FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IS ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. 10 DAYS FROM TODAY.

Deval Patrick just released a new ad. You can watch on Deval Patrick TV, which is, ironically, available online.

The ad is a short spot that deals alternately with the negative attacks the campaign has been enduring since Mr. Patrick reached the top of the field:

...well they [the political insiders] are not laughing anymore, they're worried, and they're responding just as you'd expect: with misleading, negative ads.

and Deval's position on the income tax rollback:

All I've said on taxes is the truth. If we cut the income tax now, your property tax will go up - it's a shell game, and we can't afford it.

And my favorite part, said as the Deval Patrick for Governor symbol fades in on the bottom right:

Insider politics and negative ads won't lift our state, but on election day, we can.

Actually, my favorite part is that I get to say I know a guy who is on TV...online. My only criticism is that they never mention that the PRIMARY ELECTION IS ON SEPTEMBER 19th, though unfortunately there is a certain logic to it, that being that the bulk of people that are voting for Deval already know when primary day is.