Way to vet the candidate, Tom. Way to be honest with your running mate, Marie. Tell me how that state budget is going to be handled again? … [Read more...]
Marie St. Fleur’s money woes.
The Globe and Fox 25 are reporting on some serious money woes for Tom Reilly's LG pick. Apparently she has been delinquent on some $40,000 worth of student loans as well as on her taxes the past few years. Why didn't he just pick Sen. Diane … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Can Affect Patriot Act Debate
What's at StakeCongress could give Bush what he wants: Not only would the Patriot Act become permanent, but certain portions of it would become even worse. Or, Congress could pass the Senate compromise, which includes: a meaningful … [Read more...]
Two retirements
By a truly peculiar coincidence, today was the last day in office for both Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Both were appointed by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor in 1981 and … [Read more...]
My plan for SOTU tonight
I watched NBC: Russert and Williams were pretty decent; David Gregory read talking points: "The President will say blah blah blah"... Not exactly adding value, are we, David? Bush's great political talent is that he does draw … [Read more...]
The Globe: Oops and double Oops
As many of you may already know, the Boston Globe and sister publication the Worcester Telegram and Gazette accidently released the credit card, bank card or check routing numbers ofnearly a 1/4 of a million people.Dispite what the story … [Read more...]
Reality check
I happened to pick up a copy of the Boston Metro newspaper today - you know, the free one that you can get at any subway stop. Page 1 headline: family of kid who was expelled from Milton Academy and prosecuted for "receiving oral sex" … [Read more...]
What Kind of Candidate Should Democrats Nominate?
Harshbarger and O'Brien had constituencies working for them, but still couldn't pull it off, losing the suburban voters who are not fans AT ALL of political machines. O'Brien in particular was really hurt by this when Romney slammed … [Read more...]
HSAs and Orange Juice
In the baseball memoir Ball Four, Jim Bouton recalls when his team stopped providing orange juice in the clubhouse. "Well, you guys would just drink it all up anyway," says the clubhouse guy.Such is the stunning logic of health savings … [Read more...]
Reilly creates a fundraising problem for himself.
Now, it is true that Reilly can spend money to co-promote St. Fleurâs LG race. But the campaign finance laws are tricky and the Reilly and St. Fleur campaigns must share the costs of such co-promotion. So, if Reilly and St. … [Read more...]