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are statistically tied for first
place in the state.
But there is turbulence:
Biden’s polling numbers are
falling and Warren has all the
momentum, according to re-
cent surveys and insiders.
Sanders, meanwhile, ousted
his top two staffers in New
Hampshire over the weekend
and is trying to find a way to re-
peat his primary win from
2016, when he got more than
60 percent of the vote.
Then there is everyone else
running. If one of the front-run-
ners fails, their support could
shift to others. In recent weeks
both South Bend, Ind., Mayor
Pete Buttigieg and Senator Ka-
mala Harris of California have
been staking out moderate po-
sitions, particularly on health
care. That could position them
as a logical next place for mod-
erates to go, should Biden con-
tinue to drop.
Or maybe not.
“What has surprised me is
how little the race has changed
over the year,” said Michael
Dennehy, a New Hampshire-
based adviser to McCain during
his underdog Granite State pri-
mary victories in 2000 and
- “I am beginning to won-
der if anyone not in the top
three can break through.”
The last time a New Hamp-
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shire primary was this up for
grabs was the 2008 Republican
primary. Five months out from
that contest, former Massachu-
setts governor Mitt Romney
and former New York City may-
or Rudy Giuliani were in a dog-
fight. There were some signs
that McCain had hit the bottom
and might be starting to come
back. And, indeed, the Arizona
senator eventually did.
There are examples wherethe front-runners five months
out do win. In 2008, Hillary
Clinton led in New Hampshire
five months before the primary,
but her win on primary night
was a surprise upset because
Barack Obama had been lead-
ing polls in the final days.
In 2012, Romney led the full
year before the primary. And by
this point in 2016, Sanders and
Donald Trump held the leads in
their respective primaries. Eachwon the primary by more than
20 points.
That said, how candidates
are trying to win the 2020 New
Hampshire primary is different
from campaigns in the past. In-
creasingly, performing well na-
tionally — in polls and with
fund-raising from small-dollar
donors around the country — is
vital to secure spots on a debate
stage and show momentum.
As the largest field of presi-dential candidates in history
continues to shrink from 25 to
something more like 10 candi-
dates, the levels of support from
each candidate will reshuffle.
Which is to say: Stay tuned.Follow James Pindell on Twitter
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politics:
http://pages.email.bostonglobe.
com/GroundGameSignUphave collectively spent 405 days
in Iowa versus 225 days in New
Hampshire this year, according
to visits tracked by both the Des
Moines Register and New Eng-
land Cable News.
Indeed while Iowa is a hub
of activity, a sole Gabbard event
was the only candidate activity
in New Hampshire during a 15-
day period this month.
Then there is the air war.
Four candidates are airing
television ads in Iowa: Biden,
Senator Michael Bennet of Col-
orado, South Bend, Ind., Mayor
Pete Buttigieg, and billionaire
Tom Steyer, media buying firms
say. And that doesn’t include
Harris, who just finished a
round of advertising there.
But Steyer is the only candi-
date advertising on the air in
New Hampshire and the other
early states of Nevada and
South Carolina.
For perspective, the political
advertising firm Medium Buy-
ing found the Biden campaign
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spent $35,000 for just one ad
before halftime of the Iowa ver-
sus Iowa State football game
last weekend.
The amount Steyer spent on
advertising in New Hampshire
this entire week? $44,424.
One event attracting 18 can-
didates to Iowa this week is the
Polk County Steak Fry in Des
Moines on Saturday.
Polk County Democrats
chairman Sean Bagniewski, the
organizer of the steak fry, said
that 11,400 tickets have been
sold to people from 48 states.
“Our steak order was for
10,500 people, so that’s a cou-
ple farms worth,” said Bag-
niewski. He also noted that for
the first time, there will be a
vegan option at the dinner to
accommodate Booker, William-
son, and Gabbard, who don’t
eat meat.
But other than the steak and
speeches, the reason for the al-
most single-focus on Iowa: win-
ning there is a big deal.
Since 1988, every winner of
a competitive Democratic IowaCaucus has gone on to be the
nominee. (In 1992, the Demo-
cratic field conceded the state
to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.)
But beyond history, the first
caucus state could settle the
most important arguments of
the sprawling primary field, an-
alysts say.
Is Biden really so electable if
he starts the campaign with a
loss? What happens to the Mid-
western candidates like Klobu-
char, Buttigieg, Bullock, and
Representative Tim Ryan of
Ohio who argue they can win in
the heartland if they aren’t suc-
cessful, you know, in the heart-
land?
Plus, there is even an in-
creasing belief in the Granite
State, that the expected New
Hampshire battle royale be-
tween Warren and Senator Ber-
nie Sanders on Feb. 11 will
largely be settled by which one
fares better eight days earlier in
Iowa.
“Iowa is always important,
but this year particularly so be-
cause it can begin to answersome of these big questions,”
said Amy Walter, of the Wash-
ington-based Cook Political Re-
port. “Democrats are intensely
focused on electability and whois best set up to beat Trump and
Iowa is the first time to test that
thesis.”
Now, this week, even Harris
seemed to reexamine her less-
than-robust Iowa strategy as
donors worry whether her cam-
paign will have any staying
power. After making just seven
trips to Iowa all year (and not
being there in over a month),
her campaign announced on
Thursday that Harris will spend
half of October in the state, andthat they will open 10 new offic-
es and doubling the size of her
current 65-person campaign
team.
