I annoyed a lot of bicyclists a while back with my curmudgeonly post about cyclists and traffic laws.  So here is a thoroughly pro-bike post: last night's hilarious Daily Show segment on New York City's new bikeshare program.  Enjoy! … [Read more...]

As you may have heard, Gabriel Gomez pretty much sh!t the bed last night when asked about abortion.  He said that he supports imposing a 24-hour waiting period for abortions - something that right now does not exist in Massachusetts - yet … [Read more...]

First, as I noted about 10 days ago, the National Republican Senatorial Committee started pitching the line that Markey vs. Gomez was indeed a national race that was a key part of the goal to  "build a new Republican majority in the … [Read more...]

Conventional wisdom - and the recent spanking that Elizabeth Warren delivered to Scott Brown - suggest that the more a Senate race in Massachusetts is seen in national terms, the less chance the Republican has of winning.  And I think … [Read more...]

This is getting ridiculous. Republican Massachusetts Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez was sued by his plumber over unpaid toilet repairs from 2007, according to court records. According to the plaintiff, Lundy Plumbing, the case was … [Read more...]

First, a confession: I drive more places than I bike, though I do both.  Does that make me a bad person?  Maybe.  But there you go. Now, to the point of this post, which is the Globe story reporting reaction to a City of Boston report on … [Read more...]

When a "moderate" Republican loses Channel 7's Andy Hiller this early in an election cycle, it can't be good for the GOP.  And that appears to be what just happened.  Hiller is, well, livid over Gomez's refusal to acknowledge that there … [Read more...]

That's the only way I can explain why this story didn't come out during the GOP primary. Republican US Senate nominee Gabriel E. Gomez claimed a $281,500 income tax deduction in 2005 for pledging not to make any visible changes to the … [Read more...]

Public Policy Polling is first out of the gate to poll MA voters on the two US Senate nominees, and the answer is: could be close.  Ed Markey holds a 44-40 lead over Gabriel Gomez, with 16% undecided.  This was a good-sized poll - 1,539 … [Read more...]