[Earlier today, I attended an inspiring house party in Peterborough where Deval Patrick made his pitch for Obama in a house built from thick beams and set in the middle of a deep snowy woods that could have come right out of the founding … [Read more...]

In the Globe. Best line: Instead of the right and the left, he is focused on right and wrong. Worst line: The Bush administration has been ineffective in foreign policy and absent in domestic policy. The Bush administration has hardly … [Read more...]

Here it is, the first Facebook debate, and one of the most crucial debates of the first Facebook election. Will Romney bring up Huckabee's penchant for cooking squirrels in his popcorn popper? Will Clinton say that since Obama has used … [Read more...]

ABC News reports via its Facebook debate blog: "The Romney campaign dropped the traveling press off at their Manchester HQ today, only to find a crowd of McCain supporters standing outside." Are the wheels really coming off? Seamus, you … [Read more...]

Senator Clinton's campaign has suddenly discovered the youth vote, which apparently means people under 44, according to the NYT: Mrs. Clinton, after arriving here at 4 a.m. Friday, used a rally in Nashua to begin focusing on young voters … [Read more...]

Things are getting a bit wild on Wells Avenue in Newton! … [Read more...]

Rank advocacy but, hey, this progressive blog is about making change happen, and no one here is shy. Hope for the best, and work for it. Sound familiar? We got a strong dollop of hope last night from Senator Obama. Here is how you can work … [Read more...]

Definitely worth watching. Click here to see it on MSBNC. The best candidate, in my opinion, won in Iowa. Just compare this speech to that of Senator Clinton and Senator Edwards -- and the worthy efforts in 2004 of Senator Kerry. … [Read more...]

Credit: Bullshit, the movie. The attention being given to the opinions of a few tens of thousands politically elite midwesterners today does not serve the interest of our national democracy. It serves the interests of the Parties and the … [Read more...]