Progressives in Massachusetts have a choice over the next week: we can gossip and guess about polls, wondering which pollster will be right, which will be wrong; or we can devote ourselves to the most consequential federal election in … [Read more...]
Archives for January 12, 2010
We interrupt this Senate race …
to let you know that there has been a disastrous earthquake in Haiti. Magnitude is estimated at 7.0, with many aftershocks already, including one at 5.9, and with more expected. It has been about 250 years since an earthquake of this … [Read more...]
Brown Pathetically Hides Behind his Children
The Orders of the Day were considered, as follows: The Senate Bill providing timely access to emergency contraception (Senate, No. 2073) (its title having been changed by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading),- was read a third … [Read more...]
Does anyone know it the health care bill would affect federal workers?
I just received a forward of an email. Here's part of it: "Proposed changes to the current FEHB program would increase health care costs for both single and family coverage. There are more equitable ways to expand health insurance … [Read more...]
More polls suggest a close race; BMG’s exclusive poll coming soon
There's a new poll out from Rasmussen that has Coakley up 49-47, with 3% for Kennedy and 2% unsure. And Taegan Goddard says he's heard that the same internal polling that showed Coakley up 14% a few days ago now has her up only 5%. … [Read more...]
PREDICTION TIME: January 19th Senate race
Coakley: 55 Brown: 40 Kennedy: 4 Turnout: 620,000 The morning of the election I will once again put together a composite of all the predictions to see how close the BMG collective wisdom is to the final numbers. I wish I could offer a prize … [Read more...]
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer reports on Brown’s Cosmo shot.
The Cosmo page was shown with huge black square over the middle part of Brown's body (hilarious). Blitzer's asserts that if it had been a woman, it would have been harmful to her campaign. Gergen agrees that such a photo shoot would be a … [Read more...]
Recording on-duty police officers should not be a crime
Digital recording on cellphones and cameras offers us an opportunity to hold police officers accountable on the streets. I can't see any valid argument for outlawing this type of watchdog. Their is no safety concern. The … [Read more...]
Scott Brown: lawyer
Scott Brown delights in talking up his military cred, and enjoys posting pictures of himself in uniform on campaign-related websites. Yet, in case you missed this a few days ago: [H]e has never been deployed to a war zone.... Despite … [Read more...]
I’ll tell you what’s “contemptable”
Our friend EaBo has his knickers all in a twist over an image in Martha Coakley's new ad and my reaction thereto. He says "the left is contemptable." First, Rob, it's "contemptible." Listen to your browser's … [Read more...]