I had a great time at the DCI conference this weekend. I met a lot of really committed Democrats, and it was heartening to hear that people who care as much about the party as they do have been reading and enjoying this blog. As … [Read more...]
Archives for March 5, 2006
Gerry Leone: a career prosecutor – but wait, there’s more!
I think it's very easy to caricature this race as Gerry Leone, the hard-core prosecutor who's only interested in locking 'em up and throwing away the key, vs. Jarrett Barrios, the progressive lefty who has never prosecuted a case but who … [Read more...]
Weekend-end horse-race hash
In spite of David's praise of the Herald's recent political coverage, I recently remarked to someone that the Herald was the place to read about "potholes in Southie"; I made myself chuckle, but I'm probably wrong. (Lesson: Don't make … [Read more...]
Two health care stories in the Globe
And neither really deal with the current DiMasi-Trav compromise, such as it is:*Eileen McNamara wonders how the working poor will fare under the eventual bill. These would be the folks most helped by an honest-to-God Medicaid expansion, … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday Boston Globe
"It was not that Boston lacked newspapers. On the contrary, there were ten competing papers in the city. However, none of them, including The Herald, which accounted for half of all the papers sold in Boston, was satisfactory to these … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick Snubbed by DCI?
This weekend's excellent Democratic political campaign training sessions, held at the Crowne Plaza in Worcester, featured facinating expert panels, a large turnout of the Democrat faithful and eight(8) breakfasts, lunches and coffee breaks … [Read more...]
Dynamic presentation given by David at the DCI
David handles a dynanic round of discussion very well at the Democratic campaign institute. … [Read more...]
Live Blogging – DCI
At today's DCI conference David of BMG is presenting, along with Cyndi Roy of Mass Dems the topic: Politics and the Web. The discussion will focus on issues, and organizing. I have sco of .08 and Andy of Mass. Revolution Now! on … [Read more...]