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An Obama victory? Not here.

November 5, 2008 By smalltownguy

SmallTown is, if nothing else, small. So everyone goes to vote at one of our two elementary schools. Yesterday morning when I showed up it was a zoo. Seeing all of my fellow-citizens turning up kindled a faint hope that SmallTown might go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-election, republican-party

Thank you, John Kerry

November 2, 2008 By liberalcowgirl

If Kerry won, I believed we would be able to divert the war in Iraq away from a ruinous course that was weakening our military, our economy and our national security.  It would allow us to shift the focus of the fight against terrorism … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2004-election, 2008-election, barack-obama, john-kerry

Deep Thought

November 2, 2008 By smalltownguy

It has ocurred to me that someone who compulsively says "My Friends" is probably not my friend. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-election, mccain

Question about Question 2

October 30, 2008 By shai-sachs

Ballot Question 2 reads, in part: The proposed law would define possession of one ounce or less of marijuana as including possession of one ounce or less of tetrahydrocannibinol ("THC"), or having metabolized products of marijuana or THC in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-election, marijuana, question-2

Turnout versus the Red Shift-the 2008 Election

October 29, 2008 By smalltownguy

My friend Bruce Wolpe has a blog at the Sydney Morning Herald on the 2008 election (in which, of course, Australians  are intensely interested). Back in March of this year Bruce and I agreed that the single most striking thing about … [Read more...]

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Honey, I Shrunk the Globe!

October 29, 2008 By smalltownguy

Bad jokes about the Globe's new "G-spot" aside, the paper is shrinking in more ways that one. I refer to the continuing dismal quality of its election coverage. Time was, a national election was a golden opportunity for a first-rate paper … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-election, boston-globe

Globe Scores Again!

October 4, 2008 By smalltownguy

Talk about low expectations.  I'm always excited when the Globe's national political reporting rises, however briefly, above the mediocre. Today (Oct. 4) was not one of those days. On the front page, Brian C. Mooney's story "Obama … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-election, boston-globe

McCain’s loss in perspective

October 2, 2008 By smalltownguy

One of John McCain's most notable accomplishments has a strong Massachusetts tie-in.  It's when he and John Kerry worked to repair and ultimately restore relations with Vietnam. In hindsight their efforts paid off in several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-election, mccain, vietnam-legacy

John Kerry and the Road to 60. Gives $1million to Dem Senate Candidates

September 30, 2008 By medfieldbluebob

He's also made this a challenge to the rest of us to contribute. ("Mom can I have a couple of mill? Please? Jeanne needs a little love up in New Hampshire") We have a chance to get a filibuster-proof majority at 60 (add another one or two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008-election, john-kerry, us-senate

McCain’s Last Hail Mary

September 29, 2008 By medfieldbluebob

this from the TimesOnline, on what will hopefully be the last hail mary/stunt in John McCain's sorry, sordid, and dishonorable campaign, The Alaskan Royal Wedding: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t... Unbelievable.   … [Read more...]

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If you're familiar with #mapoli I have questions for you!

My intern is applying for an internship there - obvs I'm thrilled. 😊 What should she know about how the MA legislature is staffed? What other essential knowledge would you pass along?

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