via MassBeacon (a terrific site, btw -- visit often): New Rasmussen poll puts the race this way:Patrick 35%Baker 27%Cahill 23% ... and Patrick's approval rating has risen from 39% to 46% -- in a month. Whoah -- not numbers to be … [Read more...]
Former Health Ins. Executive Baker supports repeal of HCR .. Shocker!
In an online chat today with several media outlets, the GOP gubernatorial candidate and former Health Insurance Company Executive stated that he supported the repeal of he recently singed into law health care reform. While spewing tired and … [Read more...]
If It Looks Like a Panda and Talks Like a Panda
I've been trying to make sense out of Tim Cahill's recent behavior, what with his appearances on Fox News; being for the Massachusetts version of healthcare reform before he was against it- or at least keeping silent about it while Governor … [Read more...]
State rejects insurance hikes; now what?
Good news ... Making good on Governor Deval Patrick's promise to reject health insurance rate hikes deemed excessive, the state Division of Insurance this morning turned down 235 of 274 increases proposed by Massachusetts health … [Read more...]
So, that $295 million budget gap? Never mind.
Remember that $295 million budget gap that emerged a couple of weeks ago? The one that, according to perpetual doom-sayer Mike Widmer, was "a very big deal" showing that "there's no end to the bad news"? The one that, according … [Read more...]
A lesson from Tim Cahill on our screwed-up campaign finance laws
Tim Cahill has a knack for keeping himself in the news, though not always in a good way. Today, he offers us a way to reflect on how badly screwed up the priorities of our campaign finance laws are. Consider Treasurer Tim's two … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker ties himself up in knots on health care
Charlie Baker's statement, on the new health care reform law was pretty simple, pretty clear, and pretty unequivocal. Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles D. Baker Jr., a former chief executive of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, … [Read more...]
Allow me to be the first to formally welcome our new corporate overlords
Statement by OCPF on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission On January 21, 2010, the United States Supreme Court issued an important decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. __ (2010). In Citizens United, … [Read more...]
“Widmer laughed when responding to Cahill’s slight”
There's much more to say about the impact of the passage of health care reform on the Gov's race, but for now, I must just note this outstanding nugget from today's Globe article on that subject: When WRKO cohost Todd Feinberg noted that … [Read more...]
While the Health Care battle rages on in DC, Reform in MA is being threatened by Cahill, Baker
The issue of health insurance reform is all over the news. Congress is expected to vote on a bill today, and the big insurance companies are stopping at nothing to try to kill the bill. Here in Massachusetts, we are lucky to lead the nation … [Read more...]
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