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It's cart-before-the-horse week at The Scrum -- Lighting Rounds today and an extra-special State of the Commonwealth/State of the Union edition of The Scrum on Monday.
In the meantime, watch Adam Reilly and David Bernstein talk about encouraging poll results for both Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley and GOP corner-office aspirant Charlie Baker, while Reilly and Peter Kadzis compare the financial situations in which Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh find themselves.
On this week's edition of The Scrum, Adam Reilly, Peter Kadzis and David Bernstein consider sound of no cabinet members being announced by Marty Walsh.
But wait, there's more: In our bonus Scrums, Reilly and Bernstein mull over Gabriel Gomez' 'klan' gaffe, while Kadzis explains MaPoli limbo to Reilly.
Today at the State House, Boston mayor-elect Marty Walsh dropped by Gov. Deval Patrick’s office for a half-hour discussion. Afterward, both men were upbeat, with Patrick touting their “great conversation” and Walsh lauding the “great meeting” they’d just had.
Of course, Walsh and Patrick are hardly strangers. Walsh has been a state representative and a Patrick ally for years, so he knows firsthand how things get done on Beacon Hill.
On Friday, I stopped by Mayor-Elect Marty Walsh’s press conference downtown, where he announced the "core" of his transition team, outlined his plans for the next few weeks, and took questions on assorted topics. Here are five things that stood out (at least to me) about Walsh's performance: