Among the few contested offices in the 19 September Democratic primary here out west is the eighth Governor's Council seat, where Thomas Merrigan of Greenfield is challenging incumbent Peter Vickery of Amherst. I got a card from … [Read more...]
US House: What You Can Do
If we in Massachusetts want to affect the composition of the US House, we will have to do it in other states. I've blogged here about Paul Hodes' race in NH-02 -- the best overall source for information on this race I've found is this … [Read more...]
NH-02 Update
With a fundraising reporting deadline coming up on August 23, I wanted to fill BMG readers in on the Congressional race in NH-02, where Democrat Paul Hodes is attempting to knock off Charlie "Catch and Release" Bass. If you are so … [Read more...]
An opponent for Olver?
I just met a fellow at the veteranarian's office in Amherst with two bumper stickers on his truck: "Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam" and "Bill Szych for Congress". I asked him about the latter and found that Szych, a 20-year USAF veteran … [Read more...]
Meanwhile in NH-02…
Since we have ten Democratic US representatives in safe seats, a Massachusetts Democrat who wants to influence control of the US House has to look elsewhere. With the fundrasing reporting deadline coming up today, I want to remind you … [Read more...]
MA-Gov: Grace Ross appearance at UMass Amherst
The biggest issue is the size and composition of the state budget. She says that people will willingly pay more taxes for more services, but their current anger at paying the same taxes for fewer services is perfectly justified -- the … [Read more...]
Predict the primary! Win a T-shirt!
Ok, time to put up or shut up. As long as I get at least 20 Democratic governor's predictions on this thread, I will mail the winner a T-shirt saying "I Won the Blue Mass Group 2006 Primary Prediction Challenge". Please be … [Read more...]
Christy Mihos at UMass Amherst
His independent candidacy is necessary, he said, because both the GOP and Democrats are "bought and paid for by special interests" and "there is not a dime's worth of difference between the parties". (He claimed as an Independent to … [Read more...]