I'm a little late to the game here but Paul has written a really good piece over at Boston Magazine on Sal Dimasi. Lot's of inside information, background and "unnamed" sources chime in to provide balanced look at the Speaker. Check it out … [Read more...]
Archives for February 16, 2008
That bus isn’t coming.
Via Jay: How deep does the rot in the MBTA go? To the point where they'd cut a bus run, but not tell anyone. We knew that some runs just ... somehow ... weren't happening, but maybe it was driver absenteeism, or some other lack of … [Read more...]
Update on the Mashpee Wampanoag’s quest to build a casino
There is also a vote coming in Mashpee as to a Wampanoag desire to create a Wampanoag reservation by putting land in trust, but with a restriction against a casino being put up on it: MASHPEE - Voters will have their say on an agreement … [Read more...]
Michigan, Florida, the Super “D’s” and following the rules
Given that 24/7 punditry has run out of something new to say the only thing left that could have signifcant impact on the outcome (the part that will not be decided by the will of the people) is will the Michigan and Florida delegation be … [Read more...]
What really happened when Romney and McCain “buried the hatchet”
via our friend Paul Szep. … [Read more...]
A Perfect Storm: Rules, Democracy, and the DNC
The coming, if not perfect storm, promises to be the Democratic Convention this summer. It seems likely that neither Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton will have the exact number of votes to win the nomination, which means … [Read more...]