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Come to our “Love a Democrat” Valentine’s Day Party in Milford this Saturday!

February 8, 2012 By John Tehan Leave a Comment

Where and when: The Nite Lite Lounge 31 Central St Milford, MA 01757 Saturday, 2/11, 4-7 PM Many towns are holding their caucuses this Saturday, so the Greater Blackstone Valley Dems got together to organize a soiree for the early … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: caucuses, Democratic Grassroots Events, Greater Blackstone Valley Dems

New Machine, Meet Old Machine

April 21, 2008 By lolorb 17 Comments

Understanding the history of Dem politics can give insight on how to best develop and use tools because some things never change.  As Kate Donaghue fervently points out, the really important stuff is local and person to person. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: caucuses, democratic-politics, machines, mousetrap

Caucuses to select delegates to the Democratic National Convention to be held on April 5th

March 23, 2008 By AmberPaw 6 Comments

The information for the 7th Congressional District [also known as "Congressman Markey's District"] is as follows: The caucus' to select delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver will take place on Saturday April 5 at 1:00 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: caucuses, delegates, democratic-national-convention, dnc, seventh-congressional-district

How caucuses will work in Nevada (as far as anyone can tell)

January 9, 2008 By sabutai 2 Comments

A quick read of the Official Rules (source: PDF) tells us much information.  Differences with Iowa are underlined: As in Iowa, caucusgoers must be physically present at a given time and place, though in this case the caucuses are held … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, caucuses, nevada

Caucus reports?

February 3, 2007 By sabutai 40 Comments

Anything interesting happen at your caucus?  New faces, old places?Down in my neck of the woods, we barely filled our allotment of delegates, once again mulled how swell it would be if the state party had an event (say, a convention) … [Read more...]

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A double-dog dare:

February 6, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 24 Comments

For all the giddy Deval Patrick enthusiasts out there, here's a press clipping to pin on the locker room bulletin board, as it were:Reilly supporters say the results were not surprising. The caucuses tend to attract more liberal activists, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: caucuses, patrick, reilly, vote-9.16.2006

Patrick sweeps caucuses; Reilly says “What base?”

February 5, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 31 Comments

You saw the reports last night here; Boston Globe reports today that Deval Patrick takes two-thirds of the delegates to the convention in June.What the heck is going on here? You have Tom Reilly, respected (at least until recently) public … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: caucuses, ideology, patrick, progressives, reilly, vote-9.16.2006

Caucus OPEN THREAD

February 4, 2006 By David 137 Comments

Tell us where you are and what you're seeing!UPDATE (11:30 pm): WOW!!!  You guys are amazing.  To my knowledge, this thread is the single best collection of publicly available information on the caucuses right now.  There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: caucuses, massachusetts, vote-9.16.2006

Sam Kelley doesn’t shrink from the challenge

January 23, 2006 By Charley on the MTA Leave a Comment

It's clear that Dr. Kelley's strongest issue is health care: "I ran for Lieutenant Governor because I saw our health care system fall apart. The middle class is losing its safety net for health care." As LG, Dr. Kelley sees himself as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: caucuses, cost-of-living, health-care, housing, lg, lieutenant-governor, local-aid, massachusetts, property-tax, sam-kelley, vote-9.16.2006

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“Utter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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What conditions accounts for this?

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These process-oriented votes do indeed have a profound effect on the substance.

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36 reps voted in favor of transparency today, with 122 reps opposed. Roll call below:

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