Fred Clarkson has this interesting write-up of one of western MA's big retail politicking events, the Hampden County Sheriff's annual picnic at Six Flags in Agawam. Fred reports that Deval Patrick, Kerry Healey, and a host of other … [Read more...]
A sad day
I am no fan of the Israeli settler movement, and I think that Prime Minister Sharon is doing the right thing in Gaza. But nonetheless, this photograph (click to enlarge) brought tears to my eyes. … [Read more...]
Bill Weld, unable to go to Mexico, would take Albany as a consolation prize
Bill Weld, the guy who got so bored with being Governor of Massachusetts that he quit early to pursue a quixotic, destined-for-failure bid to become US Ambassador to Mexico, has decided that maybe being a Governor wasn't so bad after all, … [Read more...]
Warning: blogger navel-gazing
Since all the other MA bloggers have already mentioned it, I'll jump on the bandwagon: here's the new aggregator for all the MA lefty blogs. Very cool, since you can see all the headlines at once, and see who has updated recently.I wonder … [Read more...]
All in the family
Here's a post by MyDD's Chris Bowers that expresses hope that the Democrats can tie Cindy Sheehan and the Iraq war with a more general Democratic "frame": The Family.You know, I don't really have a problem with the post on its own … [Read more...]
Impressions from the Candidates Forum
Soon after, the room erupted in laughter several times as the candidates and moderator puzzled through the finer points of the ground rules in a raucous exchange. For every question, each candidate got to answer it in turn, but right after … [Read more...]
Charlie Shannon’s widow endorses Mackey
Dorothy Shannon, the widow of the late Sen. Charlie Shannon, has endorsed Joe Mackey to replace her husband as the Senator for the Second Middlesex district. Other endorsements in the news are Rep. Jim Marzilli (D-Arlington and W. … [Read more...]
RNC is bankrolling legal defense of the architect of New Hampshire vote suppression
One of the sleaziest stories about voting shenanigans to hit New England (or, really, anywhere) in some time was the successful effort of New Hampshire Republican operatives to jam phone lines on election day 2002 (on which a close US … [Read more...]