POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: The TSONGAS ARENA convenes — WYNN fallout — LESSER for Senate Prez?
02/07/2018 07:03 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING MASSACHUSETTS. THE TSONGAS ARENA CONVENES FOR THE FIRST TIME - The first meeting of the vast, dozen-person-plus field of Democratic contenders hoping to replace Rep. Niki Tsongas was a bit of a dud. Candidates at the Democratic forum last night openly acknowledged there were few policy differences between them - and if there were, there wasn't enough time to flesh them out within the scheduled two-hour time slot. The biggest initial difference came from the polish of the candidates themselves. Dan Koh managed to slip in his campaign slogan of "Let's go" at least twice, while bank manager Bopha Malone tripped over a question about FISA courts (though recovered nicely as she promised to learn more after admitting she didn't know enough about them to weigh in). P...