While he and Grossman each propose a half billion dollar fund for such goals, Murphy would like MA to go solo on this. It would require making those safe investment decisions with the pension money, but a fund solely with state money … [Read more...]
Grossman Calls for Activist Treasurer
The last politician I saw show all his cards so early in a campaign was Deval Patrick running for governor. That seemed to work OK for him. As a very successful entrepreneur and top manager of his family business, Grossman Marketing Group, … [Read more...]
Niki Tsongas Ready for Battles
For the re-election, she isn't overwhelmed that new Sen. Scott Brown snagged Ted Kennedy's seat in some of the same towns in her dictrict. She recognizes voters' confusion and anger in the hard economic times. She figures … [Read more...]
All Eggs in One Baker?
And if that ship sinks? What if Brown's win was an anomaly based on a lame Dem opponent and not as he describes it "an overwhelming people's movement — at one of the most important times in American politics"?Indeed, we … [Read more...]
Dukakis Talks Tough on Transit
Gov. Dukakis (now a distinguished professor of political science at Northeastern Unversity) regularly speaks and writes on what he calls a steel interstate. He sees terrific economic benefits.Immediately, he says upgrading and augmenting … [Read more...]
Tim (Murray) Talks Transportation
Murray covers the trends and specifics of his administration's actions. To Gov. Deval Patrick's credit, he has let Murray have his head and accomplish more than any Lt. Gov. I can recall. In transportation, that includes:The CSX … [Read more...]
Deval on Left Ahead! Tuesday
Gov. Deval Patrick joins our ragged trio on Left Ahead! Tuesday 2/2/10 for our weekly podcast. We'll cram as much Q&A as we can in a half hour, starting at 1 p.m. Eastern.Catch the live stream here. After the show, it's … [Read more...]
Obama’s Weak Rights Brew
Moreover, if the Prez was committed to civil rights, he would have called for states to pass same-sex marriage legislation. He would have pushed to overturn Pres. Bill Clinton's disgrace, the Defense of Marriage Act. Certainly, Obama … [Read more...]
Speech Score: Citizens 1, Deval 2
A big factor there is the horrific, abiding great recession. Here though, Patrick's administration wasted time in realizing promises for the recalcitrance of the General Court. Simply put, he couldn't get funds and enabling … [Read more...]
MA Dem Chair’s Calls to Action
We had a full team of three commenting and questioning. For his part, Walsh ranged from specific predictions of two state senate seat pickups this year to how to move progressives into open and contested slots.He didn’t dwell on … [Read more...]
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