First, let's set the record straight on something.  Martha Coakley did not lose the Senate race because she thought that Curt Schilling played for the Yankees.  That gaffe did not halt the momentum of what otherwise would have been a win … [Read more...]

I watched roughly the second half of the debate - the US Open final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal was far too good to waste on GOP candidates. Overall, I think Rick Perry had a bad night. He seemed uncertain and halting on a lot … [Read more...]

My post on the failure of Republican Keiko Orrall's campaign to comply with Massachusetts campaign finance law - specifically, OCPF's guidance for online donations - left me wondering ... how many MA legislators actually do this … [Read more...]

Milton Valencia reports via Twitter that Judge Mark Wolf has sentenced Sal DiMasi to 8 years in prison.  His cohort Richie McDonough got 7 years. The sentence strikes me as severe, but not unnecessarily so (I said to myself over … [Read more...]

Every now and then, you read a piece and you think, gosh, if everyone would just read this and think about it, things would really be a lot better.  It's rare that you see two such pieces in a single day, but I'm happy to report that today … [Read more...]

In last night's debate, Rick Perry was confronted with the fact (yes, the fact) that something like 98% of climate scientists agree that climate change is happening, and that human activity is involved.  Here's Perry's devastating … [Read more...]

It's amazing, really.  Even though it was Scott Brown's top advisor, Eric Fehrnstrom, who got caught playing dirty tricks on the Democratic Senate candidates via the CrazyKhazei Twitter account, Brown still thinks he's the victim.  In this … [Read more...]

This development seems ill-timed from Bob Massie's perspective. The latest political operative to sign on as a public relations guru for the Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain is former Howard Dean for president campaign manager Joe … [Read more...]