HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. HEATHER? COMMITMENT 2014. THIS IS THE START OF THE LAST FULL WEEK OF CAMPAIGNING BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR ARE FACING OFF. NINE DAYS LEFT, MARTHA COAKLEY AND CHARLIE BAKER APPEARING TOGETHER AT A FORUM HELD BY THE GREATER BOSTON INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION. MY MOM’S A DEMOCRAT, MY DAD’S A REPUBLICAN. BAKER CONTINUES TO CAST HIMSELF IN THE FINAL WEEKS AS A MODERATE REPUBLICAN. SOMETIMES I THOUGHT MY MOM WAS RIGHT. HE SAID HE’LL SUPPORT A NEW STEM SCHOOL IN ROXBURY AND GETTING HEALTHCARE COSTS DOWN BUT HESITATED ON WHETHER HE’D PUSH TO ASK GUN MANUFACTURERS TO RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT PRACTICES SAYING HE WANTS TO FOCUS ON OTHER GUN CONTROL ISSUES FIRST. COAKLEY IS STILL WORKING TO SHAKE HER REPUTATION AS A COLD CAMPAIGNER, TAKING MORE TIME TO CHAT WITH SUPPORTERS AND REMINDING VOTERS OF HER TENURE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL. I’M NOT AFRAID TO BRING A SUIT AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY’RE WRONG. AT THE FORUM ITSELF, ALMOST NO NEGATIVITY BETWEEN THE TWO. AFTERWARDS, THEY WENT AFTER EACH OTHER ON EARLY EDUCATION. I THINK IT’S TIME FOR HER TO COME CLEAN. DOES SHE WANT A BILLION DOLLAR UNIVERSAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM OR DOES SHE WANT TO DO THE WAITING LIST? HE SAID THE THREE THINGS I SAID I WOULD DO WHEN I CAME IN AND HE MENTIONED EDUCATION. I’VE WATCHED HIS TV ADS. THOSE AREN’T THE THINGS HE SAYS IS IMPORTANT. BAKER ON EARLY EDUCATION SAYS HE WANTS KIDS OFF THE WAITING LIST BUT DOES NOT WANT UNIVERSAL PRE-K BECAUSE IT’S TOO EXPENSIVE. COAKLEY WANTS TO START WITH THE WAITING LIST AND ULTIMATELY GET
