Did you know that, right now, the biggest grassroots operation in Massachusetts history - bigger than Deval Patrick, bigger than Elizabeth Warren - is kicking into gear? Me neither. But I read it on the interwebs, so it must be true. … [Read more...]

Globe: US Representative Stephen F. Lynch plans to announce next week that he will challenge his congressional colleague Edward J. Markey for the Democratic nomination in the special US Senate election to fill John F. Kerry’s seat, … [Read more...]

Big news in MA-Gov world: Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray will not run for governor in 2014, citing the demands of campaigning, serving in elected office and his desire to spend more time with his wife and two young daughters. “I’ve decided … [Read more...]

Yesterday and today were supposed to be spectacular news days for US Attorney Carmen Ortiz: yesterday morning, hundreds of state and federal police successfully executed a massive raid on violent gangs in Boston, arresting 27 well-known … [Read more...]

In tonight's State of the Commonwealth address, Governor Patrick is making a very bold proposal: cut the sales tax from 6.25% back not just to 5%, as I advocated two months ago, but to 4.5%, and "dedicate all the proceeds to a public … [Read more...]

Rick Green, one of the two leading candidates for chairman of the Mass. GOP, made what is really quite a startling accusation on WRKO the other day.  Here's what he said in the course of explaining how it is that Massachusetts Democrats … [Read more...]

Should I be worried yet?  Ed Markey has $3 million in his campaign account, which is nice.  He's got John Kerry, Barney Frank, and Vicki Kennedy behind him, which would seem to guarantee that at least those three people will vote for him, … [Read more...]

I've been meaning to write about this for a while now, but all the excitement about Barney Frank and everything else has taken up all my blogging time.  But the story is this: a federal panel, after completely screwing up the first time … [Read more...]