"If youre a Patrick supporter, theres no need to assume the fetal position. But the champagne should definitely stay in the pantry," said CBS4 Political Analyst Jon Keller.Wise advice.UPDATE (by David): Details are here. … [Read more...]
Justice Antonin Scalia: Deval Patrick was right on the Songer case
OK, folks, this Songer business has gone far enough.In 1985, Deval Patrick represented Carl Ray Songer, arguing that his death sentence was unconstitutionally imposed because of a defect in the Florida capital sentencing statutes that … [Read more...]
Prison guards: Healey’s “the one that is soft on crime”
From today's Herald:Inmates watching Brokeback Mountain and other blockbuster movies behind bars. Lifers having parties at maximum security prisoners. Killers getting day passes to visit sick loved ones. Cons being entertained by circus … [Read more...]
Big Dig Culture marches on
Affordable housing under 40B: No oversight, no accountability, big profits for private business:Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan's staff has spent the past year examining records from state offices and town halls and financial … [Read more...]
Remember: Healey has a Ph.D. in crime!
Thanks to Adam Reilly for directing us to an article from a few months back that points out just how silly it is for Kerry Healey to proclaim herself some sort of crime expert.How do we know Kerry Healey is a criminal-justice expert? … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker damns Healey with faint praise
Harvard Pilgrim CEO and ex-Secretary of Administration & Finance Charlie Baker's op-ed in today's Globe is about as weak an endorsement of his fellow Republican as one can imagine, barring Baker's pulling a Gloria Larson and endorsing … [Read more...]
Patrick launches … um … non-positive TV ad
It's not exactly an "attack ad," since all it does is call attention to the fact -- and it is a fact -- that a number of things haven't gone so well over the last four years. But I'd be hard-pressed to describe the latest Deval … [Read more...]
Nine men, 112 years
By the numbers: nine is the number of men who have been wrongfully convicted of violent crimes in Massachusetts courts and later exonerated by DNA evidence, according to the Innocence Project. Their names are Marvin Mitchell, Neil … [Read more...]
Romney/ Healey administration failed to review Contes prosecutorial maneuvers.
The foremost point missed in the LaGuer case is that within Worcester County, District Attorney John J. Conte has wielded unbridled power for more than thirty years.Worcester District Attorney John Conte has never admitted to one false … [Read more...]
New Healey ad — taking a page from Deval’s playbook
After two months of first attacking Gabrielli, then Patrick, with the advertising equivalent of a sledgehammer, it's very, very different. Talk to the camera, a few soft piano notes in the background, "we both come from modest backgrounds," … [Read more...]
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