(yawn) This guy will be re-elected again and again, as long as his handlers think he’s a useful dupe. Or, until he’s indicted like most other Boston-area Democrat thug politicians.
Massachusetts is as hopeless as it gets. Except for California.
He is supposed to be retiring at the end of his current term. His sixth. 6th. You heard me right.
Menino is something of an accidential mayor. When Ronald Reagan (!) appointed Ray Flynn Ambassador to the Vatican, the Boston City Council was tasked with finding his replacement. There were two leading contenders, neither of whom had a majority of the votes, so both threw their support to Menino as a caretaker Mayor until an election could be held. As mayor, Menino proved to be ruthless in rewarding friends and punishing enemies and he managed to cement enough support to retain the Democratic nomination and that was sufficient to be elected, Boston is absolutely a one party town.