I've never been sure why this does not get taken care of between election and inauguration so they can hit the ground running, but both of our legislative chambers have named their committees.  You can find the list by committee here. … [Read more...]

This morning, outside the historic Everett Mills in Lawrence, where the 1912 Bread & Roses strike began, our senior Senator surprised exactly no-one by announcing that she is a candidate for the Democratic nomination to be the 46th … [Read more...]

The Democratic State Committee met tonight, and the biggest news is probably that the state convention has been set for Saturday September 14th at Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, with a caucus window of May 11th-June 16th.  Anyone … [Read more...]

We have often had prediction threads for the new year and had not seen one yet this year, so I figured I would post it. What are you're predictions or hopes, especially politically, for 2019? How did we do for 2018? I also have a bit … [Read more...]

NBC is reporting that Sen. Warren is forming an exploratory committee for a White House run. … [Read more...]

By the time most of you read this I'm sure there will be plenty of news articles with details, but just a couple minutes after midnight the networks pre-empted their programming to report the passing of our 41st President at the age of 94.  … [Read more...]

I'm always a sucker for the who's moving up games and the Boston Globe has obliged.  Of course the most prominent name on this list for Dems is AG Maura Healey whom I love in her current office, but when was the last time an AG actually got … [Read more...]

The debate between His Excellency and Jay Gonzalez just wrapped up and I honestly don't think it will move the needle much.  On social issues I felt like I was watching a Dem primary debate, though Gonzalez tried moving Baker to the right … [Read more...]