the casino bill to create 15,000 jobs and return much-needed revenue to cities and towns.

(Cahill and Stein at the link) ...

[Mass]

1. Mass. gubernatorial candidates make final swings

In about every single conversation I heard, Baker said he quit a perfectly good job to run for Governor. May be we can put him out of his misery and leave him free to get back to his 7-digit income?

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/11/01/mass_gubernatorial_candidates_make_final_swings_1288620505/

Mass. gubernatorial candidates make final swings
By Glen Johnson

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"I want them to have a close look at an optimistic vision for the future, a plan to get us there -- and some real results," Patrick said, describing what he wanted voters to think about when they entered the booth on Tuesday.

Baker, a former business executive, said: "I want them to think about whether Massachusetts needs a turnaround. I'm the only turnaround candidate in the race, having done one before."

Cahill, currently the state's treasurer, didn't hesitate in answering the same question.

"I want them to know I'm the candidate for the middle class. I'm going to fight for them as I've fought throughout this campaign, and I want them to have a choice, an election choice between the two-party system," he said.

The fourth candidate in the race, Jill Stein of the Green-Rainbow Party, had no public schedule before an evening rally in Pittsfield.

The final day of campaigning marked the climax of a race that saw Cahill bolt from the Democratic party to run as an independent; Baker give up a nearly $2 million salary at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to run for a $140,000 job as governor; and Patrick try to withstand a building anti-incumbent, pro-Republican tide threatening to sweep across the nation in Tuesday's midterm balloting. e more concerned about telling me what he wants to do for the state than what the other guys are going to do to the state."
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[KingFlorez]

2. Not the sort of thing to forget one day before the vote

Everyone's top priority is jobs, jobs, jobs. Any candidate who leaves that out of their priorities is completely clueless.