Mike Mangan is running for State Rep from Everett, in a contested Democratic primary in less than two weeks. Today, my friend Andi at MassEquality sent out this email: Hey there, You may know I'm a big fan of Mike Mangan. He's the … [Read more...]
Archives for February 22, 2013
Gomez’ Tea Party politics, far-right summer job
I thought GOP Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez' introductory video was excellent. In addition to gorgeous families and diners I'm all in favor of "bipartisanship, reasonableness and common sense," just like he says he is. Then I looked … [Read more...]
Wonk Graphic: Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility Would Increase Spending
h/t Ezra Klein … [Read more...]
Lack of Leaflets
One theme of a recent Markey field organization conference call was the dearth of collateral — signs, leaflets, brochures — in the field. The absence of a comprehensive Web site for the campaign was also noted, and has been remarked on here … [Read more...]
Markey is right re Citizens United and Dred Scott
As is now being widely reported, Congressman Ed Markey made this statement on Tuesday about the Citizens United ruling: “The Constitution must be amended. The Dred Scott decision had to be repealed; we have to repeal Citizens … [Read more...]
MA-Sen sense and nonsense
Some sensible and some silly things have been said in the last 24 hours or so regarding our Senate race. Let's review a couple of them. Dred Scott and Citizens United: As you probably know by now, Ed Markey issued a call to overturn … [Read more...]
Progressive Mass Hosts Policy Conference
Over the past eight years, this website has hosted many policy debates and lively discussions. It’s one of the best – and only – places for that here in Massachusetts. But on Sunday, March 24th another place for that debate and … [Read more...]
Mass Building Trades, 2 other Unions Endorse Lynch
The Massachusetts Building Trades Council AFL-CIO, the statewide coalition of 74 construction unions representing 75,000 workers, formally endorsed Congressman Steve Lynch on February 21st. Joining the state Building Trades Council in … [Read more...]