Some endorsements we fret, hem and haw over. This one's easy, a 360-degree no-look reverse slam dunk. Jim Marzilli for State Senate in the 4th Middlesex district, every day and twice on Sundays. Our good friend (and well-known … [Read more...]
BMG Salutes the 2007 World Series Champion BOSTON RED SOX!
Credit: The excellent Boston Globe "Photoshop the Sox" gallery. … [Read more...]
Support the proposed ballot question to ban dog racing
In light of this post from a few weeks ago, BMG's endorsement of the proposed ban on greyhound racing (in the form of a ballot question on the 2008 ballot) won't come as a shock. But since the signature gathering is now in full swing, … [Read more...]
Tim Flaherty for Senator from Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex
Flaherty is a strong candidate. Years of experience as a prosecutor, including murder and other major crimes, and including management experience running the narcotics and career criminal units in his office. More years of … [Read more...]
Our MA-05 endorsement: It’s Eldridge
The Democratic primary for the Massachusetts 5th Congressional District is close: September 4th. Our preference is Jamie Eldridge: he has the most progressive ideas, and an idealistic voice that cuts through the fog of vague campaign … [Read more...]
Become a BMG Analyst!
Announcing BMG Analysts: three six-month appointments for talented progressives willing to make a significant time commitment to our favorite Massachusetts political blog. Analysts will focus on an issue of importance to the community, make … [Read more...]
Introducing the Romney Research Center: A Media Resource
We are delighted to introduce The Romney Research Center: A Media Resource. This is a wiki page where we will collect verified, fact-checked background information about Willard that can be used by members of the media and other interested … [Read more...]
Rules of the Road — an update
We have added the following to our Rules of the Road: Impersonation of real people is not allowed and user accounts that do this will be deleted as soon as we become aware of any such practice.The rest of the "Anonymity" section of our … [Read more...]
Democrats wanted!
The hackishness of the legislature has become intolerable. Massachusetts is being ruled by an oligarchy of incumbent legislators who have become a law unto themselves. This criminal gang, [NOTE; IS CRIMINAL TOO STRONG? I RATHER LIKE IT, BUT … [Read more...]
The ConCon cometh
By now, everyone pretty much knows where they stand on what they think should happen at Tuesday's Constitutional Convention (which David is planning to live-blog starting at 2 pm). For the record, the three of us believe firmly … [Read more...]