So, Our Guv has decided to postpone his decision about whether to run for re-election until after the health care debate shakes out. Supposedly that makes him "more relevant" to the discussion. But as the Jim Braude interview made … [Read more...]
national health care ideas
Ezra Klein at TAPPED bla blah blah … [Read more...]
Health care: GBIO’s Senate vs. House comparison
The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) has written up a nice comparison sheet (.pdf) between the House and Senate health care plans. The third column is apparently what GBIO plans to push for in conference committee. Their … [Read more...]
And it’s Illinois in the lead …
With today's news that Illinois has just enacted a program that will make affordable health insurance readily available to every child in the state, the pressure is (or should be) on Massachusetts lawmakers to take similarly bold … [Read more...]
Alito’s explanations are getting worse
Last week, the big story on the Alito Supreme Court nomination was his participation in a case involving Vanguard when he apparently told the Senate he wouldn't hear those cases, and his rather half-baked explanation as to why what he said … [Read more...]
Sam Kelley
We spoke recently with Lieutenant Governor candidate Sam Kelley. As is our practice David, Charley and I will each post our impressions separately without advance discussion. (Full disclosure: I have already announced that I am supporting … [Read more...]
Give me death or give me death!
So, the lege is taking up Romney's Extra Cuddly Death Penalty? tonight. Won't pass. We're too busy trying to keep people from being killed in the first place. Somehow that's not cuddly enough for Our Guv.Yawn. Wouldn't it be great to have a … [Read more...]
kos dummy post
Health Care: From Despair to HopeHealth care seems to be the juggernaut issue for the next several years -- one which both parties have tried to avoid. It's closing in on all of us, one way or another: Costs continue to spiral upwards to … [Read more...]