Mitt Romney is supposed to be the Governor of Massachusetts, isn't he?  Sometimes it's hard to be sure.  When asked what he thought about the fact that Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-Quincy) had managed to score 12 million gallons … [Read more...]

In the "Arrgghghghggh" department... I came this close to actually praising Our Guv for supporting the proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Too good to be true, as it … [Read more...]

Linked from Political Wire, Kari Chisholm of Mandate Media has a post about the potential importance of political blogs in the '06 elections. Mandate Media runs the indispensible LeftyBlogs site, which sorts out the local blogs by state. … [Read more...]

What a fascinating story this is.  Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-Quincy) has personally cut a deal with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to provide millions of gallons of low-cost heating oil, to be distributed through Citgo (which is a … [Read more...]

Wes F. and David Eisenthal have reminded us that today would have been Bobby Kennedy's 80th birthday. Here's a site dedicated to him. I'll just chime in with my thoughts. It seems to me that the Democratic Party, and by extension the … [Read more...]

In the House brouhaha (ballyhoo, balderdash) from yesterday, Rep. Marty Meehan (D-Lowell) reacted to Rep. Jean Schmidt calling a Bronze Star Marine a coward: "You guys are pathetic! Pathetic!"Now that's what I call representation. … [Read more...]

Thanks in large part to the amazing organizational efforts of Lynne at LeftInLowell, we are about three weeks away from what promises to be a watershed event in the nascent history of the Massachusetts blogosphere:     … [Read more...]

Well, conservative ol' cuss Rep. Phil Travis (D-Rehoboth) is out next year. He was one of the major opponents of gay marriage, and is throwing in the towel.My favorite Phil Travis moment came this summer, when he defended the proposed … [Read more...]

So, the lege is taking up Romney's Extra Cuddly Death Penalty? tonight. Won't pass. We're too busy trying to keep people from being killed in the first place. Somehow that's not cuddly enough for Our Guv.Yawn. Wouldn't it be great to have a … [Read more...]