I have read recent posts and comments, specifically from/about KOS and Deval Patrick that seem to be critical of people that have had successful careers or have a soapbox (or soapblox) to speak from. These comments seem to be saying … [Read more...]
Archives for March 21, 2006
Where’s Labor?
You know, these Koufax Awards are great for exposing us to other state blogs, and Bluegrass Report from Kentucky is A. wiping the floor with us and everyone else at the awards (go vote for us!), and B. a really good blog in an interesting … [Read more...]
Patrick Gets Nomination by Default in June?
Does Deval have 75% of the convention vote sewn up? Doubtful, but it can not be entirely dismissed. He just may have 75% of the delegates elected on Caucus Day (as opposed to just plain old "elected delegates", but we … [Read more...]
Reilly leads in new poll
A New Suffolk University Poll will be released tommorrow. "While Mihos shows some potential, the race for Governor appears to be Attorney General Tom Reillyâs to lose. When asked, who respondents would lean toward if the election were … [Read more...]
Red Speck and Brown Dwarf
The Editor of the National Review posits a contest between Willard and Virginia Sen. George Allen to be the non-McCain. The New York Times reported that scientists at the European Southern Observatory in Chile made this very same … [Read more...]
Candidates, please read this.
Taegan Goddard has a simple, pithy little post by Mark Montini about what to emphasize when campaigning:There are two reasons people run for office. The first is to be somebody. The second is to do something. Voters have an uncanny knack … [Read more...]
The Bloggies
With all the talk 'round here of the Koufax Awards (and Blue Mass. Group's place in the final round thereof - go vote if you haven't already), it seems appropriate to mention another set of blog awards that were recently announced: the … [Read more...]
Maybe the most irrelevant post you’ll ever read.
Our ex-governor Mitt Romney has a low approval rating: 42% approve of the job he's doing; 52% disapprove.I know, I know: yawn. The difference it makes is for the legacy of the MA GOP. I can't imagine how you'd say that he leaves it in … [Read more...]
A Pattern of Voting Rights Violations in MA
On the elections division web site, you can download "the state representative districts set forth in the remedial plan approved on April 16, 2004, by the United States District Court in the case of Black Political Task Force, et al v. … [Read more...]
IRAN: The Next Target in the War on Terror?
Tue, 03/21/2006 - 7:30pmSt. John's United Methodist Church, 80 Mt. Auburn Street, WatertownWill Iran be the next target in the Bush administration's war on terror? What is the history of U.S. policy toward Iran? What is Iran's nuclear … [Read more...]