The Koufax Awards (named for the famous lefty pitcher Sandy Koufax) honor left-leaning blogs in a bunch of different categories, with the winners determined by popular vote.Blue Mass. Group is on the list for "Best state and local … [Read more...]
Conflicts of interest
There's an interesting front-page article in today's Globe about how Lou DiNatale, perhaps Boston's most frequently-quoted pollster, is not actually quite as independent as his UMass affiliation might suggest. Turns out he has worked … [Read more...]
RIP Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett, the Hall-of-Fame center fielder for the Minnesota Twins from 1984-1995, has died at age 45, one day after suffering a massive stroke.I remember watching Kirby Puckett play. And I can't think of another baseball player … [Read more...]
Jon Keller joins the blogosphere
Jon Keller, the always-opinionated and always-interesting political analyst for Channel 4, has started his own blog. Today he has some quick reactions to the CBS4 poll noted below, as well as a couple of posts on an incident in North … [Read more...]
A Boston transit strike??
Argh. The Globe reports today that upcoming negotiations between the MBTA and its several unions are expected to be "the most contentious in years." And some observers are warning that a strike is more likely on this go-round in … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
I had a great time at the DCI conference this weekend. I met a lot of really committed Democrats, and it was heartening to hear that people who care as much about the party as they do have been reading and enjoying this blog. As … [Read more...]
Gerry Leone: a career prosecutor – but wait, there’s more!
I think it's very easy to caricature this race as Gerry Leone, the hard-core prosecutor who's only interested in locking 'em up and throwing away the key, vs. Jarrett Barrios, the progressive lefty who has never prosecuted a case but who … [Read more...]
Mihos website is back up
As you'll recall, Christy Mihos's campaign website (christy2006.com) was live for a brief period in mid-February, then went mysteriously dark again. Now, perhaps in celebration of his official campaign kickoff, it's back up, and it's … [Read more...]
“Mitt? Mitt who?”
We seem to be hearing that a lot lately from Romney's handpicked Lieutenant Governor, Kerry Healey, who nowadays runs screaming every time Romney takes a public position on anything. The latest: Healey has stated unequivocally that … [Read more...]
The Mihos implosion: coming soon!
Christy Mihos's decision to run as an independent was all over the news yesterday, as anonymous sources gleefully leaked the story to anyone who would listen in advance of today's official announcement.But the Herald's report that Mihos … [Read more...]
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