Senator Biden chided Governor Palin for suggesting that as VP she would seek to play a greater role as President of the Senate. Biden is clearly the more qualified candidate, Palen is out of her league, etc. But on this point, I think it's … [Read more...]
Never Say Die Dianne
Tuesday Update: When the papers went in, Wilkerson had sought recounts in five Boston Wards in Roxbury and Central Dorchester. The Herald reports those are 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Her campaign cited voter complaints of uncounted ballots. … [Read more...]
Shaheen’s Campaign For Senate In NH
The U.S. Senate race between Governor Jeanne Shaheen and incumbent Senator John Sununu is one of the most important Senate races in the country this election season. As someone who grew up in NH and is a mom, it's pretty clear that … [Read more...]
Healing in Second Suffolk
Wilkerson has long been confident to the point of being full of herself. A couple of weeks ago at the Wards 11 and 19 forum, she even said, "What we desperately need in this district is for you to elect more people to support me in what I … [Read more...]
State senate race heats up: Go Sonia!
Wilkerson, a lawmaker and a lawyer, has accumulated a record of ethical and legal transgressions too significant to ignore. Her dismissal of these violations as "accounting errors" doesn't stand up to Attorney General Martha Coakley's … [Read more...]
AIM’s 2007-2008 Legislative Scorecard Underscores Need for Improvement
Brian Gilmore, AIM's Executive Vice President - Public Affairs noted, "It is was a challenge to calculate the Scorecard this Session, since there were fewer 'clear' roll call votes taken during the session." (A clear roll call is a … [Read more...]
Jamie Eldridge is in Denver??
Curious thing about the convention: It gathers more of the major Massachusetts Democrats in one place than just about any event in Massachusetts -- including the Mass Dems convention. We ran into State Rep. and State Senate candidate Jamie … [Read more...]
Second Suffolk Figures, Hold the Salt
That poll, Cohen says, was message testing, not voting. "It didn't have Sonia winning, but it did show that she could close the gap" that she started with as an unknown. Because Wilkerson hadn't bothered to collect the 300 … [Read more...]
What’s so progressive about Ken Donnelly?
I was, and in a very different way still am, a supporter of Jim Marzilli (though I do think he should resign his seat.) No question that he was a progressive legislator. What has happened is terribly sad on many levels. Why did Ken run … [Read more...]
Mass. League of Environmental Voters Senate Endorsements
For senate, they endorsed: Douglas Belanger, Second Worcester Ken Donnelly, Fourth Middlesex Rep. James Eldridge, First Middlesex Senator Susan Fargo, Third Middlesex Rep. Jennifer Flanagan, First Worcester Senator James Timilty, First … [Read more...]
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