The influential think-tank MassINC had an event at Faneuil Hall today, inviting former governors to talk about "achieving the American Dream in Massachusetts." Lot of familiar faces from MA politics and media, which can lead to some strange … [Read more...]
McCain would do it hiiiiiiiiis waaaaayyyyyy
Hey now, straight-talkin' Johnny McCain's got the plan for Iraq:âOne of the things I would do if I were President would be to sit the Shiites and the Sunnis down and say, âStop the bullshit,ââ said Mr. McCain, according to Shirley … [Read more...]
Bubble bubble toil and trouble: It begins?
Well, the Globe writes that there continues to be a lot of downward pressure on housing prices, although calling it a "buyers market" still seems like a stretch to me.So, on one hand we've got burgeoning housing inventories on the market; … [Read more...]
Hub Politics not making progress
I started this as a comment, but I'm going to "promote" myself: On our previous thread, a commenter writes, "It is very sad how Blue Mass ignored the actual issue of the Hub Politics post."Terribly sad. I'm, like, cryin'.How do we address … [Read more...]
Hot fresh polls: Gabrieli in the lead?
Frank Phillips at the Globe parses some internal poll numbers from the Gabrieli campaign which show him in the lead:According to a memo obtained by the Globe, the poll shows Gabrieli at 33 percent, Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly at 20 … [Read more...]
I heart Al Gore
I'd just like to reinforce that I just love Al Gore -- in a totally fraternal, heterosexual, football-tossing, chuck-the-chin, deodorant-ad kind of way, of course:WASHINGTON - Is President Bush likely to see Al Gore's documentary about … [Read more...]
It’s the housing, stupid
I went to the presentation of two reports on housing today at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: one by Barry Bluestone of Northeastern's Center for Urban and Regional Policy, the other by Harvard-KSG-Rappaport Institute's Edward Glaeser. … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Thursday’s debate
I finally got a chance to catch Thursday's gubernatorial candidates' forum at the NECN website; kudos to NECN for keeping it up there. Here are my thoughts:Of all the candidates, I consistently found Chris Gabrieli the easiest to listen to. … [Read more...]
Mitt as manager
Just to sum up some things I've been saying in the comments to my previous post on flooding... I'm trying to wrap my head around this Peabody flood-abatement veto business, and I just have to wonder: how is this not a major hit to the … [Read more...]
Flooding and vetoes
From Sen. Majority Leader Fred Berry's site, an article from the Salem Evening News - September 20, 2004: PEABODY â Gov. Mitt Romney declared a state of emergency and lobbied the White House for federal disaster aid when a massive storm … [Read more...]
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