The special election to fill outgoing Senator Robert Travaglini's seat is coming sooner than had been anticipated. The primary (which is almost certainly the only election that matters) is set for May 29, the day after Memorial … [Read more...]
Optimism!
Ok, so we're taking on DiMasi today, and we're looking at new Senate Prez Terry Murray with something of a jaundiced eye ... but progressives have good reason to be quite optimistic about several things. As the Globe points out again today, … [Read more...]
Trav resigning … Get to know Terry Murray.
sez Frank Phillips, who also gives a nice introduction to Senate President-to-be Therese Murray. Must-read.From what I've read and heard, Murray's an odd duck. She's definitely a social liberal -- much more so than Travaglini -- and … [Read more...]
Al is in
Al Franken, that is. He's running for Senate in Minnesota.In other 2008 news, Jane Swift has decided not to back Mitt Romney, instead throwing her support to John McCain. I wouldn't describe this as shocking news. But the … [Read more...]
Do we get Senator Kerry back?
Their first reaction: censor! Or, more charitably, "we must protect the children from porn!" Senators Exon (D-NE) and Gorton (R-OR) introduced the "Communications Decency Act" in February of 1995 - a law that would've prohibited … [Read more...]
Scott Brown brow-beats high school kids
Many found it beyond inappropriate:He read the comments verbatim, even naming the students who wrote them in some cases, witnesses said."He was doing it loudly and pretty angrily," student Rachel William. "Some of the teachers tried to stop … [Read more...]
Prediction: MA GOP to move (back) to center
The writing is on the wall ... and not just there: Unlike the bizarre tone-deaf fealty that candidate Kerry Healey showed to Mitt Romney, Massachusetts Republicans now seem to want to move away from Romneyism and towards -- well, what?Some … [Read more...]
Schilling for Senate not happening.
Good call all around -- assuming he's healthy. He's got a far better chance of winning another World Series with the Sox than of knocking off Kerry.More at the Globe. (I won't link to the odious Dennis and Callahan, sorry.) … [Read more...]
Is John Kerry vulnerable?
Apparently some Republicans think that they could run Kerry Healey, rich guy Chris Egan or "Gang of Five" Sen. Scott Brown (Update: Or Charlie Baker, or Curt Schilling, hoo ha) against John Kerry. And indeed, the current approval ratings … [Read more...]
Travaglini applies the SJC Ruling to the CONCON arbitrarily for a reason
Is it just me or does someone else finally see the reason why Senate President Robert Travaglini chose to advance one Constitutional Convention ballot question and adjourn before fulfilling his Constitutional duty and voting on another … [Read more...]
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