BOSTON – Jill Stein sparkled in the first televised gubernatorial debate of the 2010 elections, according to her supporters.

“It is now absolutely clear that Jill has the only truly progressive vision in this race.” said Daryl Sprague, Stein’s campaign manager.  “All the others promised deep cuts next year to education, the state workforce, and health care.  Jill was the only candidate to propose cutting the big giveaways tucked into the state’s economic development portfolio.  It was amazing to hear Deval Patrick threaten education and health care and then act as if he didn’t hear Jill when she said it would be better to put the $1b in questionable corporate giveaways on the table.”

While Baker and Cahill advocated general tax cuts as an all-purpose solution to economic woes,  Stein was the only candidate to insist that tax cuts be part of a balanced package making the tax system more progressive.