Just noticed on Daily Kos that Rep. Tierney has a primary challenger in the person of Seth Moulton. He has the support of VoteVets, a fairly reliably progressive organization. On the other hand, the following, without more substance, sounds … [Read more...]
Archives for October 17, 2013
John Connolly Accuses Boston Public School Teachers of Using Students Against His Campaign- Concern About Carlo Basile Raising $100,000 for John Connolly (That’s Right, One Hundred Large Ones)
The Globe gave Johnny Fraud Connolly the opportunity to explain to people how his piddly three years teaching in non-public schools (two years as a volunteer) shaped his campaign into Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Well I had to read the excerpt … [Read more...]
Not to go all EB3 on everyone…
but let's look at today's Globe's coverage of the race for Mayor of Boston. Front page below the fold: a soft piece on John Connolly's teaching jobs, in which he specifically gets to rebut "grumbling backlash, spread through blogs and … [Read more...]
We Should Take a Moment to Celebrate This Great Democratic Victory
Well, that's it, really. But to elaborate just a bit, win/wins are possible in politics, and we can argue whether they won (I would say they did), but there's no question that WE did. The unity of the caucus was impressive, there seemed … [Read more...]
Picking Sides – Walsh v. Connolly
I find the "politics" of choosing (or not choosing) sides in the race for mayor to be fascinating. In the primary, we saw alot of what we probably expected based on demographics and electoral positions. Many minority politicians went with … [Read more...]
Comment of the day: Gender Politics
From my esteemed co-Editor Charley, commenting in the colossal 100-plus comments post-CD5 election review post: Gender politics You know … I feel like there’s a right way and a wrong way to do that. Paycheck fairness is a perfectly good … [Read more...]