Here is a quick question that I have not seen floated anywhere - Given the notion that Deval Patrick is on the "semi short list" to be nominated to the US Supreme Court when Justice Stevens retires, who is the Democratic Party's back-up … [Read more...]
Archives for April 7, 2010
The “Circle of Gold”
But when it first started up, lots of people were talking about it, including the students. And so I thought, "This is a teachable moment." I took one of my eighth grade classes and we spent one class period talking about the … [Read more...]
Looking for Groveland Democrats (short post)
The Groveland Democratic Town Committee is 6 members. If there are other others here we are looking for company. We will be having a town committee meeting tomorrow night at 6pm at the Tea Garden (not teaparty) restaurant … [Read more...]
Casino Boycott Petition Circulating
Gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein has thrown her weight behind the boycott and pledge. Here's her take on why people need to speak up: Dear Friend, As we enter political fund-raising season, Speaker DeLeo and Governor Patrick are … [Read more...]
Wu resists draft: decides not to challenge Lynch
Post on the Draft Harmony Wu Facebook page: Primaries are one way to demand accountability, and I hope a progressive candidate will step forward to challenge Mr. Lynch. But there are other avenues of advocacy, too, and we must take the long … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick campaign triples, then scores on industry blunder
The Deval Patrick campaign dropped a triple deep into the right field corner last week when his administration drove a health-insurance industry spitball of unjustified rate increases past right-fielder, GOP candidate, and health insurance … [Read more...]
Rasmussen: Patrick stays ahead of pack, approval rises
via MassBeacon (a terrific site, btw -- visit often): New Rasmussen poll puts the race this way:Patrick 35%Baker 27%Cahill 23% ... and Patrick's approval rating has risen from 39% to 46% -- in a month. Whoah -- not numbers to be … [Read more...]
New book cites government downsizing as cause of Big Dig, other problems
(Cross-posted from the Accountable Strategies blog)The book points out that that the Big Dig, in particular, suffered from a range of managerial issues common to public projects in which key managerial functions have been privatized. … [Read more...]
Scott Brown: Don’t Forget. It’s The People’s Seat.
It appears to me that Scott Brown is having a touch of an identity crisis. Or maybe it's a crisis of a man who is debating between his own beliefs and the beliefs of the national party he belongs to and the far right wing of that … [Read more...]
Lehigh on Steve Lynch – Baker on Education – Red Sox on Racism – TV Recommend
And with Scot Lehigh's column today so starts the Irish whisper campaign to make everyone believe Stevie Lynch's 'not right'. If ya know what I mean? He's Jimmy Kelly working a different room, that's all. Now I wonder whose best … [Read more...]