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PolitiFact: the old “most wealthy taxpayers are small businesses” line is “barely true”

July 27, 2010 By David

I hope you've all noticed that we've got PolitiFact's "Truth-O-Meter" running in the left-hand sidebar.  PolitiFact is an excellent service, diligently fact-checking statements made by politicians of all ideological stripes.  And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: obama, taxes

Legislature sends National Popular Vote bill to the Gov’s desk

July 27, 2010 By David

Globe: The Massachusetts Legislature has approved a new law intended to bypass the Electoral College system and ensure that the winner of the presidential election is determined by the national popular vote.  "What we are submitting is … [Read more...]

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Tuesday morning roundup: fav/unfav; no-show Baker; Bubba backs Lynch; send it back

July 27, 2010 By David

A few items worth noting in today's papers: Good news from the Rasmussen poll.  The horserace numbers from the Rasmussen poll released yesterday show basically no change in the Gov's race, but the favorable/unfavorable ratings are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010, baked, baker, ma-gov, murray, patrick

Rasmussen’s latest poll: race is “largely unchanged”

July 26, 2010 By David

Rasmussen: Massachusetts' spirited gubernatorial contest remains largely unchanged this month, with incumbent Democratic Governor Deval Patrick holding onto a small lead. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the Bay … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010, baker, cahill, ma-gov, patrick

Apparently, some of Deval’s critics will stop at nothing

July 26, 2010 By David

Really, this garbage from the Herald is beyond belief.  I'd expect it from Howie Carr, but not from one of the alleged reporters.  Silly me. Gov. Deval Patrick was under fierce fire yesterday returning from his politically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010, ma-gov, patrick

Baker’s police union gambit fails; RMG hilariously tries to pretend it didn’t happen

July 24, 2010 By David

A few weeks back, Charlie Baker departed from his usual tough-on-public-employee-unions rhetoric by siding with the police unions on two topics near and dear to their hearts: details, and the Quinn bill.  In fact, not only did he side … [Read more...]

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Baker campaign hilariously calls on Attorney General to investigate Patrick/MTA double-secret deal

July 20, 2010 By David

HT to David Bernstein, whose hilarious blog post takes Charlie Baker, Richard Tisei, and the rest of the goofy GOP gang to the woodshed over their absurd call for the Attorney General to investigate some sort of nefarious quid pro quo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010, baker, ma-gov, patrick

Local blogger hits the big time; leaves the rest of us in the dust. ;-)

July 20, 2010 By David

I'm talking, of course, about Garrett Quinn.  Garrett's rise to fame and fortune began at a small, obscure, conservative blog that ripped off its software platform and even its name from its more popular and more reality-based … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg

Senate finally advances unemployment bill, no thanks to Scott

July 20, 2010 By David

By the bare minimum 60-40 vote, the Senate finally overcame weeks of mindless Republican obstructionism and advanced a bill to extend unemployment benefits.  Final passage is expected later this week. Sadly, our own Senator Brown voted … [Read more...]

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Charlie Baker’s campaign manager reveals strategy on the radio: keep saying untrue stuff

July 19, 2010 By David

Charlie Baker's campaign manager, Tim O'Brien, was on the Callie Crossley show on WGBH radio this afternoon.  He got to say whatever he wanted pretty much without challenge or contradiction, so it was an interesting snapshot of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010, baker, ma-gov

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