To be honest, DiMasi isn't much of an improvement in that regard; he was Finneran's hatchet man, after all. However, he's a lot more liberal, so at least it'll be corrupt MA Democratic machine politics in the service of truth and justice. :-)

The supporters of the amendment have basically been conceding that it's doomed, doomed, doomed. The biggest blow to their campaign was the inexplicable failure of the skies to rain blood after same-sex marriage became legal.