Charley and I sat down for about an hour and a half with Alan Khazei today. We covered a lot of ground about the Senate campaign, and we'll write up the whole conversation in due course. But his answer to one question was particularly … [Read more...]
Entire MA congressional delegation – except Scott Brown – films “It gets better” video
The idea of the "It Gets Better Project" is to get the message to LGBT youth that "it gets better" - i.e., that things may seem difficult right now, but that help is available, and that things get easier as you get older. The … [Read more...]
Caboose of the Senate update: Scott Brown’s heroic leadership continues
From today's Globe story on the ongoing high-stakes debt ceiling negotiations: Senator Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican, declined to comment on the plans. “It’s changing by the hour," he said of the discussions. “My … [Read more...]
BMG 3.0 update: “reply” and “there’s more”
We interrupt our regularly-scheduled witty commentary on the impending econopocalypse to bring you an update on the improvements that we are continuing to make to our new platform. You may have noticed these already, but just in … [Read more...]
Is Boehner crying yet? He should be.
John Boehner's speakership is rapidly turning into a very bad joke. Not only has his bad-faith negotiating with the White House brought the nation to the brink of default, but he cannot even get his party to vote for his own plan. House … [Read more...]
The caboose of the Senate strikes again: Brown can’t make up his mind
Scott Brown has a unique opportunity now - right now, like, today - to be a leader. He's one of a small group of Republicans in the Senate that on occasion does not vote party line against the president. Therefore, if he played his cards … [Read more...]
When Tom Coburn is making sense, you know you’re in big trouble
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is not my favorite Senator. Actually, he's one of my least favorite, since he's wrong about just about everything. But he's right about how to fix - or, more precisely, how not to fix - the debt ceiling … [Read more...]
Scott Brown: The Caboose of the Senate
Bob Massie may, or may not, win the Democratic nomination for Senate to take on Scott Brown next fall. But IMHO, of all the candidates so far, Massie has come up with the best tag line about Scott Brown: "the caboose of the Senate." The … [Read more...]
Scott Brown refuses to supply backup for his fake poll
This is yesterday's news that I didn't have time to blog about yesterday, but it's such strange behavior that I can't resist. It's weird enough to release the results of an internal, month-old poll in the middle of summer. It's even … [Read more...]
Boehner’s move: does he save his Speakership, or the country’s economy?
So Mitch McConnell appears to be serious about his backstop plan to avoid economic catastrophe. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader and procedural maestro, was pushing his plan that would allow a debt limit increase … [Read more...]
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