Niki Tsongas had a good night at the NECN studios tonight. She was the only candidate on the stage who looked comfortable, confident and ready to go to work as soon as she's sworn in -- in short, she's ready for prime time, and the … [Read more...]
Archives for October 5, 2007
Lowell Police Patrolman’s Union Endorses Ogonowski
Shawn Ashe of Dracut Forum has just reported that the Lowell Police Patrolman's union. Made up of rank and file members and "regular guys" has just endorsed Jim Ogonowski for Congress. Imagine that a union endorsing a regular … [Read more...]
Line of the night —
... came from Niki Tsongas to David and me after the debate. We saw how Ogonowski tried to filibuster and not answer the question on whether he would vote to override the President's veto of SCHIP, and tried to split some hairs on what … [Read more...]
Impressions from the MA-05 debate
Ogo says he won't raise social security taxes, he won't cut benefits, and he won't raise the retirement age. So he proposes no solution. Completely irresponsible. At least Mr. Constitution Party says he'd rather abolish … [Read more...]
Evicted!
Charley and I are at the NECN studios to cover the MA-05 debate, which starts in a few minutes. We were sitting in the TV studio with the candidates and a couple of reporters getting ourselves set to watch and blog the debate.Until a … [Read more...]
Liveblogging from the NECN MA-05 debate
Ogonowski really hates illegal immigration -- sounds relatively comfortable and strong, as would be expected. Tsongas seems more hesitant on this question, a more nuanced answer. Turns the tables on Bush.I like this Murphy guy -- takes the … [Read more...]
“Provincetown’s Summer of Hate”
The online publication Edge Boston/PTown launched a 4 part series entitled "Provincetown's Summer of Hate" with an in-depth story about the Richard Hall gaybashing last month. Future installments will look at multiple instances of police … [Read more...]
John Edwards: Al Gore Was Right
He then laid out his agenda to fight global warming. He proposes to impose an auction, cap and trade system on carbon emissions that gradually decreases the cap, reducing greenhouse pollution by 80% by 2050. The auction part is key … [Read more...]
“Stop the Raids”: A Convergence of Truths on New Bedford
These pictures, taken around the same time, express more truths than I ever could in words. Above is a picture of a Guatemalan girl used by the U.S. government. Below is a picture of a Guatemalan girl who was the victim of the U.S. … [Read more...]
Realtors! Beauticians! Carpenters! Almost Half a Million of You! With Poll!
WHY in the name of all that is wonderful is the state releasing (SELLING?) data to TWENTY-THREE companies?Are ANY of these people being offered the sort of credit protection and identity theft protection being demanded from private sector … [Read more...]