Thus spake Scott Brown's press flack, after a painful exchange between Brown and several reporters (especially Janet Wu) who wanted more information about Brown's association with Global Digital Solutions, the mysterious Florida company … [Read more...]

To recap the ongoing saga of the People's Pledge in the race for Attorney General: early on, both candidates made generally supportive statements about signing a People's Pledge.  Then, last Thursday, Maura Healey signed the version of the … [Read more...]

This story about Scott Brown and "Global Digital Solutions," the New Jersey California Florida-based beauty supply telecom firearms company on whose "advisory board" Brown serves, just keeps getting better.  To refresh your recollection, … [Read more...]

Today's inbox (email, no link) reveals that, per the Tolman campaign, Warren Tolman signed the People's Pledge and called on his opponent Maura Healey to join him in his call to dissuade outside independent expenditure groups from taking … [Read more...]

Today's NY Times reports that a large casino in Mississippi is closing, resulting in almost 1,000 layoffs, because "there may be too many casinos chasing too few gambling dollars."  So, you know, heads up, Massachusetts. Relatedly, Jim … [Read more...]

You probably knew that already; we certainly did down here in MA.  But in case you were uncertain, today's Globe supplies another piece of pretty solid evidence to that effect.  Last summer, Scott Brown joined the "advisory board" of a … [Read more...]

As promised, here's where the Democratic candidates for Lieutenant Governor come down on the two questions I asked them: (1) should the "repeal the casino deal" question be on the ballot this fall, and (2) if it is, how will you vote? … [Read more...]

The Attorney General's office, perhaps more than any other in state government (save the judiciary, which doesn't have to worry about winning elections), needs to be free of influence from moneyed special interests, to the extent possible. … [Read more...]

As you may recall, a week or so ago the Globe asked the candidates for Governor and Attorney General where they stood on the possibility of a ballot question to undo the casino law - both whether they thought such a question should appear … [Read more...]

This is a 1-minute web spot, but per the campaign, is "expected to be edited for television use."  Maybe focuses a bit too heavily on Berwick's ability to diagnose and repair malfunctioning automobiles, but still, an interesting approach. … [Read more...]