Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) has been hospitalized with "stroke-like symptoms" after being stricken in his office earlier today. It has not escaped notice that, should Sen. Johnson not be able to finish his term (which ends in 2008), … [Read more...]
“Talk of the Neighborhoods” tonight on BNN-TV
As if I hadn't caused enough trouble on TV already, here we go again. I'll be on Joe Heisler's "Talk of the Neighborhoods" tonight at 7 pm on BNN-TV (Boston Neighborhood Network television), to talk about the Deval Patrick campaign, … [Read more...]
Show Ron some love!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rose Arruda617-869-3067RON BELL NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL VOLVO FOR LIFE AWARDS, ONLINE VOTING ONGOING Deputy Campaign Manager for Deval Patrick Campaign and Founder of Dunk-the-Vote Is One of Five … [Read more...]
“Beat the Press” update
Our little Boston-area brouhaha over Beat the Press's take on political blogging has gone national, at least in blogworld. Kos, Atrios, Crooks & Liars, and American Prospect (both Tapped and Horses Mouth) have all front-paged the … [Read more...]
Civic Engagement working group’s last meeting: today in Lawrence
If you haven't yet had your say in front of the Patrick/Murray Transition's civic engagement working group, today is your last chance. We'll be holding our final public meeting at 6:00 pm in Lawrence, at the Lawrence Senior Center, … [Read more...]
“Beat the Press” gets beat
First, and most embarrassingly, John Carroll (who put the taped piece together) got totally suckered by a joke post at MyDD, and as a result made a sweeping accusation of massive deception by MyDD blogger Jerome Armstrong that is, simply … [Read more...]
Well, THAT sucked
If you watched Greater Boston tonight, you know what I'm talking about. Part of today's "Beat the Press" show was on political blogging, inspired by this Sunday NYT piece on bloggers who have been paid by political campaigns (some of … [Read more...]
State web sites: Michigan puts us to shame
The results are in: the best state website in the country belongs to Michigan. So says a study released recently (and which unfortunately costs $250) of state, county, and city websites by the National Policy Research Council and … [Read more...]
Stop press! Herald sorta gets it!
Astonishing excerpt from today's Herald's editorial page, which begins by noting that more than half of the over $42 million spent on this year's gubernatorial campaign came from three donors (only one guess as to their names). Here's … [Read more...]
Overheard this morning on a crowded train platform…
This all transpired at around 8:30 am. Many of the people on the crowded commuter rail platform had been waiting since before 8, since the 7:53 train elected not to show up.Woman (on cell phone): "The train still isn't here. … [Read more...]
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