This makes three of our four Democratic constitutional officers endorsing her (and the fourth one shouldn't endorse IMO).  Per email... Greetings! Next November, we have the chance to elect someone … [Read more...]

Lots of news reports lighting up my Facebook feed that President Carter has announced that his brain cancer has been successfully treated, and at least one report used the word "gone"! … [Read more...]

Per State House News Service... Sen. Anthony Petruccelli, an East Boston Democrat who started his career on Beacon Hill in the House, was on the other end of the line telling his boss that he planned to resign to join the downtown lobbying … [Read more...]

I figured I'd start another diary rather than further sidetrack the one about HRC's position on and reaction to the ISIS threat.  I want to directly address the objections some have made to the idea that Clinton is progressive and flesh out … [Read more...]

Senator Warren often sends out emails about what she is working on, but this one in particular strikes me as a no-brainer, so I actually took the extra couple of seconds to click through and sign her petition.  This is one of those things … [Read more...]

Democrat John Bel Edwards has defeated Republican David Vitter in today's runoff to become the next Governor of Louisiana, a state that has not elected a lot of statewide Dems in recent years.  The GOP Lt. Governor who had been a first … [Read more...]

The most significant, or at least time-consuming, discussion at today's Democratic State Committee meeting revolved around rules for running for Senate district conference seats and electing delegates to the state convention.  Mention was … [Read more...]

At this writing more than 140 have been killed in a series of terrorist attacks in the French capital this evening.  First, there were explosions outside a soccer match attended by President Hollande.  This was followed by gunmen opening … [Read more...]

Courtesy Fox Business Network and the Wall Street Journal.  No opening statements.  Follow in the comments.  Add your own insights, fact-checking, anything I misunderstood or just missed, etc. about the various points in replies to the … [Read more...]

From the inbox... Friend -- There’s so much to change in Washington, and over the past year, we have made important progress. We are making progress modernizing and reforming the VA. We are driving the conversation about strategy and … [Read more...]