Much as Tea Party Republicans played with fire to take symbolic votes against raising the debt ceiling in the 2010’s, at the risk of tanking our economy, some MA members of Congress did the same with the recent NDAA reauthorization and … [Read more...]

It’s official. DeLeo Out. Mariano In. We will see if Rep. Holmes gets more than ten votes. Progressives would do well to read David Bernstein’s profile of Speaker DeLeo and talk to some of his constituents in Winthrop, Revere, and East … [Read more...]

An excerpt from another must read Tom Edsall election post-Mortem in the inherent instability in the Democratic coalition. Tufts Professor Eitan Hersh has some harsh and accurate words for our own state:   Eitan Hersh, a … [Read more...]

There has been a lot of talk about a few things that have bothered me in the past week. The first is the ongoing progressive vs. moderate bloodletting about Congressional loses and falling short in the Senate. First off, Republicans never … [Read more...]

Best possible Biden result is 412-126. Best possible Trump result is 279-259. Likely result in my opinion is 335-203. Biden carries PA, MI, WI, ME 2, NE 2, FL, NC, and AZ. He narrowly loses TX and GA. 53-47 Dem Senate. Dems gain 10-15 house … [Read more...]

I voted for Bernie twice in part because I wanted to move the Overton Window on health care. Biden could easily have run on a safe platform of defending the ACA and protecting people with preexisting conditions. This status quo defense … [Read more...]