Part 2 of our n-part series of sit-downs with the MA-Sen candidates is tomorrow morning: Charley and I will sit down with Bob Massie.  What do you want to know?  We'll post a write-up, and maybe some audio, shortly afterward. … [Read more...]

An excellent column from Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson rightly chastises those who, because they are too lazy to figure out what's actually going on, blame both sides more or less equally in the ongoing talks over raising the … [Read more...]

Today's Globe reports that Governor Patrick, the legislative leadership, municipal leaders, and union leaders (including some national figures) have all reached agreement on a plan that will save cities and towns tens of millions of dollars … [Read more...]

A ponderous title indeed for a not-especially-ponderous post.  The topic arises in light of Alex Beam's Globe column today, in which he expresses displeasure with phrases like "evidence-based medicine" or, apropos of us, "reality-based … [Read more...]

A poll published today by Public Policy Polling - which has a pretty good track record - shows a major surge in Michele Bachmann's numbers among New Hampshire voters.  Mitt Romney is still leading the pack, but Bachmann is a clear second, … [Read more...]

As I just posted, the MA-Sen Democrats have raised a respectable amount of money over the last quarter.  Particularly successful was Alan Khazei, who raised nearly a million bucks. However, I just heard a newscast on WBUR-FM that showed … [Read more...]

The Senate race fundraising numbers from the second quarter are starting to trickle in.  It's early yet, but so far, Alan Khazei is the big winner.  He raised $920,000 - substantially more than all of the other announced Democratic … [Read more...]

Someone dropped a dime to Hillary Chabot at the Herald, who duly ran with it. This is (or should be) a non-story, but try telling that to the folks at One Herald Square (unless they've already moved out). President Obama’s consumer … [Read more...]

My goodness, what a lot of Republican silliness has already transpired in the month of July - which is not even a day old yet. Consider: Mitt Romney has done a complete 180 on what was (up until moments ago) one of his central campaign … [Read more...]