You need to listen carefully because someone at the podium was yelling at the delegates, I hope Charlie had earplugs. Anywho, Sen Durbin was asked why The word "God" was stricken from their platform. Of course, Durbin was unable to defend … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
Progressive Marjorie Decker runs hard for State Rep.
In a remarkable political story 13-year Cambridge City Councillor Marjorie Decker is poised to replace long-time progressive champion state representative Alice Wolf in Thursday's primary vote for the 25th Middlesex district. Decker worked … [Read more...]
Dems on fire on opening night
If this were the first quarter of a football game, the Democrats would have scored three touchdowns. As has been noted by many observers, the energy was high and positive throughout the evening, from Congressional women on through to the … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick’s DNC Speech
Wow. Great speech by the governor. (text) … [Read more...]
Mitt’s in a barrel
Earlier this afternoon I live-tweeted a remarkable forum about health care, ironically titled "Romneycare Works". I mean ... really, there's nothing ironic about it at all. The only irony is that Romney himself seems to have disavowed the … [Read more...]
Talking shoe-leather with John Walsh
I had a talk about Massachusetts' political specialty: The field and ground game. According to Walsh, we're in good shape, and we gotta bring it home. John Walsh speak, you listen! On canvassing, meeting voters face-to-face -- how it … [Read more...]
2nd Essex State Senate: John Slattery for state Senator
Hello all! On Thursday September 6th any BMGers in the 2nd Essex State Senate District (Danvers, Beverly, Peabody, Salem and Topsfield) will have the option of four Democratic candidates seeking our vote for state Senator. There is no … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Warren speaks to MA delegation this morning
Arrrrgggh, folks, you would not believe the horrible time I've had trying to find a @$% functional wifi signal today. Every single thing has been slow as molasses at best, or more typically, totally stopped up. Very frustrating. So … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Events in the 413
As many of you know, the Elizabeth Warren campaign is heading into a critical phase and we need to keep up the work. Today I am going to post for the first time on BMG, the events going on in and around Greater Springfield. Some of these, … [Read more...]
Cattle Rustlers & the Senate Race
States like Virginia are rightly viewed as a collection of diverse interests. Why isn't Massachusetts? Having lived inside Washington's Beltway for 10 years, I can tell you the view of Massachusetts from down there looks like … [Read more...]