I thought I'd start posting weekly traffic reports so that you can see how many of your fellow citizens are whiling away the hours at Blue Mass. Group. Here's the last 7 days, according to the good people of statcounter: … [Read more...]
Holy crap! A Republican Senator says the “I” word!
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said today on ABC's "This Week" that, if President Bush is found to have broken the law with respect to the secret NSA surveillance program, "impeachment is a remedy."Well, so it is! And the hearings on the … [Read more...]
Middlesex DA: Koutoujian is out
He didn't ever really seem to be in, but nonetheless, it's official today. According to State House News Service and the AP, Peter Koutoujian will not run for Middlesex DA, but instead will seek reelection to his House seat. Two … [Read more...]
Specter will vote “yes” on Alito
Senate Judiciary Committee chair Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) has just announced that he will vote "yes" on Judge Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. Specter, as one of the few GOP Senators who is avowedly pro-choice, is a particularly … [Read more...]
My question for Judge Alito – and why I’d vote “no” unless he answered it
I've said several times that the most important issue in the Alito confirmation is executive power, and I continue to think that. Judge Alito has been cagey on his views of all of the issues raised in the hearings, and executive power … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick announces plan to help municipalities
Deval Patrick's campaign has announced its latest position paper, this one on the financial problems facing cities and towns. Patrick has been talking a lot about the problems facing cities and towns, and in so doing he has garnered … [Read more...]
Middlesex DA: Barrios loses his campaign manager
Bay Windows reports that Stu Rosenberg, Jarrett Barrios's campaign manager for his Middlesex District Attorney campaign, is leaving to take a job with the Human Rights Campaign. This is surely an inconvenience for Barrios, but it's … [Read more...]
Lehigh gets it right on Reilly and Healey
Scot Lehigh's Globe column this morning is exactly right about the Reilly/Conte kerfuffle. His bottom line: Reilly did a dumb thing that raised questions about his penchant for helping out his friends but didn't impede any criminal … [Read more...]
David on NECN again – early bird edition!
I will be on NECN's Good Morning Live show tomorrow (Friday) morning at - gasp - 7:45 a.m. for more on the Alito hearings.Also, you might hear some clips of an interview with me on WBZ radio's morning news reports (1030 AM).Update: You can … [Read more...]
Feingold does a good job
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) just finished the best questioning I've heard so far in the Alito hearings. Highlights:On executive power, Feingold forced Alito into conceding the possibility that the federal courts might not be willing … [Read more...]
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