Dear BMG Community: I wanted to share with all of you that my blog, Western Mass Politics & Insight has just kicked off a fundraising campaign to get us through a particularly busy election cycle this year in the Greater Springfield … [Read more...]

UPDATED: State House News Reports Election Dates UPDATED Again: ...And the dates are official.  Oct 8 & Nov. 5. I have to say it is rare that we out here in Western Mass get this kind of attention from anyone.  However, because … [Read more...]

There is little we can do on a national level to correct the wrongs of Wisconsin.  Likewise, there may be little that we can do to help public employee union members in states that have passed right-to-work laws.  However, it may be time … [Read more...]

Cross-posted on Western Mass Politics & Insight. Four years ago we supported Barack Obama after backing Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. We believed in him over Senator John McCain for innumerable reasons. However, we … [Read more...]

I had not planned to write anything when I heard that Scott Brown would be releasing an ad about the tornadoes that tore through the Springfield area last year.  I thought it inappropriate, but ultimately there was little I could … [Read more...]

Between the latest jabs being traded in the Massachusetts Senate race, it seems reasonable that this may have gotten lost in the furor or perhaps it was already known and forgotten. Last night, I was on Twitter and saw a Mitt Romney … [Read more...]

It has been hysterical watching Scott Brown flee Mitt Romney, especially the five minutes of Twitter time where in it looked like Brown retract his endorsement of the former governor. However, Brown did, after what must been a longer … [Read more...]

Public Policy Polling is in town, too, so they may cancel out this news, but until their data is released later this week/weekend: The survey of Bay State voters conducted Sept. 6-13 by the Western New England Polling Institute through a … [Read more...]

The pivot has begun and has gotten some good early response.   New ad out from Warren campaign is really, really good. bit.ly/ShoBZS #mapoli#masen — Garrett Quinn (@GarrettQuinn) September 13, 2012   And to those … [Read more...]