We hear so much about voter suppression and voter disenfranchisement. THIS is voter enfranchisement. Please share this with for our children and for ourselves. … [Read more...]
Obama’s Other Huge Task
Cross-posty: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts.The huge 1984 win for Ronald Reagan — 525 electoral votes and 58.5% of the popular tally — spoke loudly for that befuddled version of hope. Borrow, borrow, borrow...spend, … [Read more...]
Clinton and the Bitter, Bitter End
Hillary Clinton has gone on for far too long while not going far enough toward her party's nomination. Today's leads in Salon and Slate, as well as many papers, join Obama in exasperation. Slate asks Can Obama do anything to get Clinton … [Read more...]
Sign Petition For Election Day Registration
Sen. Therese Murray, the president of the State Senate, now controls the fate of the Election Day Registration bill. She can call for a vote on the bill, or she can effectively kill it by doing nothing. The Governor says he'll sign the … [Read more...]
Galvin MIA Again
From the State House News Service:GALVIN ELECTION UPDATE? - Three-term Secretary of State William Galvin, the state's top elections overseer and chief public information officer, has long hosted pre-election day previews to talk about … [Read more...]
Voters wanted a fresh face and a fresh vision
So why did the voters reject Chris Gabrieli, who, though he ran for higher office before, at least came across as a political outsider?It's because in addition to a fresh face, you need to articulate a compelling political vision. Repeating … [Read more...]