So it's a big night for Mitt Romney, as he nearly hits the 40% mark.  Also a good night for Ron Paul, who reversed what had seemed like a downward trend, cleared 20%, and scored a solid second place. Everybody else lost big.  Huntsman is … [Read more...]

So what's your prediction for how the chips will fall in New Hampshire today?  For a couple of interesting data points, here are the results from the last two days of Suffolk polling.  The poll released today is first; the one released … [Read more...]

Some outstanding comments plucked from the generally very entertaining post regarding the quote, about how Senators shouldn't try to do big stuff, that Scott Brown surely wishes he could take back. Little is beautiful With … [Read more...]

Here's an oldie but goodie: in 1993, when he was the chairman and chief executive of Bain & Co. (which is a separate though related operation from Bain Capital), Mitt Romney engineered a federal bailout of Bain: by convincing the … [Read more...]

I trust you'll all forgive me a moment of gloating: so far my prediction of what would happen in Iowa, and what the consequences would be, is looking pretty good. "a large majority of caucus-goers – on the order of 75% – are planning to … [Read more...]

[Title to be sung to the tune of "How do you solve a problem like Maria?"] OK, so the whole "going the speed limit" and "wearing my seatbelt" thing turned out not to be precisely, you know, true.  Nor did the black ice explanation, which … [Read more...]

So the long-awaited Iowa caucuses are tomorrow.  Here are some things you know, and some things you maybe didn't. The polling remains very fluid.  The most recent polls have Mitt Romney barely clinging to a lead, with Ron Paul and Rick … [Read more...]

This seems unlikely to win new GOP chairman Bob Maginn a lot of supporters at Red Mass Group: The state Republican Party’s new chairman, Robert A. Maginn Jr., gave Governor Deval Patrick, a Democrat, $500, the maximum allowable under state … [Read more...]

This makes me laugh. The Globe reported this morning that whoever programmed the system to do that faced "possible discipline," but updates on Twitter today say that the MBTA General Manager has wisely decided that there will be "no … [Read more...]

As 2011 draws to a close, many political pundits and prognosticators are assembling their year-end lists for the best, worst, and most important political events of the year.  I was thinking of doing the same, but, lazy sod that I am, I … [Read more...]