Barry Finegold once had congressional ambitions. They are now history, because the state senator has taken the lead for school privatization. Finegold, along with State Representative Russell Homes, sponsored a bill to lift all caps in what … [Read more...]

Governor Deval Patrick recently proposed consolidating 240 local housing authorities into six regional agencies. I don't know what kind of impact will be felt by tenants in public housing, but I doubt it matters if the plumber comes from … [Read more...]

  First, here's the LA Times reporting a major storm of pure righteous outrage coming from Trenton: Christie, a potential 2016 GOP presidential contender, reserved his most blistering words for the Republican House speaker.  He … [Read more...]

The national headlines show that Dixville Notch gave Barack Obama 5 votes, and Mitt Romney 5 votes. A tie. We stayed up to midnight for a lousy tie? But wait - what is this? Charlie Bass won 6 votes to Ann McLane Kuster's 3 (an … [Read more...]

Driving home through Carlisle, I started to notice flocks of blue political lawn signs. From a distance, I thought we were sprouting Democratic support from the very wealthy, until I got a little closer... Scott Brown... Sandi Martinez... … [Read more...]

Mitt Romney let the proverbial feline out of the rooftop carrier yesterday, when he told some big money donors about his plans for after the election. The Los Angeles Times reports that "while he planned to slash government programs, he … [Read more...]

Sources close to Fox News are saying the conservative-themed news network will begin airing Keith Olbermann's Countdown in July. Olbermann will reportedly receive a five-year, $55 million deal to lead off the evening's line-up of commentary … [Read more...]

The original thread is long buried under the weight of lots of great political news. Saturday was the start of caucus season, but it continues. 209 Democrats showed up at Arlington Town Hall to caucus, and sent a slate of 35 delegates … [Read more...]