Party politics is a dying craft. Fewer and fewer Bay Staters identify as Democrat or Republican. Younger generations are far more likely to register as unenrolled than mine, just as my generation is more independent than that of my … [Read more...]
Archives for October 24, 2014
Time for the Coakley high command to rise to the occasion
What the campaign and candidate have been doing so far regarding issues and message seems not to be working. Yes, MC is being outspent, but let's save our whining about that for the post-mortem: nobody cares, and it's loser talk. Yes, we … [Read more...]
Ted Cruz’s Deputy Chief of Staff – Nick Muzin – Is a stupid, extremely stupid man and a sad pathetic excuse for a human being.
Nick Muzin, who is Ted Cruz's Deputy Chief of Staff, wrote the following tweet (which he later deleted): Before Obamacare, there had never been a confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S. Tnis is such an insanely stupid comment, both because of … [Read more...]
Thoughts and Prayers with Mayor Menino and his Family
Sad news from the Globe last night, former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has suspended cancer treatments and will be entering palliative care. The former Mayor kept busy with a memoir and an urban policy initiative at Boston University. … [Read more...]
The many and the few
Paul Krugman nails an essential element of our ongoing political debate in his NYT column today "Plutocrats against Democracy." It is a concise illustration, with some comparative global examples, of one way of understanding U.S. history: a … [Read more...]
Canvass in Arlington on Sunday with Deval Patrick and Katherine Clark!
As Ed Markey likes to say, in Arlington we don't agonize, we organize! Join us Sunday as we hit the streets in one the state's richest strongholds of Democratic voters - voters we need to turn out on November 4th in this non-presidential … [Read more...]
“That’s how we do it,” she said. “One voter at a time.” GOTV Events
Last week the Globe ran a story about me, focusing on canvassing and direct voter contact. The reporter spent a significant amount of time with me and highlighted the story of a voter I met. She was undecided when we first started speaking, … [Read more...]