From today's Weekly Roundup, supplied by the State House News Service: [The Governor] reached out to his political supporters on Blue Mass Group for an hourlong chat Tuesday - twice as long and two days before the outdoorsy chat with the … [Read more...]
Economy speech and tax loophole update: generally pretty good news!
Today's Globe reports that Deval Patrick's far-reaching plan to front-load the repair of Massachusetts' decaying bridges (411 of them) has quickly picked up essential legislative support: [T]he proposal picked up key backers immediately, … [Read more...]
Video of Governor Patrick’s speech
Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: … [Read more...]
Clinton backer says it’s time to switch
Today's Globe has an op-ed by Tripp Jones, the co-founder of MassINC and a self-described "supporter of Hillary Clinton," who declares that it's time to get behind her rival, Senator Barack Obama. Here's his basic theme: Our responsibility … [Read more...]
An excellent excuse for Hillary to fire Mark Penn
This is just absurd, isn't it? Clinton chief strategist Mark Penn -- in his role as chief executive of Buston-Marsteller -- met with Colombia's ambassador to discuss a free trade deal, which Clinton actually opposes. Penn just released this … [Read more...]
John McCain: plagiarist [update: not]
This is pretty great. I'll let the always-excellent ThinkProgress do the talking: Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) gave a foreign policy speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. He stated: I detest war. It might not be the … [Read more...]
Here comes managed competition for auto insurance
This just in! "Starting April 1st, consumers will see how managed competition translates into better rates and better choices for responsible drivers everywhere in Massachusetts," said Governor Patrick. "Consumers who shop will find … [Read more...]
A national campaign tailor-made for MA races
Check this out. BlogPac is announcing a similar program to reform safe, blue seats at the local and statewide level: From Blue to Bluer. From Blue to Bluer seeks to first identify, and then help elect, progressive, grassroots candidates who … [Read more...]
No charges filed against Patrick aide Stan McGee
Thanks to alert commenter zadig, who points us to this AP story from a couple of days ago: Florida prosecutors have decided not to pursue charges against an official in Gov. Deval Patrick's administration who had been accused of sexual … [Read more...]
Updating our left-hand sidebar
For quite a while, we had a "special elections" box in the left-hand sidebar that was designed to keep everyone apprised of when these below-radar races were coming up, and who was running. Now that special election season seems to be over, … [Read more...]
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