I'm sure he is:
http://www.ibtimes.com/...
Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial nominee Charlie Baker said last night that he now regrets making a $10,000 contribution to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's state party just before Christie officials awarded his firm a state pension contract. The declaration came during a televised debate in which the Democratic candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, demanded he urge Christie to stop blocking the release of documents related to New Jersey's pay-to-play investigation of Baker's contribution.
With polls showing the Massachusetts race tight, Christie this weekend used a Fox News appearance to publicly tout Baker's candidacy. The Christie-led Republican Governors Association has also spent more than $8 million to support Baker's campaign. But, perhaps just as helpful to Baker has been Christie officials' recent decision to delay the release of documents from the pay-to-play probe until after this Tuesday's election. That decision was first reported by International Business Times.
The probe revolves around Baker's $10,000 donation to the New Jersey State Republican Committee in 2011. New Jersey's pay-to-play rules bar contributions from executives at firms doing business with the state's $80 billion pension fund. Yet, New Jersey awarded Baker's firm, General Catalyst, a $15 million pension management contract a few months after Baker's donation. That was one of a series of New Jersey pension deals awarded to firms whose employees have made campaign contributions to organizations backing Christie's election campaigns. - International Business Times, 10/28/14
Yeah, sure you are. So as you may or may not know, polling is showing a tight race here:
http://www.wbur.org/...
The final WBUR pre-election tracking poll shows the race for governor remains a virtual tie, with Republican Charlie Baker leading Democrat Martha Coakley by 1 point.
Baker’s 43-42 lead in the WBUR survey is small (well within the margin of error) and unchanged from last week, but Steve Koczela, president of The MassINC Polling Group, which conducts surveys for WBUR, says the trends are tilting in Baker’s favor.
“Collectively, the polls look like Baker … has some size of a lead,” he said. A Boston Globe poll published Friday showed Baker with a 9-point lead and a UMass Lowell survey published Monday evening showed Baker with a 4-point advantage.
But the polls are bouncing around a bit. Also on Monday, a YouGov/New York Times/CBS News poll gave Coakley a 4-point edge.
Still, Koczela says Baker seems to be building momentum with the key groups he needs for a victory — unenrolled voters, women and urbanites.
In fact, even in Boston, a traditional Democratic stronghold, Baker is doing better than expected.
Among Boston poll respondents, he trails Coakley by 24 points. That’s a huge numerical advantage for the attorney general, but Democrats usually give Republicans a worse thrashing in Boston. Four years ago, Baker lost the city by 47 points to Gov. Deval Patrick.
So, Koczela says, a 24-point Democratic edge is actually a troublesome sign for Coakley.
“A 24-point margin is trouble for Martha Coakley cause Democrats rely on votes from cities,” he said. “Democrats in recent years have run up 35-, 40-, 45-point leads in Boston.”
The current Coaklely lead in Boston is reminiscent of past Republican victories. In 1998, Republicans lost Boston by 21 points and Paul Celucci won the race. And in 2002, when Republicans lost Boston by 28 points, Mitt Romney captured the corner office. - 90.9 WBUR, 10/28/14
Don't write off Coakley yet folks. She can still win this race, she just needs to get voters out to the polls. Click here to donate and get involved with her campaign:
http://www.marthacoakley.com/