Kerry Snubbed By Menino?

There has reportedly been bad blood recently between John Kerry and Mayor Menino, so whether or not there was a snub here, I can’t say.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday insisted his decision to skip the Democratic state convention two weeks ago was not a snub to Sen. John F. Kerry even as one of the mayor’s top operatives said his troops were not rallied to support Kerry there.

“I talked to John Kerry a week before the convention and he knew I wasn’t coming,” Menino said yesterday after an appearance in East Boston.

The Herald yesterday detailed a long-standing feud between the two high-profile pols and reported that Menino didn’t lift a finger to help even as Kerry sought convention backing for his re-election bid.

Kerry had been seeking to keep Democratic primary challenger Ed O’Reilly off the ballot, but O’Reilly got 22 percent of the vote – far more than the 15 percent he needed to force a September primary. It’s the first time Kerry will face a primary opponent since 1984.K

Kerry may easily win the primary, but I’d be insulted if I were him that O’Reilly easily got enough support to get on the ballot.

Matt Margolis is co-author (with Mark Noonan) of Caucus of Corruption: The Truth About The New Democratic Majority. He also blogs at The Buffalo Bean. Follow Matt on Twitter.