It’s extremely difficult to defeat an incumbent politician, and, so far, whenever Menino does have opponents, he ends up still winning very easily. I would be very surprised if Menino is ever defeated, and he has done plenty of screw-ups throughout the entire duration that he has been “da mayah” of Boston. Besides, Howie Carr has, both, a website and a radio segment where he often makes fun of Menino, just for what he says and how he says things on a variety of issues.
I know we will never get rid of Menino. The same people who keep voting Ted Kennedy in do it every time. What do you want from a state that votes to ban dog racing (without any plan for where the dogs will go), decriminalize weed, but voluntarily vote to keep paying a 5% state income tax!!!???