As of August of last year, President Obama had taken 92 vacation days. This comes to about four weeks a year. Four or five weeks of vacation per year is not an outlandish amount of vacation for a chief executive. At a similar point in … [Read more...]
Archives for June 14, 2014
Attention: Very Important Hurt Feelings Alert
Professional opinion haver Scott Lehigh is sad because his candidate did not do well today. Consequently Lehigh attacks not just the 3 remaining candidates, but the conventions, which was "disorganized" and "unproductive." I think we can … [Read more...]
This just in: Kayyem and Avellone fail to make primary ballot
Juliette Kayyem's campaign has just emailed the following statement: Today Juliette did what she has done from the beginning of this campaign – she put bold ideas on the table to move Massachusetts forward. While the campaign fell short of … [Read more...]
Maura Healey: a prosecutor, not a politician
A strong launch from the veteran prosecutor and former professional basketball player. Video: Convention speech (email, no link): Seven years ago, I joined the Attorney General’s Office as HEAD of the Civil Rights Division. It was … [Read more...]
#DemVention: An ending, and a beginning
Last night I saw a convention somewhat in search of its identity. Eight years ago we had an interesting and contentious battle between three credible candidates, and a sense of urgency to turn around a historical moment -- a state that was … [Read more...]