POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook POLLACK’s MBTA victory lap — POT changes harsh Bay State’s mellow — HEALEY's Eversource rate cut credit
01/05/2018 07:00 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Rebecca Morin ( rmorin@politico.com ; @RebeccaMorin_) TGIF, MASSACHUSETTS. Stay warm today and into this weekend, as temperatures and wind chills are expected to dip dangerously low. TAKING A VICTORY LAP ON THE TRAIN - Buried at the end of yesterday's second winter storm press conference were hints of a victory lap from Transportation Sec. Stephanie Pollack over how the Baker administration handled yesterday's storm - and how it's an improvement over 2015, the worst winter for commuters in recent history. It's a helpful point for them to make as Baker enters his first re-election cycle and Democrats eager to unseat him eye his record with the MBTA as a potential wedge between the governor and the voters who so highly approve of him. "What I saw, is that due to a lot of planning, a lot of hard work, and a lot of investment, a lot of things wen...