You saw it here first, folks. Soon a Trial Court Judge will move from the bench to the service of the Executive Branch. It's happened once before, so do stay tuned. … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Fighting Terrorism Post-1/31
A thoughtful commentary for others' consideration: http://www.schneier.... … [Read more...]
Uh Oh.
From State House News Wire Service--BOSLEY A NO-SHOW IN PATRICK'S DEVELOPMENT CABINET PLAN: Gov. Deval Patrick today announced the creation of his so-called Development Cabinet, but the legislator he's appointed to helm that Cabinet was … [Read more...]
Patrick-Murray Step 1: Getting Control of the Executive Branch
You heard it here first, folks. Contrary to David Bernstein's prediction, http://www.thephoeni... the new Gov will not expend precious political capital in Year 1 by tying state control strings to local aid (Year 2 maybe, when muni … [Read more...]
David Cohen for Transportation Secretary?
That's the rumor. Any confirmation? … [Read more...]
Blue Mass Group Blook
BMG was there at the beginning of transformative politics. Not that the forces of stalestatusquoolboyoism won't try to grind you back into stalestatusquoolboyoism conformity. So how about a BMG blook? … [Read more...]
More Missing Votes in Boston?
I'm confused. The Second Suffolk Senate district race featured several polling locations that ran out of ballots because of unexpectedly large numbers of voters who decided to check in to vote for Deval, right? … [Read more...]
This Only Would Matter if She Were a Republican Congresswoman…
http://www.boston.co...Oh nevermind. … [Read more...]
Steve Garfield Poll Shows Dems Supporting Samiyah Diaz
The margin of error is probably the poll itself, but still an interesting snapshot: http://stevegarfield... … [Read more...]
Second Suffolk Senate News
The MSM seems to have more on the Second Senate contest than BMG these days (I know, I know, someone will chirp in that it's no contest, yadda yadda), such as a thoughtful piece in this week's South End News: … [Read more...]