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Democracy for America backs Jamie Eldridge for MA-05

June 17, 2007 By David

Democracy for America has just announced that they will back Jamie Eldridge in the race to replace retiring US Representative Marty Meehan in the MA-05 race.  From DFA's press release:DFA chair, Jim Dean says the endorsement was made … [Read more...]

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This is not a joke: Meehan to moderate MA-05 debate

June 6, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Marty Meehan's going to moderate the last MA-05 debate before the primary, on August 27.Say what?Hasn't his wife already thrown in with one of the candidates?Don't you think he might be biased towards someone whom he thinks would carry on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: donoghue, eldridge, ma-05, meehan, miceli, tsongas

MA-05 Health Care forum post-mortem

June 4, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Well, I came out of the health care forum on Saturday pretty happy with our slate of candidates. The candidates were all essentially well-prepared, clear and forthcoming with their thoughts on health care. They did not avoid questions, they … [Read more...]

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Live from the MA-05 Health Care forum!

June 2, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

2. Identify three biggest problems with health care system today.Miceli: Portability -- keep same coverage between agencies and jobs. Standardization of coverage. Businesses should be able to buy into pools like GIC. On national level we … [Read more...]

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MA-05 foreign policy debate roundup

May 24, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Have I told you how much our local lefty blogs kick butt? May I say it again? You simply cannot get better information on the MA-05 race than our own blogfolk in the field -- although the Lowell Sun seems to be doing itself proud as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: donoghue, eldridge, finegold, iraq, ma-05, miceli, national, tsongas

Convention Information and Update – Kudos to the Democratic Party

May 4, 2007 By kate

The Democratic State Convention this year is going to be fun and exciting.  Governor Deval Patrick will be the keynote speaker.  It will be great to have a sitting Massachusetts Governor address us.  Other big news is that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: convention, eldridge, ma-05

Lowell Sun covers MA-05 health care brawl (very well!)

April 30, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Dick Howe points us to this Lowell Sun article on the recent discussion of health care in the MA-05 race. It's a very well-researched article: Chockful of relevant and telling quotes from the various candidates; some brief but useful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: donoghue, eldridge, finegold, health-care, ma-05, miceli, tsongas

Report from the Fifth CD/Eldridge Organizational Meeting and Volunteer Day

April 16, 2007 By kate

Despite rain and snow, it was standing room only at the Continental Cafe in Acton on Sunday for Jamie Eldridge's organizational meeting.  There was palpable enthusiasm in the building as voters from throughout the district and beyond … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 5th-congressional-district, acton, eldridge, ma-05

Chelmsford 5th District Open House

April 16, 2007 By asaville

The newly formed Progressive Democrats of Chelmsford will host an open house for several of the Democratic candidates for the 5th Congressional District race on Monday, April 23 between 7 and 9 p.m. The address is 14 High Street in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 5th-congressional-district, donoghue, eldridge, ma-05, obrien, tsongas

Suburban Legislators Support Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes

April 9, 2007 By Jamie Eldridge

An FYI on the Suburban Legislators Coalition's efforts to support closing corporate tax loopholes.As of Wednesday, the Suburban Coalition is in further discussion on corporate tax loopholes, the Municipal Partnership Act, and the telecom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: corporate-tax-loopholes, cuts, eldridge, ma-05, massachusetts, revenues

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