A couple of specific thoughts on tonight's discussion: Coakley was successful in attacking Brown on health care. She pointed out that Brown has filed a bill in the Mass. Legislature to cut out the mandates in the Massachusetts health … [Read more...]
Archives for January 8, 2010
Romney is a fraud
Back in 2004 when we were thinking about starting a blog, a tour around the internet revealed very few other sites focused specifically on Mass. politics. One of the few -- and for a long time one of the best -- was Romney Is A Fraud. … [Read more...]
Coakley shakes it up, finally!
http://media.masslive.com/brea... My favorite spar, "Just so I'm clear, so we get a simple answer, you would let the top 2 percent keep the tax cuts they got during the Bush-Cheney administration?" Coakley said to Brown. "That's a yes or … [Read more...]
Vindication???
I wrote this diary on Sunday Dec 27th. Essentially, my message was... But don't worry, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said "The System Worked 'Like Clockwork'"WHAT? Can you please explain how letting a guy from Yemen get on a plane flying … [Read more...]
PPP Senate Poll to be Released This Weekend
Public Policy Polling blog posted that they are going to release a poll for the Massachusetts Senate Special Election. They have noted some of the story-lines that they are seeing. It's not pretty: But because we've already … [Read more...]
More brightly colored “Mass Groups”!
I have to say that I find this phenomenon quite funny. "Blue Mass Group" is a clever play on words (for which I am not responsible, by the way). First, it reminds one of the popular and very cool theatre troupe "Blue Man Group," … [Read more...]
Running for Office in Mass: Prior residency required only for State House Reps.
United States Senator * Must be at least 30 years of age. * Must be a registered voter. * Must be a U.S. citizen for at least 9 years prior to the date of the election. * Must be an … [Read more...]
Impeach Tim Geithner
Much like de-regulation didn't work Tim serves other masters and not the United States. http://www.augustreview.com/ne... And that is not even Alex Jones saying it. … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue
We begin with Scott Brown. Moving on (ha ha, I kill myself. I'm here all day, folks). Daniel Kurtzman: "President Obama has appointed a transgender woman to a position in the Department of Commerce. You know, in this era of partisan … [Read more...]
Providers and the Health Care Problem
Hello, It's not getting much attention in the debate over health care when attention from the left focuses on insurance companies and the public option and the right speaks of government takeover, but providers will have to reduce costs. … [Read more...]