- - 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...]
Scott Brown brow-beats high school kids
Many found it beyond inappropriate:He read the comments verbatim, even naming the students who wrote them in some cases, witnesses said."He was doing it loudly and pretty angrily," student Rachel William. "Some of the teachers tried to stop … [Read more...]
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