UPDATE: All stereotypes about bloggers and poor research -- in full effect here. A few days ago I asked how much money Charlie Baker's Harvard Pilgrim had made from the state's subsidized insurance program. Answer: Probably none … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker is a ‘Their guy’ candidate. He’ll perform accordingly.
Charlie Baker is a 'Their guy' candidate. by Kevin Sowyrda Not much time to blog this date, given the fact that it's been atleast a day since I watched The Michael Jackson Story on TVONE..........so here goes. Charlie Baker could … [Read more...]
Together We Will .
Crossposted at Keeping Massachusetts Blue Over the last several months I have really been struggling on whether to actively support Governor Deval Patrick's effort for reelection in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign. It's not that I didn't … [Read more...]
It has been eleven days – – –
- - since Republican Charles Baker first said he's running for governor. And it has been eleven days since he has refused to answer five basic questions about his deep involvement with the troubled Big Dig when he was our state's … [Read more...]
Get the needle pointing in the right direction, but not too right.
Sure, it's inside baseball. The average voter isn't going to que on election day to vote for or against a candidate because their campaign chieftain is Gray, Rubin, Morris, or whoever. But in a town where the primary sports are … [Read more...]
The Myth of Charlie Baker
Living in Swampscott all my life, including the period in which Charlie Baker moved into town and started (though quickly stopped) being involved in town politics, I've grown to know a little bit about Charlie Baker, both the myth and the … [Read more...]
That’s what I’m saying!
Yes. Ed Glaeser sings a paean to discord: Is the governor engaging in political grandstanding? Absolutely. Is he being confrontational? Indubitably. But he is also dead right. The pension situation is a mess; reform needs to apply to … [Read more...]
Looks and sounds like Charlie Baker is in.
Baker, the former A&F chief for Weld and Cellucci, now CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, seems to want to run against Gov. Patrick. Fasten your seatbelts: This is plainly the matchup that everyone's been spoiling for. Firstly, … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker fails to justify his existence
Yes, as the health care battle continues into the next few years, we're going to have to ask our health insurers why they should continue to exist. This matters, since both John Edwards and Barack Obama have offered plans which envision … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker doesn’t know why costs are going up.
... and if he doesn't know, who the hell does?... I realized, once again, how hard it is for anyone to get a real handle on health care costs if there's LITTLE OR NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ANYWHERE.... We need more information. We need … [Read more...]