Some issues getting buried at the bottom of threads... Intriguing candidates for State Rep (Christopher Schiavone?)Jehlen's replacement?Jarrett Barrios's replacement for SEN? (He's running for Middlesex DA.) Alice Wolf?Medford voting … [Read more...]

Important to note: election day for that 2nd Middlesex Senate race is September 27, not in November. (Apparently even Joe Mackey missed that on Tuesday night in his concession.)Back to the disaster, already in progress... … [Read more...]

By popular demand, we are pleased to present the now-legendary blue box containing links to all of our posts on the Democratic primary for the Second Middlesex Senate race, for those who wish to relive past glories. This post will of course … [Read more...]

This is a little strange...BOSTON -- Deval Patrick is spending more moneythan he's raising in his campaign for next year's Democraticgubernatorial nomination and has stopped paying or cut the salaries ofsome of his top staffers.Now, Patrick … [Read more...]

I'm just gonna steal this post wholesale from Health Care for All:--- Bookmark this Site: The MassACT Ballot Initiative     TheMassachusetts Affordable Care Today campaign to put real health reformon the 2006 state ballot has … [Read more...]

Bad news, and what one would have expected:The federal Census Bureau reported yesterday that the number ofuninsured residents in Massachusetts grew to 748,000 last year, up by66,000 people from 2003. Massachusetts healthcare organizations … [Read more...]

There's a long article, well worth reading, in the Globe about the possible impact Mitt Romney's Mormon faith may have on his bid for the presidency.  That he seems to be casting his lot with the rightmost wing of his party (which is … [Read more...]

Romney's speech at Raytheon, which apparently had all the trappings of a presidential campaign event, noted the importance of science education in America if we are to remain competitive.Well, on that, I agree with him.  But the devil … [Read more...]

Turns out the Red Sox have the highest concentration of evangelical Christians of any team in the majors. … [Read more...]

Link. Mackey gave concession at Orleans restaurant.I'm looking around for confirmation -- anyone hear anything?UPDATE: Somerville News also says high voter turnout. Maybe it was the progressive elves working for Jehlen... or just good solid … [Read more...]