Interesting news from the WaPo/ABC pollsters (HT: TP). Asked whether they would support a congressional effort sponsored by Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA) to block President Bush's proposed escalation of the Iraq war bycreating new rules on … [Read more...]
FY 2008 budget preview
Fasten your seatbelts: details of Governor Patrick's first budget have been leaked to the Globe, and there's no doubt more to come at the big unveiling on Tuesday night (which, by the way, will take place at a public meeting in Melrose and … [Read more...]
Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery,
we're amused to note the arrival of a new conservative blog focusing on "MA and beyond." It's running on soapblox, as we do, and it's called ... wait for it ... Red Mass Group.As far as I can tell, the site has no connection to the … [Read more...]
Request for information
Received from someone doing some excellent digging:Investigative blogger in Colorado seeks info on former Mass GOP operative. If you are familiar with David Kinnamon's 2002 congressional race or any GOP candidates who were clients of The … [Read more...]
Lege votes to continue business as usual
Surprise surprise. By lopsided margins, the legislature voted to reject two proposed rules that would increase the public's access to information about what goes on on Beacon Hill, and would make it easier for regular folks to … [Read more...]
If you blinked …
you missed Tom Vilsack's campaign for president, which will end today.I don't know enough about the situation in Iowa to have a good sense of whether this matters much. Vilsack never emerged from the low single-digits in the horserace … [Read more...]
Blogging in the news
Two interesting blog-related items in today's Globe. First, an article about paid political consultants masquerading as regular folks. The article details a recent incident in which a paid shill tried to drum up some grassroots … [Read more...]
The Nevada Dems and Fox News
Offered without comment -- I think this is an interesting dispute. On the one hand,Statement from Nevada Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirsten Searer on the August presidential debate in Reno, NV: "A 50-state strategy means … [Read more...]
State retirement board rejects Parente & Co.’s efforts to Bulgerize their pensions
The Globe reports that the state retirement board has rejected the efforts of ex-Reps. Marie Parente, Thomas George, and Susan Pope to bump up their pensions based on a variety of perks they received while in the legislature, including the … [Read more...]
Lieberman might switch parties
Oh, this is great. Reports the "politico":"I have no desire to change parties," Lieberman said in a telephone interview. "If that ever happens, it is because I feel the majority of Democrats have gone in a direction that I don't feel … [Read more...]
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