Yes, it's early, name recognition, blah blah.  Still, it's hard not to be impressed by these poll numbers, just released by WBUR (poll taken May 16-18, 504 likely voters, MOE +/- 4.4%, 95% confidence - toplines, crosstabs).  I've added the … [Read more...]

I know, I've seemed a bit obsessed with the casino issue lately.  In part, that's because (disclosure alert) I spent a lot of time working on Repeal The Casino Deal's ballot question case that is currently under consideration at the Supreme … [Read more...]

I've already lost count of the number of breathless emails from Ed Markey urging that if I don't send him a few bucks STAT, the Koch brothers are going to have their way with our Senate delegation.  Here's today's missive: From: Ed Markey … [Read more...]

As you know if you read BMG (and as you knew a week later if you only read the Globe), it has come to light that horse racing at Suffolk Downs is far from a sure thing.  To the contrary, the would-be casino operators at Suffolk Downs, … [Read more...]

The candidates for Governor and Attorney General are all over the place on the possibility of a ballot question to undo the casino law this fall.  As today's helpful Globe story outlining some of the positions puts it, They position … [Read more...]

Ten years ago, at midnight on the steps of Cambridge City Hall, Massachusetts made history (again).  I was there.  It was one of the most happiness-filled public events I can recall. We here in MA were the outliers then, but things have … [Read more...]

A couple of hours ago, I lamented the fact that much of today's Globe repeats stories or opinions that have already appeared elsewhere (including here at BMG).  But then I praised a story by Maria Sacchetti that revealed the identities of … [Read more...]

you saw a bunch of stuff that you had already read here at BMG.  :D On the front page of the Metro section, we find the revelation that Suffolk Downs has said that it would stop running horse races if that would help it get a casino … [Read more...]

Last night I explained why I think Laurence Tribe and Charles Fried's Globe op-ed is way down the wrong track in saying that David Barron should be confirmed for the federal bench without worrying about the al-Awlaki memo.  But there is no … [Read more...]

This would be pretty funny, if the subject matter weren't so serious.  As you know, there's an ongoing dispute between a bipartisan group of Senators (including at least Republican Rand Paul and Democrats Mark Udall and Ron Wyden) and the … [Read more...]