So, after Scot Lehigh's paean to business-y insiders who cut the health care deal, and Steve Bailey's three cheers to "Salesman" Jack Connors of Partners Healthcare, now we get front-page, above-the-fold treatment of the guys who are really … [Read more...]
GBIO still makin’ noise
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization is keeping the heat on the legislature to make the health care compromise something that actually provides, like, health care. Pretty poor showing from Senators -- what or whom are they afraid of?GBIO … [Read more...]
Another email from my cousin in New Orleans
Self-righteousness prevails again. Itâs not about what I can do for my community, but what can I get my community do for me, and how much can I get them to do before I have squeezed the last bits out. Even some of the people who say they … [Read more...]
Hillman’s peccadillos outweigh St. Fleuriasco
I don't have much to say about Reed Hillman's record as head of the State Police. The facts are pretty much laid out on the table: the policies against pregnant women doing much of anything were blatantly sexist and discriminatory. It is … [Read more...]
Patrick & Kennedy rallies today (Open Thread)
Kate Donoghue says this in her latest DDemsDispatch email update:I was notified this AM that the location of the Kennedy Rally had changed since the previous e-mail I sent out. It will be at Florian Hall, 55 Hallett Street, Dorchester … [Read more...]
What if the “sensible center” isn’t sensible?
Regarding the possible health care compromise, Scot Lehigh asks, "Can the sensible center hold onto a delicate deal?" He's referring, of course, to the $295 per-employee per-year assessment compromise recently struck between DiMasi and … [Read more...]
The Spyder who’s a junkyard dog
Christy Mihos is turning into some Homer Simpson-esque hallucination:Hiller"Tell me three words to describe you."Mihos"Tenacious⦠Oh, can I take that one back? Junkyard dog. That's three. Tenacious and junkyard dog."Hiller"Did you make … [Read more...]
Of Blogs and Spheres, Part Deux
Chris at Left-Center-Left has a response to my post on the "blog bubble" and what to do about it; Chris has theoretical and writing chops that I seem to have diluted with Schlitz in college. So go read it. (Hypocrisy warning: my hearty … [Read more...]
Health Care: We’re being watched
Andrew Varnon points to Nathan Newman's discussion at TPM Cafe of our MA health care deal. Regular readers will be familiar with most of the content of Newman's brief discussion. He concludes, "Health care advocates can be proud of a … [Read more...]
Liveblog of Harvard’s LG forum
Good stuff. Nice work, Harvard Dems. Interesting to see Goldberg talk so much about health care. Amusing to see the Sam Kelley manure-shoveling theme -- also comes across as the most enthusiastically liberal. I would agree that Silbert is … [Read more...]
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