The "Tank the Gas Tax" committee is holding an event this coming Monday in Karyn Polito's home town of Shrewsbury to raise some money to help support their efforts to pass a ballot question in November to stop the indexing of the state's … [Read more...]
MA GOP: State Rep Candidate Dan Allie Signs “No New Laws” Pledge (!) (?)
Excerpt from an email sent out by the Mass GOP just now, emphasis mine: Veteran Dan Allie is in the race to become state representative in the 4th Hampden district. Currently he serves as a Westfield city councilor and the Vice President … [Read more...]
Join us on the Irish Riviera this weekend…
Hi BMGers - I wanted to invite all of you to join us on the Irish Riviera this Saturday for the Plymouth County Democratic League's annual Dorothy Landry St. Patrick's Day dinner. We have almost all of the statewide candidates coming down … [Read more...]
MAGOP St. Paddy’s Day Breakfast Disaster
Yesterday marked two distinctly different political breakfasts in Massachusetts: the long-standing Democratic led breakfast in South Boston and the nascent GOP8 breakfast in my hometown of Scituate. While the Democrats (and Gov. Weld and … [Read more...]
Hey Mike Sullivan: DO YOUR HOMEWORK
First Mike Sullivan's Campaign Manager copies Tisei's positions. Then Sullivan admits at last night's debate that he hasn't even read his positions. Now Mike Sullivan is proposing having the TSA give preference to hiring veterans in a … [Read more...]
Winslow bringing “GOP Steals 2016” project to Mass
Have you heard about the Red Map Redistricting Project? It's a project of the Republican State Leadership Committee - their short-name for this is REDMAP. Maddow did a good piece on it that you can check out here. GOP Chair Reince Priebus … [Read more...]
IT’S OFFICIAL!
Congratulations SENATOR Warren! Senator Warren, with Senator Kerry, immediately after being sworn in by Vice President Biden … [Read more...]
Another special election, another opportunity to intimidate voters.
Remember Empower Massachusetts? Kate wrote a post about voter intimidation in the Sixth Worcester District this spring during the Democratic special election. Empower Massachusetts and Show ID to Vote were heavily involved in monitoring the … [Read more...]
Join Me in Organizing for a Progressive Massachusetts
For nearly a year, a group of actvists and organizers have been working hard to create a new, statewide organization that has the potential to have a major impact on Massachusts politics. Progressive Massachusetts is the culmination of a … [Read more...]
Brown’s Camp has registered QueenElizabethWarren.com
David's post about Scott Brown's comments regarding "CrazyKhazei" (Scott Brown still playing the victim on CrazyKhazei) served as a reminder to go check if Scott Brown's consultants had created anymore Mass Senate related websites. I did a … [Read more...]