He definitely connected with his audience, and he worked some themes that were reminiscent of the recent Massachusett's governors race.  Like Deval Patrick, he appealed to hope and asked the members of the audience to make his campaign … [Read more...]

Some ideas for panel topics (but I'm open to others): the Municipal Partnership Act, Tax Fairness, the New Health Care Law, Acting Locally Against Global Warming, Rebuilding the Democratic Party.  We don't have a burning controversy in … [Read more...]

BMG-ers, I'm looking for some suggestions for speakers to help wake up a sleepy DTC.  I live in a town north of Boston that's a textbook case of declining Democratic registrations and increasing unenrolled voters. Some of us who worked … [Read more...]

It has been interesting to watch the debate back and forth between those obsessed with the purity of the process and those more concerned with achieving a just outcome on the issue of same-sex marriage.  I count myself firmly among the … [Read more...]