Hillary Clinton: She is not the frontrunner. Sure, she dominates in national polls, is in a statistical dead heat to win in Texas in the general right now, dominates Florida, has more available cash and dominates every early state not … [Read more...]
Archives for June 19, 2007
Callgate was manufactured rubbish
The State Ethics commission has confirmed, as previously advised here, that Callgate was a manufactured crisis devised by the hackocracy to protect their patronage kickbacks (earmarks, in more polite society). As the AP reported:The State … [Read more...]
Health care forum at Take Back America
I'm going to give this its own thread. The panel includes MD Congressional candidate Donna Edwards, CT-Sen candidate Ned Lamont, health care advocate Diane Archer, and CAF co-founder Roger Hickey. Considering how many other sessions are … [Read more...]
Cutting prevention = more disease = higher costs = more dead people
Is that hard to understand?HOLYOKE -- A program that has improved the health of low-income patients with chronic illnesses faces deep funding cuts in the pending state budget, even though top state officials touted similar disease … [Read more...]
Is it me, for a moment?
I wish. And it's not any of these poseurs, either.I have now seen the real Digby, though -- the mystery is solved, now I can die in peace. … [Read more...]
Blogging working its way up at the NYT
An excellent bloggy Q&A at NYT.com is worth a quick look: Vietraq Bureau Chief Damien Cave answers questions about our national fiasco online. Much more interesting and informative than a CNN stand-up (cheaper too, perhaps), and notable … [Read more...]
The Cape Wind Conundrum
Proponents of the Cape Wind project cite these environmental factors at every opportunity. They also point to the positive economic benefits of the project -- up to a thousand jobs created during the construction and installation phases, … [Read more...]
Steve Kerrigan backs Donoghue for Congress
Yesterday I joined my friend Dave O'Brien in endorsing the campaign of Eileen Donoghue for Congress in the 5th District. We are fortunate in Massachusetts to have a great many people willing to serve in elected office, and since … [Read more...]
From the Take Back America conference
"Choose the collective good over the desire to collect goods."Iraq: Some say there are only two bad options: Stay and contain civil war, or let it spiral into regional conflict. BR would leave zero troops behind -- not a single one -- aside … [Read more...]
Kerry’s Actions Not His Words
A few days ago, I wrote an article entitled "Kerry's Almost, Kinda-Sorta Leadership on Climate Change, Not Quite Enough" http://www.bluemassg... I stated that I support the Boxer-Sanders Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act as … [Read more...]