See, this is what happens when you have young twerps running the show.  They say stupid things, not realizing that because they're now surrogates for a presidential campaign, people actually pay attention to what they say.  Here's the … [Read more...]

The winner of the most-absurd-kerfuffle-so-far award surely goes to the dust-up between previously-almost-completely-unknown Democratic "strategist" Hilary Rosen, who has no affiliation with the Obama campaign or the Democratic party, and … [Read more...]

Charley makes an excellent point regarding the largely content-free nature of Joe Kennedy III's website.  He ought to do something about that. Nonetheless, it's impossible not to be impressed by his first-quarter fundraising.  He … [Read more...]

Two stories worth talking about this morning: The Globe's Glen Johnson hypothesizes that the People's Pledge - the groundbreaking agreement between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren that is designed to keep third-party advertising out of … [Read more...]

Charley is absolutely right: Scott Brown's increasingly shrill and whiny attacks, not only on Elizabeth Warren herself, but on her supporters, are pathetic.  Brown doesn't seem to realize that he's in a delicate position.  It wouldn't take … [Read more...]

The annual Netroots Nation conference is coming!  And this year it's just down the road in Providence, RI.  The dates are June 7-10, and there's a lot of info at the conference website. The highlight of the conference, needless to say, … [Read more...]

They kept us in suspense for a few days, but it was worth the wait: in the first quarter of 2012, Elizabeth Warren raised $6.9 million, according to an email from the campaign - more than double what Scott Brown reported.  One does have to … [Read more...]

I've been thinking about this for a while, but haven't had a chance to put pen to paper, to use a thoroughly outdated metaphor.  So here it is: the Affordable Care Act is constitutional for two straightforward reasons that should have been … [Read more...]

The fundraising numbers from January through March continue to trickle in.  Scott Brown has announced that he raised $3.4 million last quarter, and says that about 71% of that amount is from in-state, which according to my handy calculator … [Read more...]