Janet Reno, the first woman and one of the longest to serve as US Attorney General, passed away today from complications of Parkinson's Disease. … [Read more...]

I have kept up with the statistical side of this race via Electoral-Vote.com and fivethirtyeight.com, so I thought I would share their "final" prognostications (though 538 may actually update a few more times).  Let's see how they do.  I … [Read more...]

I have MSNBC on in the background and they are talking a lot about where the DUMB candidate thinks he has an opening in traditionally blue states among blue collar voters.  This has been one of the greatest frustrations of this campaign. … [Read more...]

The following is an excerpt from today's "Weekly Roundup" email courtesy of the State House News Service: Sal DiMasi could soon be returning to a free world that looks very different from the one he left almost five years ago. The … [Read more...]

My brief takeaways: The DUMB candidate said he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Clinton's emails - SERIOUSLY!? His pointing at her was very off-putting. I didn't like the split-screen format for this.  It looked odd … [Read more...]

So I'm going to put myself out there on this since I do not follow the BMG party line about let's let everyone smoke pot just cuz they want to, darn it!  However, my comments in threads on this topic are largely reactive and probably sound … [Read more...]

It's 10:15 and hadn't seen this yet, so I figured I'd start.  Here are my takeaways so far: We do seem to be getting a pretty standard Dem v. GOP debate as many predicted.  I doubt it moves many votes in either direction and I'm not … [Read more...]

Without much to add I just wanted to share this article I came across, which is one of the more succinct attempts I have seen to knock down myths perpetrated about our nominee (a few of which, unfortunately, even appearing on BMG either … [Read more...]

Just thought I would briefly mention political developments to our north.  By far the most significant races were both nomination contests for Governor which were hotly contested.  For the Republicans, Executive Councilor Chris Sununu, son … [Read more...]

Just thought I would share the Globe article about possible candidates for state party chair, the election for which by law falls shortly after the presidential election.  I would however, make a few comments: The article says that Sen. … [Read more...]