In light of the recent hoopla over immigration, I thought a little Sunday night story might be useful.Alfredo Quiñones (disclosure: a former student of my father) arrived in the US illegally in 1987. He jumped the border from Mexico … [Read more...]
Ogo campaign plants itself firmly in the gutter
Wow. I mean, wow. They must be really desperate over at Team Idon'tknowski (speaking of which, Dick Howe has an excellent rundown of the latest SCHIP/veto hilarity). Check out this mailer, just now hitting the mailboxes of … [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Grading the candidates: the MA-05 debate part three: Entitlement programs
Braude="Alan Greenspan, former head of the Fed, wrote his book in the tub, he says. And that one of the main points he made, is that Medicare, in the age of the babyboomers, is the real budget buster, saying we'll have to cut big time … [Read more...]
Saturday night’s all right for fightin’ (open thread)
You give me hope/To carry on ... Fabulous news: ex-of-Providence Scarce is back together and playing shows -- tonight @ TT the Bear's, actually. They were a sure thing back in '95-96, and then their frontman had an aneurysm. (It … [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Grading the candidates: the MA-05 debate part two: Immigration
Braude-"Jim, the centerpiece of your campaign has been opposition to the McCain, Bush, Kennedy immigration bill. You call it an amnesty bill, and your belief that all illegal immigrants must go home. Two questions. One, how do you deport 12 … [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Grading the candidates – the MA-05 debate part one: Iraq
Braude (to Tsongas)-"Like most Democrats who ran for Congress in '06, you're running on a pledge to push for speedy withdrawl of troops from Iraq, but in an NECN-NBC debate last week at Dartmouth, the three leading presidential candidates … [Read more...]
A good night for Niki
Niki Tsongas had a good night at the NECN studios tonight. She was the only candidate on the stage who looked comfortable, confident and ready to go to work as soon as she's sworn in -- in short, she's ready for prime time, and the … [Read more...]
Impressions from the MA-05 debate
Ogo says he won't raise social security taxes, he won't cut benefits, and he won't raise the retirement age. So he proposes no solution. Completely irresponsible. At least Mr. Constitution Party says he'd rather abolish … [Read more...]
Evicted!
Charley and I are at the NECN studios to cover the MA-05 debate, which starts in a few minutes. We were sitting in the TV studio with the candidates and a couple of reporters getting ourselves set to watch and blog the debate.Until a … [Read more...]
Liveblogging from the NECN MA-05 debate
Ogonowski really hates illegal immigration -- sounds relatively comfortable and strong, as would be expected. Tsongas seems more hesitant on this question, a more nuanced answer. Turns the tables on Bush.I like this Murphy guy -- takes the … [Read more...]
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