The hottest rumor of the week is that the Somerville Senator will be Don DiFrancesco s State Treasurer in the Acting Administration and perhaps beyond. Widely respected on both sides of the aisle, he s a former chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee. Donnie s gonna spend it all. It s postmarked Washington and went to the media, lobbyists, and political types.
Nobody knows, and nobody s likely to fess up anytime soon.
Anonymity may be annoying, but it certainly is provocative. But, at the risk of violating our principle of never making predictions especially about the future, her confirmation is, barring some last-minute damaging revelation, a done deal. While this adds a whole new dimension to damnation with faint praise, it nonetheless points toward confirmation. Both our Democratic Senators have said they will vote for her. Bob Torricelli is actively introducing her around.