I’ve learned a lot talking politics and friendly sparring with everyone here. I’m 15 years older than when I started writing her as a teenager and have come to learn from the wisdom of others here I once fiercely disagreed with. Pablo was … [Read more...]

The voters of Massachusetts have spoken and they do not like ranked choice voting. It was not even a particularly close outcome. Unfortunately the problem of crowded primaries remain. Whether the race to replace Joe Kennedy or the race to … [Read more...]

The Revere Teachers Association hosted a very informative forum for voters in Revere and Winthrop moderated by Revere Speech and Debate students. This is for the upcoming special election to replace former Speaker Robert DeLeo in the … [Read more...]

I’ve defended Joe Manchin here before, mainly since the kind of Republican who would probably get elected instead of him leaves a lot to be desired. I’m willing to leave the man who inherited Robert Byrd’s seat a wide degree of latitude to … [Read more...]

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...]