We're very lucky to have a thinktank as good as MassINC around writing about local issues. The current issue of their magazine has two articles well worth reading: first, a long, thoughtful, and even-handed assessment of Governor … [Read more...]
Archives for January 24, 2008
23rd Middlesex Candidate Review
Sean Garballey, Democratic Candidate He presented well, was prepared and seemed at ease on the stage. He also gets some bonus points for being the only candidate to come by, shake my hand and ask for my vote (unfortunately, I don't live in … [Read more...]
GOP Launches First National Advertisement for 2008 Campaign
Surprisingly, it sounds almost identical to the, "socially irresponsible investing," advertisement for well-known Republican bank Wormwood Bayne. An impressive piece of work: … [Read more...]
Sean Garballey votes NO, then takes credit for SPED/ELL reform.
Suzanne Owayda, who served on the Arlington School Committee from 2001 to 2006, was outraged when she saw Sean Garballey's website. Sean is now taking credit for initiatives he opposed as a member of the school committee. As a former … [Read more...]
Patrick’s Budget
Spending is going up 5%. Taxes are going up. Not great ideas in a recession. What about cutting spending, and lowering taxes? … [Read more...]
NY Times endorses Clinton for president, and if you must vote Republican, McCain
First, they don't love Edwards. We have enjoyed hearing Mr. Edwards's fiery oratory, but we cannot support his candidacy. The former senator from North Carolina has repudiated so many of his earlier positions, so many of his Senate votes, … [Read more...]
“They Don’t Like Me! … They Really Don’t Like Me! …
That it might make Make-Up Mitt rap again, breaking into an improvised "Who Let The Pigs Out - Oink Oink", remains to be seen, and, the timing of this article should make for an interesting sidebar, in tonight's GOP Florida Debate (with the … [Read more...]
New Edwards Ad
Deval Tries Another Door
Criss-posted at Marry in Massachusetts. I confess that a good part of me likes the President Lyndon Johnson persona instead. In the U.S. Senate, then as VP and prez, he was a fearsome and sometimes brutal politician. From the 1964 Civil … [Read more...]
Lanny Davis: The Best Ad For Obama I Ever Heard
I just listened to part of today's "On Point" on WBUR. The discussion was over whether Bill Clinton was too immersed in the missus' campaign. Lanny Davis, President Bill's former special counsel was part of the discussion - … [Read more...]