I'm surprised this hasn't already been written up yet for the BMG faithful - the legend of Scott Brown grows by the hour! Steve Kornacki was sitting in for Rachel Maddow tonight and he closed the show with a brief commentary about the … [Read more...]
Archives for July 16, 2014
Thank You Congressman McGovern
Today, Congressman Jim McGovern, the second ranking Democrat on the House Rules Committee, spoke at the roughly 5 hour hearing held by House Republicans regarding Speaker Boehner's planned lawsuit of the President. Thank you Congressman … [Read more...]
Mike Lake Momentum – The Lake Effect
We are a little over a month from the Convention and campaigns are hitting their stride. They are out in force, knocking on doors, talking to voters, making calls, going to events and other campaign things like marching in parades. It's … [Read more...]
Support Eric Lesser for State Senate
Last Saturday, I spent an afternoon knocking on doors with one of my future students. It was a Day of Action for Eric Lesser’s state senate campaign in the First Hampden-Hampshire District, and the student I was working with was one of … [Read more...]
The Sherlock Holmes-style mystery of the secret switch of the ‘Real Lives’ bill versions
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) How exactly does it happen in the state Legislature that a good piece of legislation gets "lost" just as a bad piece of legislation has been substituted for it? That seems to be exactly what … [Read more...]
Keep the Charter Cap (With a Boston Accent)
Google "segregation" and this is what first pops up: seg·re·ga·tion ˌsegriˈgāSHən/ noun the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart. "the segregation of pupils with learning … [Read more...]