This is becoming quite a weird story. It's not just Wayne Dumond, as it turns out. From the Arkansas Leader newspaper, in 2004: Here are the figures [for commutations and pardons] for neighboring states since 1996, when Huckabee … [Read more...]
Latest poll: Huckabee walloping all comers in Iowa
Good grief! The most dramatic result to come out of the poll, which is based on telephone interviews with 1,408 registered Iowa voters on Dec. 5 and 6, is Huckabee's emergence from the shadows of the GOP race into the front runner's spot in … [Read more...]
Governor Spitzpatrick, continued
Here's another sorta parallel. Spitzer's first hostile act as governor-a gentle one, by Spitzer standards-occurred in his inaugural speech. "Like Rip Van Winkle," he pronounced, "New York has slept through much of the past decade while the … [Read more...]
Meanwhile, the Huckabee surge marches on
A poll for the first time shows Mike Huckabee ahead in South Carolina, having jumped from 11 to 23%. A new Insider Advantage poll out today shows the former Arkansas governor in the lead, with 23 percent, more than doubling his 11 percent … [Read more...]
Poor Romney still has illegal immigrants manicuring his lawn
This really is too hilarious. Standing on stage at a Republican debate on the Gulf Coast of Florida last week, Mitt Romney repeatedly lashed out at rival Rudy Giuliani for providing sanctuary to illegal immigrants in New York City. Yet, … [Read more...]
Latest polls show Huckabee surging; Giuliani and Clinton dropping; Romney flat
The Republican race is turning out to be a real barn-burner. And the Democratic race, while still feeling lopsided, is no longer the runaway it looked like it might be for a while. All of which is good! Closer races = … [Read more...]
Michele McPhee ditches the Herald for talk radio
In a move predicted by Adam Reilly, the Boston Herald's crime/police reporter Michele McPhee has left the Herald and will take on a 7-10 pm show (Monday-Friday) on WTKK (96.9 FM). This just in: Greater Media Boston has announced on … [Read more...]
Messire in Woosta
Shameless self-promotion alert: Charley and I are, respectively, the tenor and bass soloists in this year's annual performance of Handel's "Messiah" by Music Worcester. The concert is tonight (Saturday) at 8 pm in Mechanics Hall -- a … [Read more...]
Federal review of BU’s scary-virus biolab was hopelessly inadequate
I've long thought that locating a research facility designed to study the world's most dangerous pathogens (Ebola, anthrax, dengue fever, etc.) in the densely-populated South End was a lousy idea. I always thought it smacked of … [Read more...]
“Romney really is a tool”
Those words appear in Andrew Sullivan's review of last night's debate. I think I called Romney a tool at least three times yesterday. So I was there first! … [Read more...]
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