508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican.[display_podcast]Audio: mp3 link, other formats, feedVideo: Downloads and other formatsContact info.[0:08] Brendan’s candidate, Steve Grossman, won the race for MA Treasurer.[4:36] On Monday there was a Tea Party rally, and a counter-rally, in Worcester.[[[19:00] McGovern didn’t do as well as one might expect.[[[30:30] Paul Franco, Mahoney’s opponent, actually linked to Mike’s “un-dorsement” of Mahoney. (Mike ended up endorsing a third candidate in the race, Ron Madnick.) We spend some time criticizing a local radio guy for stealing the term “un-dorse,” but of course it predates our coinage.[[36:05] Should you vote? We’ll take this more seriously next time it comes up. Brendan mentions the George Carlin routine below.[37:36] If we’re still doing the show next election, we’ll try some of the idea’s in Jay Rosen’s The Citizens Agenda in Campaign Coverage.[[