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Election surprise brewing?

December 8, 2009 By eschwarz 20 Comments

  Heidi Johnson, Citizen Co-Chair and Jamaica Plain resident: News from my JP voting spot (9:30) 19 out of 23 reported voting for AK on exiting. Allyce Najjimy, Citizen Co-Chair and South Boston resident I was the only one standing at … [Read more...]

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Who should I vote for?

December 8, 2009 By syphax 16 Comments

Please tell me why I should vote for your candidate.  I will consider only replies that are written as a haiku, a limerick, or a couple lines of dactylic hexameter (OK to use spondees liberally).  As some haikus are popping up on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: capuano, coakley, khazei, massachusetts, senate

Last minute thoughts on the race

December 7, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 28 Comments

So, here's how I came down in my personal preference ranking (not a prediction of how things will turn out tomorrow). We don't have instant runoff, but here they are:KhazeiCapuanoCoakleyPagliucaI'll discuss briefly from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: capuano, coakley, khazei, pagliuca, senate

The Facebook poll

December 4, 2009 By doubleman 1 Comment

Please bear with me.   I have been looking at the number of supporters the candidates have on their facebook pages.  I think they give a somewhat useful insight into the Senate race. As of 11:00am, the number of facebook … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: capuano, coakley, facebook, kennedy, khazei, ma-sen, pagliuca, senate

The Case for the Commonwealth Against Slots and Casinos

December 4, 2009 By Ryan 29 Comments

It seems like no matter how poorly casinos are doing throughout the country, no matter how many times they rewrite the rules and laws in their favor, no matter what kind of damage they wreak,  how many thousands of small business they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, casinos, dukakis, faneuil-hall, harshbarger, khazei, slots, united-to-stop-slots-mass

Online poll shows Khazei ahead

December 3, 2009 By brooklinedem 35 Comments

Granted that this is an online poll and is not scientifically valid, but for a race that everyone believes will have very low turnout, a sample size that's approaching 2,000 could be significant, and could mean that Khazei has some real … [Read more...]

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Khazei gaining momentum: casual polls and ANOTHER new endorsement today

December 3, 2009 By josh 6 Comments

Today, the campaign announced that former  US Senator from Georgia Sam Nunn (in office 1972-1997) endorsed Alan's candidacy for Senate! Nunn, who chaired the Senate Armed Services committee for almost a decade, continues his active … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: alan, endorsement, khazei, ma-sen, polls, sam-nunn

Alan Khazei and the General Election

December 2, 2009 By dcsln 3 Comments

"Why?" you may ask.  "Those people don't know anything," or "Those people don't vote," you might say.  But, let's face it, today they're more excited than the average registered Democrat, and probably more active and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: khazei, ma-sen, massachusetts, national, senate

Worcester T&G *also* goes Khazei

December 2, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 30 Comments

Even yet still more interestinger: (h/t Bernstein)The difference, we believe, lies with intangibles, a sense of which of the candidates would be most likely both to meet the challenge of service in the Senate and also add something new. Ms. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: alan-khazei, khazei, senate

BMG Endorses Alan Khazei for U.S. Senate

December 1, 2009 By the-editors 142 Comments

The IssuesLet's take the most obvious issue first: Khazei (and Steve Pagliuca, of whom more later) took what we believe is the correct approach on the health care reform bill: a pragmatic attempt to improve the health and well-being of … [Read more...]

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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When Scott Brown won in January 2010, Alan Khazei told us, “you can’t read too much into it. It’s a special election!”

Bad result but good to keep in mind.

Stephanie Murray@stephanie_murr

Looks like JEFF TURCO wins the race to replace former House Speaker Robert DeLeo in the 19th Suffolk District. JUAN PABLO JARAMILLO comes in second by just under 300 votes.

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Yikes.

Adam Bass@AdamBassWCCS

The idea of a Pro Life Trump supporter winning Suffolk 19 is not out of the ordinary. Winthrop is particular is much more right leaning that Revere. And Revere got severely out voted. When Capobianco had his story, that left you with two progressives. #mapoli

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Jo_ComerfordJo Comerford@Jo_Comerford·
2 Mar

.@CDCgov dir. @RWalensky, once part of MA's #COVID19 advsy board, said

"Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of COVID-19 ... not when we are so close."

But @MassGovernor pushes to reopen.

Who is advising Gov. Baker now?

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JoeCurtatoneJoseph A. Curtatone@JoeCurtatone·
1 Mar

It's time to state outright that Charlie Baker's science advisory team is the Chamber of Commerce. That's why we were slow to act last year, why our public health network got ignored on vaccines & why our reopenings have flown in the face of data, expert advice & common sense. https://twitter.com/MikeConnollyMA/status/1366423893276303364

Mike Connolly@MikeConnollyMA

Just reiterating my COVID philosophy: Instead of bucking advice from the CDC and Dr. Fauci (by further reopening the Mass. economy), we should #TaxTheRich and use the new revenue to provide cash relief to people in need and small businesses while also investing in health equity.

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2 Mar

He’s running

Simón Ríos@simonfrios

Mayor Joe Curtatone announces this is his final year as mayor of Somerville. @WBUR

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