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Party Chair: Are We Doing this Wrong?

February 25, 2017 By ryepower12

Here's a question for everyone to think of today, as we're awaiting news on our next party chair from the smoke-filled halls of a hotel in Atlanta. How many people do we think should get a vote? 477, or 4,770,000? Right now, it's 477 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democratic-party, dnc

Taxing Hospitals in MA. Pigs are flying.

April 14, 2016 By ryepower12

Before I post some big news from today, I want to discuss Partner's business practices for a minute. The Partners Network makes vast profits almost every year. I'm sure if you lined up all the businesses based in MA that mostly deal with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: baker, beacon-hill, charlie-baker, health-care, house leadership, legislature, speaker-deleo

The GE is going to get their Boston HQ rent free.

March 30, 2016 By ryepower12

Fort Point and the "Innovation District" is one of the hottest property markets in the world. There is no end to the number of firms that would like to locate there. So, of course, the GE is going to be there at the giant cost of... rent … [Read more...]

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The Four Ways to Win Democratic Campaigns, and why they spell trouble for Hillary in the General

March 2, 2016 By ryepower12

There are four methods Democratic candidates can generally employ to win campaigns. 1) The first targets groups, often employing identity politics, trying to forge enough 'pieces' of the Democratic Party together to achieve victory. … [Read more...]

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This election isn’t about Hillary and Bernie, at all

February 29, 2016 By ryepower12

I was born in 1984, during the rise of neoliberalism. It's all I've really known all my life. For a long time, I thought it was normal. Expected. Always. It isn't, and wasn't. It is an historical aberration that the powered elites want … [Read more...]

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The post everyone should read to understand this primary

February 8, 2016 By ryepower12

The context surrounding this election -- representing drastically different, competing economic ideologies between Hillary and Bernie -- is largely unknown or misunderstood by most Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters, but in my mind … [Read more...]

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There is an appropriation going on here, and it’s bad for the party

February 6, 2016 By ryepower12

I think the squabble over the word "progressive" in our party is cemented over one thing: To some people, it's just a word. To other people, it's the movement they've been a part of, starting in the netroots, for over a decade … [Read more...]

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Bernie Sanders is within striking distance of Hillary Clinton in NH

June 16, 2015 By ryepower12

Suffolk has the race polled at 41% Clinton, 31% Sanders. This follows a couple days after another firm had Bernie within 12% of Hillary in NH. These are some pretty astounding numbers for a guy that half the population's never heard of … [Read more...]

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And the winner of the Unofficial BMG June Presidential Straw Poll is…. Bernie Sanders!

June 7, 2015 By ryepower12

Hey everyone, here's the results from the Unofficial BMG June Presidential Primary Straw Poll. With 61% of the BMG vote, participants came out strongly for Bernie Sanders. It appears as if he's quickly built some grassroots and netroots … [Read more...]

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Unofficial June BMG Democratic Presidential Primary Strawpoll Time!

June 2, 2015 By ryepower12

Now that the Democratic Presidential Primary field is starting to really take shape, I figure it's time to get a real sense of what BMGers think about the presidential primary at this early date. So, let's have a straw-poll! The … [Read more...]

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