2. Identify three biggest problems with health care system today.Miceli: Portability -- keep same coverage between agencies and jobs. Standardization of coverage. Businesses should be able to buy into pools like GIC. On national level we … [Read more...]
Correction: Tsongas would have supported McGovern amendment
I'm making this its own post because I want to make sure this gets its own attention: On an earlier post, I repeated a report that Niki Tsongas would not have supported the McGovern Amendment for troop redeployment. That's not true. I just … [Read more...]
MA-05 foreign policy debate roundup
Have I told you how much our local lefty blogs kick butt? May I say it again? You simply cannot get better information on the MA-05 race than our own blogfolk in the field -- although the Lowell Sun seems to be doing itself proud as … [Read more...]
MA-05: Are they answering the question?
Keller picks up on the health care controversy in his interview with Niki Tsongas this morning; asks her to defend her comments that the free market will take care of health care costs. She doesn't answer the question, instead talking about … [Read more...]
sco interviews Niki Tsongas
sco's interview with MA-05 candidate Niki Tsongas is up at .08 Acres. Give it a read.You will notice that Tsongas' health care talking points have not changed, nor been fleshed out at all. For instance, sco asks "What would you like to see … [Read more...]
Lowell Sun covers MA-05 health care brawl (very well!)
Dick Howe points us to this Lowell Sun article on the recent discussion of health care in the MA-05 race. It's a very well-researched article: Chockful of relevant and telling quotes from the various candidates; some brief but useful … [Read more...]
Tsongas whiffs on health care.
Earlier this week, a number of MA bloggers, including me, criticized MA-05 candidate Niki Tsongas for what seemed to us like a rather credulous, pat stance on how to solve the country's health care crisis: "free markets." I offered Mrs. … [Read more...]
Oh no Niki — Tsongas boots one on health care?
Maybe Lynne's reading too much into one quote from Niki Tsongas on health care. I sure hope so:I attended the GLAD (Greater Lowell Area Democrats) breakfast today, where candidates Niki Tsongas, David O'Brien, Barry Finegold, and Jamie … [Read more...]
Chelmsford 5th District Open House
The newly formed Progressive Democrats of Chelmsford will host an open house for several of the Democratic candidates for the 5th Congressional District race on Monday, April 23 between 7 and 9 p.m. The address is 14 High Street in … [Read more...]
Meehan endorsing Tsongas (w/ poll)
Well, it wasn't Marty, but it might as well have been:BOSTON - U.S. Rep. Martin Meehan said he could not endorse any candidate in the race to succeed him in Congress because of his pending move to academia, but his wife did the next best … [Read more...]
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