Elected Officials Supporting Deb Goldberg for Lieutenant Governor (list still in formation)Congressman Barney Frank (MA-4)State Sen. Cynthia S. Creem (1st Middlesex and Norfolk)State Sen. Steven Panagiotakos (1st Middlesex)State Rep. Ruth … [Read more...]
Arrogance
What idiots Tom Reilly, Marie St. Fleur, and their campaign staffers must think we all are.As everyone knows by now, it turns out that Marie St. Fleur - Tom Reilly's hand-picked Lieutenant Governor candidate - has massive money problems, … [Read more...]
Two retirements
By a truly peculiar coincidence, today was the last day in office for both Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Both were appointed by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor in 1981 and … [Read more...]
Reality check
I happened to pick up a copy of the Boston Metro newspaper today - you know, the free one that you can get at any subway stop. Page 1 headline: family of kid who was expelled from Milton Academy and prosecuted for "receiving oral sex" … [Read more...]
And now, the obligatory “I told you so” post
Way back when the worst we had to worry about on the Supreme Court was John Roberts, I wrote the following:The WORST POSSIBLE STRATEGY for the Democrats, in my view, is the one that they appear to be pursuing: everyone does what they feel … [Read more...]
Democrats for cloture
Here are the Senate Democrats who voted to invoke cloture, thereby guaranteeing that Samuel Alito will be confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice tomorrow:Akaka (HI), Baucus (MT), Bingaman (NM), Byrd (WV), Cantwell (WA), Carper (DE), Conrad … [Read more...]
Filibuster of Alito fails
The vote is still going on [UPDATE: it's over now, final tally is 72-25], but it's obvious by now that the pro-filibuster Democrats will not come close to preventing 60 votes from being cast to invoke cloture, thereby allowing the final … [Read more...]
So who is Marie St. Fleur?
Apparently, Rep. Marie St. Fleur is Tom Reilly's pick for Lieutenant Governor. I don't actually know that much about her, so I thought I'd see what I could quickly dig up.The answer is: not much. She is apparently the first … [Read more...]
AP is reporting that Reilly has chosen Rep. St. Fleur as his running mate
Our own FieldGuy had it first, and now it's semi-official: Tom Reilly has tapped state Rep. Marie St. Fleur (D-Boston) as his running mate. At least, that's what campaign insiders are whispering to the AP.Well, if that don't beat … [Read more...]
The Alito showdown approaches
The cloture (filibuster) vote is set for this afternoon, I think at 4:30 pm. The DailyKos crowd are running full-tilt to bring wavering Dems on board with a filibuster. We'll know soon if they can pull it off. Meanwhile, … [Read more...]
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