Harris campaign manager
Juan Rodriguez told reporters
on a conference call that the
goal is at least third place in the
state so she could be “competi-
tive heading into super Tuesday
calendar states.”
But while every Democrat
like Harris is essentially all in
on Iowa, President Trump’s
2020 Republican opponents ap-
parently have a lot to learn.
In late August, ahead of his
first visit to the state as a Re-
publican presidential candi-
date, former governor Mark
Sanford called Iowa, the Hawk-
eye State, the Buckeye State,
Ohio’s moniker. Then on Mon-
day, former representative Joe
Walsh of Illinois, said he was
kicking off his Iowa Caucus
campaign in Des Moines in the
“the Granite State.”James Pindell can be reached at
[email protected].ing all legal avenues,” Dunn
said.
Boston College purchased
property that includes the
woodland from Congregation
Mishkan Tefila — including the
temple building, parking area,
and woodland — for $20 mil-
lion in 2016.
In an interview last year, a
college spokesman said BC pur-
chased the land so the devel-
oped portion could serve as
parking, administrative offices,
and other uses.
Fuller, a longtime city coun-
cilor from Chestnut Hill, took
office in January 2018. One of
her earliest moves was to look
for ways to preserve Webster
Woods. She has been talking to
Boston College for more than a
year to acquire Webster Woods,
she said in her statement
Wednesday.
Fuller said she is “focused on
saving” about 17 acres of land
owned by the college. She re-
mains open to “achieving a mu-
tually acceptable agreement”
with the college, she said, but
has decided to initiate a process
of acquiring the land through
eminent domain.
“In the coming weeks and
months, I will work with the
Community Preservation Com-
mittee, the Conservation Com-
mission, and the City Council to
provide the necessary authority
and funding to acquire the
woods,” Fuller said.
She has approached the
Community Preservation Com-
mittee for funding the purchase
through the board’s open space
funding reserve. That money,
which comes from taxes, may
only be used for land preserva-
tion, outdoor recreation facili-
ties, historic preservation, or af-
fordable housing, she said.
A formal request to the pres-
ervation committee will be
made in the coming weeks, she
said. Details on the cost of pur-
chasing the land will also be
forthcoming, she said.
The city must protect the
woods’ diverse ecosystem and
ensure residents have access to
the woods, rocky ledges, and a
vernal pool, Fuller said.
The property is also
connected to about 88 acres of
forest now maintained by the
city and the state Department of
Conservation and Recreation.
“Preserving the largest con-
tiguous forest for Newton in
perpetuity is essential,” Fuller
said in the statement.John Hilliard can be reached at
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If you’ve been trying to hunt
down the Massachusetts Bay
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Orange Line train like some
kind of White Whale, just to ex-
perience its cleanliness and effi-
ciency, your search just got easi-
er: There are now two — count
them —twosix-car trains up
and running.
As of Thursday morning, the
second new Orange Line train,
with all the bells and whistles,
began rumbling down the
tracks, according to MBTA offi-
cials and excited riders.
“Orange you happy?” T
spokesman Joe Pesaturo said in
an e-mail, when asked about
the launch of another train.
In a follow-up statement,
MBTA General Manager Steve
Poftak said the transit authority
is “pleased to put the second
new train into service,” a move
that’s part of the T’s $2 billion
effort to bring upgrades to vehi-
cles and infrastructure along
the Red and Orange lines.
On Aug. 14, the first six Or-
ange Line cars officially entered
service at Wellington Station,
gleaming vehicles that have
been delighting riders who are
accustomed to boarding the de-
crepit trains that have been
running for decades. The entire
fleet of 152 Orange Line cars is
scheduled to be replaced by
2022.
Since the initial launch, rid-
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ther ask where to find the first
new train or express excitement
when becoming one of the
lucky passengers to “finally”
board it or see it in real life.
“I finally saw a new orange
line train and, even better, am
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one commuter said on Twitter
recently.
While both six-car “train
sets” are now in service, there
may be times when they’re not
running at the same time, T of-
ficials said.
Like all the Orange Line
trains, the new ones get rotated
in and out of service.
For the time being, Pesaturo
added, the MBTA will have one
new train operating during the
first half of the day, and then
the second new train operating
later in the day, “so that a new
train is in service all day.”
And there’s more to come,
the T said Thursday.
“Next month,” Poftak said,
“we look forward to celebrating
the arrival of the first new Red
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ºIn 1873, panic swept the
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ures.
ºIn 1881, Chester A. Arthur
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dent of the United States, suc-
ceeding the assassinated James
A. Garfield.
ºIn 1958, Martin Luther
King Jr. was seriously wounded
during a book signing at a New
York City department store
when he was stabbed in the
chest by Izola Curry. (Curry was
found mentally incompetent.)
ºIn 1962, James Meredith,
a black student, was blocked
from enrolling at the University
of Mississippi by Democratic
Governor Ross R. Barnett.
(Meredith was later admitted.)
ºIn 1963, President Kenne-
dy proposed a joint US-Soviet
expedition to the moon.
ºIn 1976, Playboy magazine
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nee Jimmy Carter admitted
he’d ‘‘looked on a lot of women
with lust.’’
ºIn 1995, in a move that
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poration announced it was
splitting into three companies.
ºIn 2001, during an address
to a joint session of Congress,
President George W. Bush an-
nounced a new Cabinet-level
office to fortify homeland secu-
rity and named Pennsylvania
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tor.
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the strongest hurricane to hit
Puerto Rico in more than 80
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out as much as 75 percent of
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