This Sunday (May 18), we'll be officially kicking off Sonia Chang-Diaz's campaign for the Second Suffolk Senate seat. Come learn more about Sonia's campaign to bring new leadership to the district and find out how you can be a part of … [Read more...]
Archives for May 13, 2008
Democrats pickup congressional seat in Mississippi
Democrat Travis Childers won a Republican-held seat in a Mississippi special election Tuesday. This is a stunning upset in the state's First Congressional District, which George Bush carried with 62 percent in 2004. The election was to fill … [Read more...]
Obama Throws the General?
Everyone expected Clinton to best Obama in WV. But by all accounts, Obama campaigned only one day in WV, and spent most of primary day in Missouri. I am quite dismayed. WV is a swing state in the general election, along … [Read more...]
Oh yeah — Hillary wins WV
By a lot. The networks called it so fast, I didn't have a chance to jump the gun! While the math won't change a lot tonight (WV has only 28 delegates), here's an interesting nugget: Clinton is also using electoral history to make her … [Read more...]
A visit with John Rogers
I've watched the Massachusetts House of Representatives from a distance for a long time, but I don't claim to understand it. It always strikes me as one star politician surrounded by 159 extras. That must be why the House's constant … [Read more...]
Young Democrats of Massachusetts off to a great start!
We are excited about our new initiatives this year. Beginning next week we will be hosting cocktail hours for those interested in joining us. The first of these is on May 20th and is posted on the BMG calendar. We also are … [Read more...]
Why, oh why, can’t we be smart about taxes?
This is absurd. Why do the Dems in our legislature have to assume new taxes are the answer to all our problems? Sometimes, I think people completely forget about the progressive agenda, and become too focused on the politics of jacking up … [Read more...]
“Beyond a Reasonable Doubt”: A Pyrrhic Legal Victory for James Marzilli?
Well, here's the "end" of the James Marzilli harassment case. A tough charge to prove, and a tough one to really defend against. "If God did not exist, it would be necessary for man to invent him."- from a mural in the New Orleans bordello … [Read more...]
So the candidate has a few negatives . . .
Domaingue . . . yesterday was asked to leave Town Hall property after he was seen brandishing signs accusing Kie of being a drug-dealer, a rapist and a former member of a motorcycle gang called the Warlocks. Domaingue, who called himself a … [Read more...]
Profiles In Courage: The Estate Tax
Ah it's ok for the "little people" to pay the estate tax, just not the Kennedys. The dirty secret of the estate tax is that it disproportionately hurts the small family businesses who didn't do proper planning, it doesn't hurt the … [Read more...]