Permit me a moment to wheeze forth on a pet peeve of mine. Below, David points us to a discussion of Gov. Spitzer's woes, and how Spitzer's "political capital" might have been better used doing something other than whatever it was he was … [Read more...]
Spitzer’s woes
You may recall that, in the midst of the now-largely-forgotten brouhaha over Deval Patrick's renting a Cadillac and fixing the drapes, there was a certain amount of wistful gazing over the border to New York, where Eliot Spitzer had just … [Read more...]
Eliot Spitzer’s Inaugural Address: A Preview?
It was a forceful and moving address, and as I listened I couldn't help but think that if you changed his references from "New York" to "Massachusetts" it was a speech that we might have expected to hear on Thursday in Boston as Governor … [Read more...]
A pattern begins to emerge …
Any guesses on who wrote this?Beacon Hill regulars, on the other hand, seem to feel that they can grind the new governor down the same way they did his recent predecessors. The legislative leaders, who have no statewide constituency, put … [Read more...]