In perhaps the biggest challenge yet to her U.S. Senate campaign, Elizabeth Warren may soon face the momentous decision of whether to root for the team representing her adopted hometown, the Boston Celtics, or the team from her state of … [Read more...]

In what can only be seen as a major victory for the Elizabeth Warren campaign, ex-"Democratic" legislator Marie Parente, a favorite of Herald columnist Howie Carr, endorsed Scott Brown yesterday.  Parente became famous early in 2007, when, … [Read more...]

The votes are in, and Marisa DeFranco has fallen well short of the 15% support she needed at the Democratic convention to appear on the primary ballot this fall.  Initial reports have the tally at about 95.8% of the delegates for Warren - … [Read more...]

Last week's Suffolk poll showing the race between Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown to be a dead heat, and that the vast majority of voters don't care about the kerfuffle over Warren's heritage, was no fluke (nor, for that matter, was the … [Read more...]

A pretty well done video, called to my attention by an alert reader.  Enjoy. … [Read more...]

Hi all.  I've restored the ability of existing users to post, so please let me know if you are having any residual problems.  However, new account signups are still disabled until we have our new spammer detection system completely in … [Read more...]

Big, big news. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston said the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, discriminates against gay couples.... The appeals court agreed with a lower court … [Read more...]

The Globe has today's big story on the apparently never-ending saga of Elizabeth Warren's heritage. Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren acknowledged for the first time late Wednesday night that she told Harvard University and … [Read more...]

So, this is disappointing.  In the course of doing some research for this post about Mitt Romney's views on the Vietnam war, I unsurprisingly happened upon several links to the Globe's multi-part, in-depth series on Mitt Romney's life, … [Read more...]

An interesting development in our Senate race.  Email (no link): Democrats are lucky to have two strong candidates running for the Party's nomination for United States Senate.  Both are compelling people with a strong message.  Both are … [Read more...]