Unsurprisingly -- and, I'd add, appropriately -- the state GOP has asked the Ethics Commission to look into allegations that a friend of Speaker Sal DiMasi, one Richard Vitale, engaged in lobbying without being a registered lobbyist, and … [Read more...]
Boston Globe losing its star health care reporter
This is a huge loss to the Globe, and to all MA residents interested in health care reform: reporter Alice Dembner reportedly has taken a buy-out and will leave the paper in early May. And the incredible shrinking Globe continues its march … [Read more...]
Devack Obatrick strikes again
One of candidate Deval Patrick's recurrent themes was a complaint about the Democratic Party's recent obsession with "how to win," while forgetting to talk about "why we should." I guess Barack liked the line. Here are two short … [Read more...]
Good advice
He was talking about this: ... or was he?? … [Read more...]
What would you say … [open thread]
if you were talking to college students this afternoon about politics and new media, specifically blogs? Pearls of wisdom from the BMG community are welcome, as always! … [Read more...]
Why you should never believe a pundit
From today's papers, which continue to try to dissect BitterGate. First, the NY Times: Last week in Terre Haute, Ind., Mr. Obama explained that the people he had in mind "don't vote on economic issues, because they don't expect … [Read more...]
Hard-fought contest results in glorious victory for BMG!
OK, I made up the "hard-fought contest" part, and "glorious" is perhaps an overstatement. But a HT to RMG, of all places, for noting that Blue Mass Group was named 2008's "Best Local Blog" by the Boston Phoenix. (By the way, … [Read more...]
Supreme Court upholds lethal injection, 7-2; Stevens says death penalty is always unconstitutional
In a closely-watched decision, the US Supreme Court today upheld Kentucky's method of imposing the death penalty by lethal injection. Predictably, there was no majority opinion. Chief Justice Roberts wrote for himself and … [Read more...]
The genesis of BitterGate, or, yes, the internet really has changed everything
Ms. Fowler told me in an interview Sunday night that she was initially reluctant to write about what Mr. Obama had said because she actually supports him -- which partly explains why she was at the fund-raiser in the first place and why … [Read more...]
Obama moves into “deeply regret” mode
As the flap over Barack Obama's remarks about small-town Pennsylvanians continues to refuse to die down, Obama has shifted into a more abjectly apologetic frame of mind. Sen. Barack Obama said today that he regrets his choice of words when … [Read more...]
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