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Mass. GOP is freaked about Mihos

January 23, 2006 By David

Today we read that the GOP is begging Christy Mihos to run for Governor as a Republican rather than as an independent, and is promising him the 15% of delegates he'll need at the party convention to get on the primary ballot.Wow.  They … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, vote-9.16.2006

Sam Kelley doesn’t shrink from the challenge

January 23, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

It's clear that Dr. Kelley's strongest issue is health care: "I ran for Lieutenant Governor because I saw our health care system fall apart. The middle class is losing its safety net for health care." As LG, Dr. Kelley sees himself as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: caucuses, cost-of-living, health-care, housing, lg, lieutenant-governor, local-aid, massachusetts, property-tax, sam-kelley, vote-9.16.2006

Ameriquest settlement is both danger and opportunity for Deval Patrick

January 23, 2006 By David

The Globe reports this morning that 49 states, including Massachusetts, have entered into a $325 million settlement with Ameriquest Mortgage Co. regarding Ameriquest's predatory lending practices (UPDATE: you can read the agreement … [Read more...]

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Health Care conferees: Stop digging, please

January 23, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

WBUR's Martha Bebinger had another intriguing report about the health care conference committee, which apparently is likely to produce a bill within a couple of weeks. The word is that DiMasi and Trav have become more personally involved. … [Read more...]

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Weekly traffic report

January 23, 2006 By David

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Tags

January 22, 2006 By David

You may have noticed that the subjects on our posts - Massachusetts, National, Vote 9.16.2006, etc. - have vanished.  They've been replaced by "tags," which work like tags at Daily Kos (if you're familiar with them there).The good … [Read more...]

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Time, Washingtonian have the pics

January 22, 2006 By David

George Bush knew Jack Abramoff.  He knew the names of his children.  He knew that both he and Abramoff were the fathers of twins.He knew him.  The pictures are out there.  We'll see them soon. … [Read more...]

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Massachusetts disfunctional campaign finance law

January 22, 2006 By rightmiddleleft

Is this what campaign reform is all about?.I think we all will agree that it really sucks when someone can buy an office with their own money.  … [Read more...]

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That’s. What. I’m. Talking. About.

January 22, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

David Obey and Barney Frank call for publicly-funded congressional campaigns.Either taxpayers en masse pay for campaigns, or we have our current system of legal bribery. The "small donor" revolution of Howard Dean, et al? That's just … [Read more...]

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Ooglegay!

January 22, 2006 By Bob Neer

Now available in Pig Latin. I'd like to see a gubernatorial debate between Reilly and Patrick in this fine language; talk about raising the level of discourse ... … [Read more...]

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