So across my desk have come documents that report how many jobs will be saved by the House coming back into session to vote out H.R. 1586 and send it to the President for his signature. Long story short, after all the commemorative pens … [Read more...]
Young Democrats Back D’Alessandro’s Primary Challenge, Also Endorse Founder in Treasurer Race
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 9, 2010 Contact: Kevin Gilnack, Communications Director, kgilnack@ydma.org, 617.506.9670 Young Democrats of Massachusetts Endorse Mac D’Alessandro for Congress Organization pledges support to elect the … [Read more...]
End the War in Afghanistan and Invest at Home
For 34 years, I've lived, worked, and raised three daughters in the 10th Congressional District. I've been a county commissioner, professor, and State Senator for the Cape and Islands, and I know these are tough times. But we will recover - … [Read more...]
Mac Wants Traction
He seems to us to like the anti-incumbent, giving Dem primary voters a distinct option. The oddly formed 9th runs from South Boston West to Norfolk and South to Plymouth.The electorate is mostly white and white-collar, with a range of … [Read more...]
Your Candidate, Paid for by Corporate America
Americans are about to experience their first election under new the campaign finance regime outlined in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, Citizens United v. FEC. The decision basically said that corporations have the same right to … [Read more...]
Lessons from the “Enlightened Eight”: Republicans Can Vote Pro-Environment and Not Get “Tea Partied
On June 26, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-212 in favor of HR 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). Only eight Republicans - we'll call them the "Enlightened Eight" - voted "aye." These … [Read more...]
On Taming The Financial Beast, Or, Sausage Gets Made, You Get To Watch
Two cows are standing in a field. One says to the other, "What do you think about this mad cow disease?" "What do I care?" says the other, "I'm a helicopter." --From "Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar", Thomas Cathcart and Daniel … [Read more...]
Is President Obama finally getting it?
Does he now realize that corporate welfare will not generate significant job growth, but a strong healthy working/middle class will? In this letter to Congress, President Obama is urging "swift action on several critical priorities … [Read more...]
Video Roundup of Speeches at YDM’s Convention Kickoff Party
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray Congressman Jim McGovern Congressman Barney Frank … [Read more...]
Five Reasons Clean Energy Trumps Tea Party Slogans
Sometimes I think America is the proverbial child-star-gone-bad of nations: we have a crippling addiction, but we still won't go to rehab. We are hooked on burning dirty fossil fuels like cavemen, and no matter how many times we … [Read more...]
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