Recently, I've been a pretty inactive blogger. Before tonight, I hadn't posted on The Eisenthal Report for a week. There have been some interesting and important events that have been worthy of comment. The Massachusetts House passing new … [Read more...]
Archives for April 11, 2008
State House News rounds us up
From today's Weekly Roundup, supplied by the State House News Service: [The Governor] reached out to his political supporters on Blue Mass Group for an hourlong chat Tuesday - twice as long and two days before the outdoorsy chat with the … [Read more...]
Health Care: What problems do you want? (And when?)
Last Sunday, the NYTimes ran an important article about the scarcity of primary care -- and how it's being made even more scarce by the new availability of health insurance to many residents of Massachusetts. Now from WBUR comes a … [Read more...]
Arlington Two-Step
They play hardball politics down there in Arlington. Step 1. Smear incumbent. (Potentially specious complaint aggressively leaked from within the police department.) Step 2. Step into race.I would like to inform you of my … [Read more...]
Seeking Input for “Convention Overview” for the State Convention
For a while I have been posting information on BMG and elsewhere, especially about Party procedures and rules. Check out the 2006 guide that David posted. Today I am asking BMG denizens for input into a Convention Overview for the … [Read more...]
John Walsh talking about super delegates.
Marshfield Democratic Town Committee invited John Walsh the chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party to talk about supper I was hungry when I wrote this super … [Read more...]
Mass Healthcare Law: Excellent Series Starting on DailyKos
UMassLeftie has started an series of diaries on DK about our healthcare reform http://www.dailykos.com/storyo... Catch Part 1 today and comment! Full disclosure: I do not know who UMassLeftie is; I just liked his/her/its … [Read more...]
Simpatico with my Republican acquaintances
Cross posted from Blue Hampshire This is not about McCain, my friends. Having just read the post below, I felt like I needed to come clean with you all and make some amends. Back to Tuzla On the trail in Indiana, Mike Memoli transcribes … [Read more...]
How would you design a Party Platform?
Presidential Powers Check out the Constitution on this and then go back to where congress gets to weigh in. (D' uh). Also abolish the Electoral College. Popular vote period to elect the President. Congress Promote a balanced budget … [Read more...]
A good example of everybody working together on a fiscally responsible solution
So says Doug Rubin of the Governor's office in the 3-11-08 Globe We wish that had been the headline instead of "House OK's Big Tax Hikes." Actually we merged Doug's quote with the Speaker's. "The members of the House have rolled up their … [Read more...]