Politically Speaking Archives – Rasky Partners, Inc.

George Cronin on the 2020 MA Ballot Questions (as heard on The Horse Race Podcast)

The Horse Race, “Episode 94: Murray Up” August 7, 2019 It’s that time of year, friends. Massachusetts Ballot Question Filing Day was yesterday. What are the major ballot initiatives and questions around them that people need to know? How much money will be spent? Which policy issues are best decided…

Larry Rasky Featured in the Boston Herald

The Boston Herald, “Democratic strategist Larry Rasky bullish on Joe Biden run,” April 1 2019 By Boston Herald Editorial Staff Democratic strategist and media relations expert Larry Rasky joined Boston Herald Radio’s “Morning Meeting” program Friday to comment on whether he thinks former Vice President Joe Biden will consider a…

Larry Rasky quoted in The Washington Post

The Washington Post, “Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign decision: Quietly agonizing as months go by,” February 14, 2019 By Matt Viser and Michael Scherer Joe Biden was going to decide whether to run for president by the end of 2018. That deadline slipped. Just after New Year’s, he said he would…

George Cronin Appears on The Horse Race Podcast

The Horse Race, “Episode 49: Victory Lap, Or… Dezexit” September 21, 2018 Rasky ballot expert George Cronin appeared on The Horse Race podcast to discuss the upcoming ballot questions Massachusetts residents will be voting on in November. The three remaining questions left on the ballot include nurse to patient limits,…

George Cronin appears on The Horse Race podcast to discuss standing ballot questions

The Horse Race, “Episode 40: The Last Ballots Standing,” July 18, 2018 George Cronin, managing director of our public affairs practice and veteran ballot campaign strategist, appeared on The Horse Race podcast for a conversation on the upcoming ballot questions – nurse to patient limits, commission on limiting election spending…

Jessica Beeson Tocco Joins WGBH’s midday program Boston Public Radio to talk local and national politics

WGBH’s Boston Public Radio, “BPR Full Show: 7/16/18,” July 16, 2018 Jessica Beeson Tocco, lead Republican lobbyist and Director of the firm’s National Public Affairs practice joined 89.7 WGBH’s midday program Boston Public Radio. Alongside cohosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan, the conversation included relevant news and policy topics, such as Donald Trump’s SCOTUS nominee Brett…

Jessica Beeson Tocco and National Public Affairs Practice Featured in The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe, “An Early Pence Ally Wants to Build Rasky’s National Lobbying Practice,” April 16, 2018 By Jon Chesto Jess Tocco hopes her firm can benefit from the scramble for infrastructure money across the country. Toward that end, Tocco is leading a new effort at the lobbying/PR shop Rasky…

Larry Rasky Quoted in The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe, “If Democrats Seize House, Massachusetts is Poised to Recapture Some Former Glory,” April 2, 2018 By Liz Goodwin WASHINGTON — The once mighty Massachusetts delegation — locked out of power and languishing in the minority in Congress — may be poised to seize back some of its…

George Cronin Discusses Massachusetts Transgender Rights Ballot Question with POLITICO

POLITICO, “Is Massachusetts the Next Transgender Rights Battleground,” March 29, 2018 By Lauren Dezenski BOSTON — Deep-blue Massachusetts may seem an unlikely battleground in the fight over transgender rights. But supporters and opponents alike say a November ballot question on whether to strike down the state’s recently enacted law protecting…

Rasky Once Again Among Top Lobbying Firms in Massachusetts

CommonWealth Magazine, “Connecting the Lobbying Dots,” March 8, 2018 By Bruce Mohl THE LEGISLATURE DIDN’T DO a whole lot last year, but the state’s top lobbying firms kept rolling along. ML Strategies, the lobbying arm of the Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo law firm, and O’Neill and Associates retained…