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I was happy to be able to attend the MAG Mortgage grand opening of their Methuen Office at 213 Broadway last week. Senator Baddour and Rep. Campbell also took the time to attend. Congrats to the Company. We appreciate their investment in Methuen. All the photos are here. ...
Bill Manzi - 5:02 a.m.
I wrote about my friend's trials and tribulations at Baystate a few weeks ago, and how he wound up with a colostomy when he'd been admitted for a broken clavicle and ribs. (!) He did, eventually, get transferred to a Wingate Healthcare facility on Bicentennial Highway in Springfield. They kept him there nearly three weeks and then sent him home last Wednesday while he was i...
MichaelannLand - Mon 7:55 p.m. - 4 clicks 
On Thursday, the Connector Board will convene for its first of two meetings this month. The meeting is from 9:00-11:00 am on the 21st floor of One Ashburton Place, Boston. We expect that the 2011 Affordability schedule and Commonwealth Care premiums and co-pays will be on the table. We urge the Board [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Mon 5:40 p.m. - 3 clicks
From stomv , in response to the jconway's contention: "I have had four years of great plans and rhetoric from patrick and four years of him not delivering. Just saying." On this, he's delivered in spades. We've joined RGGI. Executive orders require purchasing of "most efficient" vehicles for gov't, as well as efficient use. Green Communities Act. Stretch Co...
Blue Mass. Group - Mon 7:28 a.m. - 5 clicks
Jon Stewart eats Bill O'Reilly. Entertaining, and a few jokes. Daniel Kurtzman: "And, of course, Edwards has no remorse. Today, he called ABC to see if he could be the next 'Bachelor.'" -Jay Leno "Everybody's talking about the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. Admiral Mike Mullen said it's wrong to force people to lie about who they are in order to serve their country. Then Congre...
Blue Mass. Group - Sun 5:09 p.m. - 6 clicks
Grace Ross , who ran in 2006 as the Green Party's candidate for governor of Massachusetts, is now running in the Democratic primary for the same office, against incumbent governor Deval Patrick. "I wasn't planning to run again," stated Ross , "but things got worse. Things got worse for regular people." ...
DailyKos (Massachusetts) - Sun 1:03 p.m. - 6 clicks
In a recent i nterview with Fox25 , Charlie Baker makes the unbelievable claim that Mitt Romney left office with a massive $5 billion surplus - which he asserts was then squandered by the Patrick Administration. Like Brett Favre deep in the playoffs, Baker recklessly chucks it out there, praying that no one from the opposing team picks apart his figures. Fox gives Baker a total pass, and he a...
Blue Mass. Group - Sun 10:49 a.m. - 4 clicks
El Triunfo Last weekend we ordered from El Triunfo , that little Salvadorian place in the South End that also does Tex-Mex (with a fantastic Salvadorian twist to it). The order came quickly (about 30 minutes) and everything was hot and the order was accurate. I like that their page even says that they're a small family-owned place, so to please bear with them in terms of orders taking a bit of...
1 Smoot Short of a Bridge - Sat 6:45 p.m. - 4 clicks
My name is Suzanne Bump and I'm a candidate for State Auditor in Massachusetts. I'd like to begin what I hope will be an ongoing dialogue here at BMG. Recent election results are proof that Massachusetts voters are looking for more from their government and elected leaders - and who can blame them? The economy is recovering at a snail's pace, there's not enough money in the state budget for what ...
Blue Mass. Group - Sat 9:20 a.m. - 3 clicks
Gosh, do you support Sen. Shelby's hold on all of Pres. Obama's nominees, in a brazen attempt to extort some pork for Alabama? What's your comment, Senator? Standing pork-shoulder-to-shoulder with the distinguished gentleman from AL? Gosh, I sure am glad sent someone to Washington to get things working again. ...
Blue Mass. Group - Fri 1:47 p.m. - 7 clicks
The following candidates have submitted letters of intent to seek the nomination of the Massachusetts Democratic Party at the 2010 Democratic State Convention in Worcester: Deval Patrick for Governor Grace Ross for Governor Tim Murray for Lieutenant Governor Martha Coakley for Attorney General Bill Galvin for Secretary of the Commonwealth Steve Grossman for State Treasurer Steve M...
Blue Mass. Group - Fri 8:42 a.m. - 13 clicks
"A Scott Brown Republican" (nice narcissism there, Scottie, imagine the shit storm if Obama said something like it) is a conservative . By that I mean someone with enough wingnut bona fides to earn the support of Michael Steele's famously orthodox RNC. This makes Scott a believer however fervent in exclusionary Christian Politics, the myths of Rugged Individualism and Small Government along with ...
