The facts (from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office) are in, and they're unambiguous (update: you can read the full report here). The military's policy of discharging gay service members is harming America's national … [Read more...]
Mitt’s gay-baiting goes on the road
This is really revealing, about all involved:Gov. Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he's "made it very, very clearfrom the very beginning that I do not support gay marriage or civilunions," and that remarks he made earlier this week … [Read more...]
A ridiculous pundit
CBS's Bob Schieffer (host of Face the Nation, and the interim anchor of CBS Evening News after Dan Rather leaves) has posted this commentary on the Novak-Plame debacle entitled "A Ridiculous Spectacle." What Schieffer … [Read more...]
Romney Stumps in Missouri
Underlining the thesis that he is more interested in campaigning for the White House than being Governor of the Commonwealth, Willard found time Saturday to deliver the keynote address for, of all things, the Missouri state Republican … [Read more...]
The Republican Split
In an interesting article for the St. Petersburg Times on the recent ConservativePolitical Action Conference in Washington, Wes Allison highlighted the split in the Republican Party between economic conservatives and social conservatives. … [Read more...]
Deregulate the public sector
So, the Times checks into Philadelphia's providing of wireless broadband to its citizens. Verizon, of course, went totally ballistic, and strong-armed the governor of PA into signing a bill forbidding any other municipality from doing the … [Read more...]
Tim Schofield for State Rep
As we've written before, March 15th's special primary in the 18th Suffolk district (Allston-Brookline-Brighton) represents a terrific pickup opportunity for progressives in the MA House of Representatives. The previous rep, Finneran … [Read more...]
Remind you of anyone?
Thinking... hard... can't place where I've heard this before ... NPR's Juan Williams had a report Friday on Tim Pawlenty, Gov. MN, who is having to moderate his approach after aggressively targeting Democrats and losing big (ceding a … [Read more...]