He cared about civil rights as "the still unfinished business of America". He was instrumental in renewing the Lyndon Johnson Voting Rights Act in 1968, and in preventing Ronald Reagan from watering it down in 1982. He was a key … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2009
Do We Need Another Recovering Alcoholic As The New US Senator?
It came out in an open debate between state senators Brian A. Joyce and Stephen Lynch when they were both running for Congress that Lynch is a recovering alcoholic. This state may have been compromised to some degree in Senator Kennedy days … [Read more...]
Boston.com Senate Seat survey draws 17,000
Boston.com posed a survey question this afternoon that drew over 15,000 votes related to filling the US Senate seat. (The site electronically restricts votes to one per person)...as of 7 PM, the results were: Who should take the US Senate … [Read more...]
Help Needed Defeating Wal-Mart on Battlefield
Lowell at Blue Virginia has reasonably asked on the location: Maybe I'm missing something here, like the (supposedly) urgent need to build retail right on top of a battlefield where 145,000 Union and Confederate soldiers fought and more … [Read more...]
This candidate for Governor needs plan to help people save rather than getting them into more debt
Cross posted from Stop Predatory Gambling A candidate for Massachusetts governor recently said a key part of his platform will be to promote more predatory gambling in the form of legalized sports betting like Delaware tried to do. Yet … [Read more...]
Hearing on interim Senate appointment set for Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1 pm
And we're off! The Elections Committee is holding a hearing on "the interim filling of a vacant Senate seat and specifically H.656" on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 1 pm. It's in Gardner Auditorium, so apparently they're expecting a … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick announces special election
A special election to the office of United States Senator will be held Tuesday, January 19, 2010 to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Hon. Edward M. Kennedy. The primaries will be on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Here is … [Read more...]
SPECIAL ELECTION
To be held on Tuesday January 19, 2010. Primary on Tuesday December 8, 2009. … [Read more...]
Sell the seat!
It's a valuable thing, right? As long as we are changing the law around to appoint a seat warmer, let's sell it to Ben Affleck or the highest bidder. We could appoint a corporation and sell shares, as a charity. … [Read more...]
Last night’s radio show honoring Jared Monti
If you missed last night's Pundit Review radio show on WRKO honoring Jared C. Monti and raising money for his scholarship fund, you can listen to it here: It's well worth a listen. Jared was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2006, … [Read more...]
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