Rasmussen has a new poll out, apparently taken Saturday night after the president's visit. Bottom line: Patrick's lead remains intact. This poll therefore supports what Suffolk said last week, and severely undermines the … [Read more...]
WGBH/MassINC poll shows dead heat in MA-10
Finally, an independent poll of the 10th congressional district! And it shows what a lot of people probably thought was the case: the race is a dead heat, and way too close to call. Email (no link yet) - update: link here: With … [Read more...]
Herald trots out the old “double taxation” shibboleth re Question 1
Surprise! The Herald is for Question 1, which would repeal the sales tax on alcoholic beverages. Its principal argument appears to be that alcoholic beverages are already taxed via the alcohol excise, and it would be wrong to … [Read more...]
Rut roh! Howie writes the column he always writes when he gives up
Howie Carr had a sad little column in today's Herald. This is the nightmare: It's the morning of Nov. 3, the day after the election. You awaken to a Republican sweep from coast to coast. Everywhere but here, in Massachusetts, a tiny island … [Read more...]
MA GOP’s lame ad and James Taylor’s copyright: upon further analysis, it’s still not “fair use”
"Parody" that uses copyrighted material can, under some circumstances, constitute "fair use." Here's the Supreme Court outlining this general principle in the famous 2 Live Crew case, known formally as Campbell v. Acuff Rose Music, … [Read more...]
MA GOP’s painfully lame ad may also violate copyright
So the MA GOP has a new web ad that's supposed to be this big attack on Deval. It's painfully lame. But it also may violate the copyright laws. Here's the ad. Can you identify the singer? That's right - that's James … [Read more...]
The perils of twittering
So I've been getting into the Twitter lately, and I have to say it's pretty fun. There's something satisfying about pushing out 140-character tidbits of information, links, argument, and snark, without feeling like you have to flesh … [Read more...]
“When you’re debating the polls, you’re losing”
The words in the title are not mine, actually. They are the words of the wingnuttiest of them all, WTKK's Michael Graham, who really, really doesn't want Deval Patrick to win. But of course he's right - in fact, he wrote that post in … [Read more...]
New Suffolk poll: Loscocco-gate bad news for Baker as his unfavorable ratings soar
Charley beat me to the punch, but I want to elaborate a bit on the new Suffolk poll, which is impossible to see as anything but very good news for Governor Patrick. As Charley has reported, the horserace numbers are good: at 7 points, … [Read more...]
Taking stock of today’s developments in Loscocco-gate [updated]
Loscocco is finished as any sort of political player. He's shown himself to be a treacherous, opportunistic loser who, after being rebuffed by Baker and signing on with Cahill instead, then invented a reason to desert the Cahill … [Read more...]
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