Tick Tock, Tick Tock

The political calendar is funny. It's barely April, but next month is May, and June brings the convention. Summer is a wash, especially among the coveted independent voters (the majority party, I remind you). Then suddenly it's two weeks until the primary.

When will this sleepy gubernatorial race wake up?

(Painting courtesy of these nice people.)

Martha Coakley is doing her Martha Coakley thing, and it's surprisingly effective this time. Steve Grossman (my candidate, I disclose) has a tepid message about growth (though he is floating a nice little run left balloon today). Juliette Kayyem needs to forge a new path, because just being an outsider isn't going to be good enough after eight years of Deval. But she doesn't have to believe me; she can ask Dr. Berwick. Joe Avellone swept the Wellesley caucuses! I hear. I'll bet Wellesley is a reliable bellwether of state elections.

You know who could shake this up? Deval Patrick, by endorsing someone. Or by announcing he's running for President. Then at least we could get a good, proper Clinton/Obama proxy battle going (Martha being Hillary's champion, and TBD being Obama's).

Seriously, though ... someone needs to kick this into gear, and soon. Even Martha Coakley, with her comfortable lead (as of the latest WBUR poll), needs a motivated Democratic base. Baker has probably learned from 2010.