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Pablo’s perspicacious primary picks

August 28, 2018 By Pablo

We're a week from the Massachusetts primary. September 4, the day after Labor Day, is a crappy day for a primary. September is a crappy time for a primary. Josh Zakim is blaming Bill Galvin for the primary date, for the 30 day registration … [Read more...]

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Maine update: Who won? Who knows?

June 20, 2018 By Pablo

We still don't know who won the Ranked Choice Vote in the Democratic primary for governor. Maine now has a Republican candidate campaigning for the job, but the Democrats have spent the last week waiting for results. From the Portland … [Read more...]

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Ranked Choice Voting Train Wreck

June 12, 2018 By Pablo

Grab your popcorn, turn on MSNBC, and let's watch Steve Kornacki map out tonight's primary returns. Primaries are being held in Virginia, South Carolina, North Dakota,Nevada, and Maine. First results are expected: Virginia: 7:11 p.m. … [Read more...]

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Time to rethink the Democratic State Convention

June 2, 2018 By Pablo

Today's Democratic State Convention was a disappointment, and it's not the first time. After spending the better part of a February Saturday getting elected, and a June Saturday inside the DCU center, I have to say we need to start thinking … [Read more...]

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The Arlington Test: Tingle v. Palfrey

May 28, 2018 By Pablo

The OCPF website is a wonderful thing. It's a searchable database, and with a couple of quick entries you can find out who your neighbors love well enough to send money. So, when I checked Quentin Palfrey's contributions from Arlington, … [Read more...]

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Trump Goes to College: The 2020 electoral map!

February 27, 2018 By Pablo

Thanks to Gallup, we now have a state-by-state map of Trump's approval ratings for 2017. Sort of what you expect when you have a Republican president with an approval rating in the 30s. Take the 2018 results and adjust for the … [Read more...]

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The great political surprise of 2018 (Prediction Thread)

December 30, 2017 By Pablo

According to Newt Gingrich on Fox News: The great political surprise of 2018 will be the size of the Republican victory. After members of the elite media have spent two years savaging President Trump, lying about Republican legislation, … [Read more...]

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Malden Ward 3: It Gets Worse

November 5, 2017 By Pablo

On Halloween, I posted a scary little story about a boatload of out-of-state charter school money flooding into a school committee race in Ward 3 in Malden.  (For perspective, let's remember that Ward 3 has 4,353 registered voters.) It … [Read more...]

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Big Money for a Rather Small Election in Malden

October 31, 2017 By Pablo

Ward 3 in Malden has 4,353 registered voters. In the 2015 municipal election, 1,282 folks in Ward 3 came to the polls to vote for mayor, city council, and school committee. In the 2017 preliminary election, 737 folks in Ward 3 came to … [Read more...]

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Gun Law State Scorecard

October 3, 2017 By Pablo

Las Vegas is a tourist destination, and we are finding that victims of the recent shooting traveled to this event from all over the continent. Nobody was thinking about it at the time, but we have thousands of tourists being targeted in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: guns, las-vegas, nra

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