In the post-debate scrum last night, I managed to grab four of the MA-Sen candidates for very brief conversations.  Apologies to Alan Khazei and Herb Robinson, whom I didn't manage to corral, and to Tom Conroy, half of whose conversation … [Read more...]

Count me among the surprised who checked in on the Herald's coverage of the debate it co-sponsored last night with UMass-Lowell, and found a virtual love-fest in its cyber-pages. Front-runner smart, solid on big stage By Joe … [Read more...]

UPDATE: Here is the video of the debate: Greetings from Lowell!  Remember that you can watch a live-stream of the debate at this link.  Because a live stream is available, I'm not going to do a play-by-play.  Rather, it will be more … [Read more...]

The first joint appearance of all the Democratic MA-Sen candidates is tonight at UMass Lowell, where they will debate for 75 minutes starting at 7 pm.  I'll be there to live-blog, and you can watch a live-stream of the proceedings at this … [Read more...]

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has scheduled a 1 pm press conference, and multiple sources are confirming that he has made a final decision not to run for president in 2012. Meawhile, a new national poll shows that Rick Perry's … [Read more...]

Mitt Romney has done good work recently pointing out Rick Perry's inability to take a consistent position on Social Security, among other things.  But when it comes to abortion, nobody can touch Romney in the flip-flop department. To … [Read more...]

A poll released tonight confirms what the much-ballyhooed Public Policy Polling survey showed a week ago: Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown are running neck and neck, and Warren remains far ahead of her primary opponents. The poll, … [Read more...]

You almost have to feel sorry for the guy.  He suffers through four years of being Governor (a job he wasn't likely ever all that interested in), he spends a ton of his own money running for president in 2008, then when he loses he … [Read more...]

It's that time of year: today is the final day of the third quarter of 2011. As of midnight tonight, the books close on the quarter, and the candidates will begin to tally up their take. It's a tad unseemly, but let's face it: money … [Read more...]

I find this fascinating ... do our friends across the aisle really think that illegal immigration is going to be the issue that wins, say, the Senate race for them? Maybe this is just a random fluctuation, but I did a little survey of … [Read more...]