Dianne Wilkerson is counting on a big turnout of black voters for Barack Obama to boost the desperate write-in campaign she’s waging after losing last month’s Democratic primary for state Senate to Sonia Chang-Diaz.  Despite Wilkerson’s effort to hitch her wagon to the Democratic presidential nominee, I suggest in my column in yesterday’s Boston Globe City Weekly section that the veteran Roxbury lawmaker’s write-in drive has taken on some of the worst qualities of the John McCain campaign. 

Michael Jonas works with Laura in overseeing CommonWealth Beacon coverage and editing the work of reporters. His own reporting has a particular focus on politics, education, and criminal justice reform.