I keep reading national polls pitting Obama vs. McCain and Clinton vs. McCain, and it strikes me that these are being drawn from the same survey samples. That is, Gallup or WaPo or Rasmussen or whoever asks a selection of people, "Who would … [Read more...]
Archives for May 21, 2008
A new registrar — and an open seat in Watertown!
Governor Patrick today announced the appointment of Rachel Kaprielian (D-Watertown) as the new Registrar of Motor Vehicles: Kaprielian succeeds Anne Collins as Registrar of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. Collins has … [Read more...]
Foreign Policy for Dummies: The Condi Story
I found this article on a website called PR watch. It more or less goes into depth about Condoleezza Rice's credentials, and how they are more or less made up. This is the one problem I have with the way our government is ran. We rarely … [Read more...]
And One More For The Road …
MATTHEWS: Well, here's the delegate count. Senator Obama leads by 158 elected delegates. He leads by 24 superdelegates. NBC News has added 10 of Edwards' pledged delegates, as Chuck said, to Obama's total, based on … [Read more...]
Invest in Better Ideas: ActBlue
And so it will be for some 130 million families this month, when the first round of six-hundred-dollar checks hits the post. They'll open their mailboxes and find a lovely surprise-enough to buy a few tanks' worth of gas, or a few weeks' … [Read more...]
Rumor Mill says Sciortino does not have signatures
The dogs on the street in Somerville are reporting that Rep Carl Scirotino (D- Medford) has lost many of his certified nomination papers and is short of the 150 he needs to get on the Primary Ballot this September. The word is he is off to … [Read more...]
Casino Referendum… here we go again…
This just in from Boston.com House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, in a startling departure from previous stances against resort gambling, today decided for the first time to back a November ballot question asking voters whether they support … [Read more...]
“How to screw up a really good idea.” By the Democratic Party
Governor Howard Dean Democratic National Committee 430 S. Capitol St., SE Washington, DC 20003 Monday, May 19, 2008 Governor Dean: Let us begin by noting our respect for your position at the Democratic National Committee and the reforms you … [Read more...]
Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Office of Citizen’s un-Information
As some of you may know the Boston Globe yesterday ran a story regarding the possibility that Jim Ogonowski might not maybe make the ballot. Saying that as of Monday he was 259 signatures short with a week left of certifying to go. … [Read more...]
Top McCain’s Aide Does Not Want to Campaign Against Obama
Chris Cillizza at his WaPo Blog The Fix reports the Mark McKinnon who is the lead media consultant for the campaign has stepped down. McKinnon is just not a staffer but instead McCain's chief media strategist. He's one of a group of … [Read more...]