But suppose he's right. Suppose he's really just moving to the center to appeal to the general electorate. Isn't it too early for that? With such a late primary, Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates have traditionally had a hard time … [Read more...]
Shut Out in North Andover at Dem Caucus
The meeting was called to order and the chair asked if anyone else wanted to run for delegate.I asked if any delegates were supporting Deval Patrick, the person whom I came out to support. I was told that I was out of order and that … [Read more...]
Down With Seatbelt Laws! Up with Liberty and Diversity!
Hurray for the good people of Massachusetts. Buried in the State House News Service report of the Governor's race poll posted below by rightmiddleleft one finds the following supplemental note:"Conducted right before the Democratic … [Read more...]
Caucus OPEN THREAD
Tell us where you are and what you're seeing!UPDATE (11:30 pm): WOW!!! You guys are amazing. To my knowledge, this thread is the single best collection of publicly available information on the caucuses right now. There are … [Read more...]
State House Poll shows Reilly leading
Gubernatorial candidate Thomas Reilly may be heading into this weekend's Democratic caucuses suffering from significant self-inflicted damage, but the latest State House News Poll shows Deval Patrick still confronts a mammoth political task … [Read more...]
LG’s on NECN
Deb Goldberg: Touted her business experience combined with public experience. Was pretty good after a slow start due to a tough question. Projects well. Seems scrappy, and I can see her getting into this and gettin' … [Read more...]
Great Thud of Non-Event 2006: “Oil Independence”
Last year I predicted that Social Insecurity would be a candidate for the "Great Thud of Non-Event 2005". Not exactly a bold prediction, but it turned out to be correct. This year's is an absolute slam-dunk: "Independence from Mid-East … [Read more...]
Future of a free internet?
The whole corporate vision for the wonderful internet is of course as a gigantic entertainment/marketing medium:Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are developing strategies that would track and store information on … [Read more...]
Reilly is a politician; just a bad one.
How has Reilly been nothing but a politician, who makes calculated decisions based on political gain...let me count the ways!First is the issue of the Death Penalty. It's Friday, so I think he's in favor of the Death Penalty … [Read more...]
FYI: Patrick Making Auto Calls
Calling his list of supporters to show up at the caususes. Sorry if it's not worth a diary. … [Read more...]