Salon is reporting the President will address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, September 9th. Here's hoping he draws a few lines in the sand. … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick announces special election
A special election to the office of United States Senator will be held Tuesday, January 19, 2010 to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Hon. Edward M. Kennedy. The primaries will be on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Here is … [Read more...]
Salon’s take on the Kennedy succession and Obama’s eulogy (updated link)
Here are some Salon columns from today. One has the full text of the President's eulogy; the second is the article on succession which this diary previously linked; if you can stand it there's a column talking about Mike Huckabee's … [Read more...]
The mighty MA GOP threatens legal action
I ran across this article indicating that the Republicans might sue if the law is changed now granting the Governor appointment power. Like Tisei I'm not a lawyer, but my sense is that while the 145-160 has already started and thus we … [Read more...]
Musical Chair(manship)s
I found this piece on an aspect of fallout from Ted Kennedy's passing which I hadn't seen discussed here yet. It addresses who can take Kennedy's HELP chairmanship and the political implications thereof. It basically comes down … [Read more...]
Surprise – Americans DO support health plan favored by White House!
SurveyUSA has a new poll out which appears to contradict all the naysayers who claim American's don't favor the current reform proposal including the public option. In fact, a slight majority does favor the plan and more than 3/4 say … [Read more...]
Redistricting Revisited (WITH POLL)
District 1: (Berkshires and Pioneer Valley) Berkshire County (all) Hampden County (all except Brimfield, Holland, Palmer, and Wales) Hampshire County (all except Plainfield) District 2: (Route 2 corridor and Greater Worcester) Franklin … [Read more...]
Ted Kennedy awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Boston Globe article here … [Read more...]
The passing of Eunice Kennedy Shriver
I was a little surprised that nobody else had posted this yet, but Eunice Kennedy Shriver passed away this morning at the age of 88. There are links to articles and Obama's statement at the newly reformated Politics1. For those … [Read more...]
Happy Bunker Hill Day!
Tomorrow (or today by the time many of you read this) is a key day in our republic's early history. On June 17, 1775, the colonists proved they were willing to stand up to the Redcoats, though the British achieved a rather Pyrrhic … [Read more...]
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