So, Adam Reilly and Jon Keller both gave the "What Exactly Does That Mean?" treatment to Patrick's acceptance speech. Adam quotes a nearby eighth grade critic, clearly wise beyond her years: "Nice cliché"; Keller groans at Patrick's "vague … [Read more...]
Convention wrap-up
First of all, congratulations to all the candidates, all of whom got onto the September ballot -- including, by a squeaker, Chris Gabrieli. Congrats especially to Deval Patrick, Tim Murray, and Bill Galvin, the convention-endorsed … [Read more...]
BlogLeft meetup at the Atrium
Per rollbiz, we're meeting at the Atrium in Worcester after the convention today. Hope to see you there. … [Read more...]
Saturday liveblogging the convention
Deb Goldberg speaking: time to get Massachusetts moving again! Yay!*Health care: insurance co. price gouging.*Pay teachers what they deserve. (What do they deserve?)*Cities and towns have been ignored.*Her family grew supermarket chain, … [Read more...]
Bush, at 30%, bullies gays
So, if you suspected that Laura Bush's entreaties not to campaign on banning gay marriage were window-dressing, you were right!WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President George W. Bush will promote a constitutional ban on gay marriage on the eve of a … [Read more...]
Al Gore Has a Posse
I saw "An Inconvenient Truth" this afternoon. It was terrific ... scariest movie I've seen in a while. If you're reading this blog, you really should see it.And yeah, I'm on board for Gore '08 if he's up for it. Just think about those words … [Read more...]
My final statement on 15% before the convention
OK, it's crunch time for the candidates to reel in their delegates, and obviously the campaigns are a bit on edge. For my own sake, I'll just clarify my thoughts on the whole thing: As we've said any number of times, the 15% rule is … [Read more...]
Thank you for coming to Gore’s, sit back and relax, enjoy the show
An Inconvenient Truth opens today in MA. Here are the showtimes in the 0213-to-the-8:AMC Loews Harvard Square 510 Church Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138Showtimes: 12:15, 1:30, 2:30, 4:05, 5:00, 6:30, 7:45, 9:00, 10:15, 11:20Or in … [Read more...]
Deval’s stocks and glass houses
As I said recently, "Bringing up people's stock investments sounds like wandering into a whole neighborhood of glass houses." And it turns out that Deval Patrick recently sold some tobacco stocks, pretty small amounts: $3200 of Altria (the … [Read more...]
Delahunt squishy on net neutrality?
Matt Stoller is still afraid that MA congressmen Bill Delahunt could sell us down the river on net neutrality:The danger here is that the conflict between the Rules Committee and the Judiciary Committee produces a meaningless substitute … [Read more...]
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