With a new legislative session coming up, bills are being written and legislators are forming their goals for the next year, at this very moment. That means now is a good time to talk with your state legislators, but it's also a good … [Read more...]

I come from the school of, 'if you're not on message, you're off it.' That's why I've been a little disappointed to see the goo-gooze fester a bit on BMG for the past few days. Of course, we should all be for good government, but we … [Read more...]

Seemingly minutes after the election ended, the media already began harping on talk over "the fiscal cliff." This is all surrounding the mandatory cuts that are set to kick in automatically, after the last 'Grand Bargain' talks failed, … [Read more...]

Saying that Florida was beyond hope for Obama, Suffolk is pulling out of polling Florida and other key battleground states. Suffolk University pollster David Paleologos, whose polls are aggregated into mainstream averages to show where the … [Read more...]

On today's LeftAhead podcast, Mike and I had Mathew Helman on from ProgressMass to talk about Scott Brown and the 'Both Ways' of his record -- how Brown says one thing and does another. I was very impressed with Mat's wide depth of … [Read more...]

How else can this be explained? UPDATE: Check out the reaction that is flooding in on this. It seemed like it wouldn't be possible for Romney to have a worse week than he did last week, but he may just outdo himself.  This is from a … [Read more...]

I was in Lynn today, holding a sign with a big crowd for Congressman John Tierney, when a friend told me that WBUR/MassINC came out with a great poll for the Congressman. The poll asked who people were going to vote for, then pushed for … [Read more...]

That's what's at stake here, with Representative Keenan's Section 42 in the new energy bill, legislation that could cost ratepayers upwards of $1 billion dollars. It's guaranteed money (where else does that happen?) and a huge step … [Read more...]

We've had a busy week here at LeftAhead, yesterday interviewing BMG's David on the Affordable Care Act and today having State Senate candidate Mara Dolan on to chat about her race. Mike writes the wrap up on at the second link, but I'll … [Read more...]

Hi everyone, Remember that little old supreme court case we had a few weeks ago on health care? It was kind of a big deal. The Affordable Care Act, the President's health care bill that will more or less create a system of Universal … [Read more...]