Chimes at Midnight - Fri 6:09 a.m. - 9 clicks
MAYOR MANZI NAMES GREG FALLON AS FEBRUARY’S ARTIST OF THE MONTH Methuen Artist’s Work on Display in the Mayor’s Office Mayor William M. Manzi has named Greg Fallon as February’s Artist of the Month. Greg Fallon moved to Methuen at in 1984, and his parents still reside near Lowell ......
Bill Manzi - Fri 5:45 a.m. - 3 clicks
Turns out if you do youth outreach in an election you have higher youth turnout. If you read my take on the returns from the Massachusetts special election for the US Senate race then you know that Mass had some issues with reaching out to young voters. There was some confusion about who was going to do it.. or if it was going to happen... Someone even suggested the youth outreach was "wel...
DailyKos (Massachusetts) - Fri 4:21 a.m. - 12 clicks
Congratulations and good luck to Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. You're going to need it. I suspect President Barack Obama's first meeting with the Wrentham Republican will include a quick thank you for plucking the target of "The One" off his presidential shoulders. After all, Brown now carries the hopes and aspirations of the free world on his hunky shoulders. For example: Scott Philip Brown be...
Massachusetts Liberal - Fri 2:41 a.m. - 5 clicks
You have to hand it to Grace Ross -- she loves chasing windmills. The Green Party candidate for governor is 2006 is trying again , this time as a Democrat. It's likely to be a quixotic challenge to Deval Patrick right up the the time she needs to get 15 percent of the convention delegates to get on the Democratic ballot. Ross becomes the sixth person in the race -- I guess the job market real...
Massachusetts Liberal - Fri 2:29 a.m. - 15 clicks
When Grace Ross posted on BMG a few weeks back about contemplating a run for Governor, many people (including me) implored her to either run in the Democratic Primary or not run at all. We don't need to give Tim Cahill, Christy Mihos or Charley Baker any help in nudging Patrick from the Corner Office. So, that she decided to challenge Governor Patrick in the primary does not bother me. In fact, ...
Ryan's Take - Fri 12:03 a.m. - 7 clicks
W e have a new senator here in Massachusetts: Scott Brown was sworn in today as the first Republican from this state commonwealth since Edward Brooke (the only African American we've had in the Senate) was defeated back in 1978 by Paul Tsongas. I've been in Massachusetts for a while (but don't go back to the Brooke era), though I do remember too many Republican governors, each worse than the...
DailyKos (Massachusetts) - Thu 7:20 p.m. - 4 clicks
As we celebrate Children’s Oral Health Month and work to ensure that oral health is protected in the budget, the media has made a point to highlight the importance of oral health and the link to overall health. A strongly-worded letter-to-the-editor in the Boston Globe today from Dr. David S. Samuels, President of the Massachusetts Dental [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Thu 1:20 p.m. - 4 clicks
Adam Reilly's got a great article about the power -- and ubiquity -- of conservative talk radio, yes ... even in Massachusetts . He correctly faults Candidate Coakley for not bothering to show up and call in to these stations, thus giving herself an opportunity to explain herself, and blunt or divert criticism. (Call this "Massachusetts-specific contigency" #53,006.) Look, I've been o...
Blue Mass. Group - Thu 12:50 p.m. - 7 clicks
Sometimes, the pathetic dysfunction of politics unfolds on such a masterful arc, it seems the work of a playwrite, or short-story author. I'm not sure whether this one is comedy or tragedy, but consider: --Organized labor in Massachusetts had a true-blue, loyal, lunch-bucket union guy ready to go in the special Senate election in congressman Stephen Lynch. --Labor activists booed Lynch at...
Talking Politics - Thu 5:04 a.m. - 7 clicks
Maybe I ought to add Lauren Beckham Falcone to my reading list. I suspect her Tuesday column in the Herald had a lot to do with yesterday's sudden "demand" by Sen.-elect Scott Brown's lawyer that the Wrentham Republican be seated immediately. I'm sure it was just a "coincidence" the letter was written just as state officials were finishing up the election certification process and were ready...
Massachusetts Liberal - Thu 2:41 a.m. - 8 clicks
An Anecdote: On February 5, 1946, Albert Einstein agreed to the establishment of the Albert Einstein Foundation for Higher Learning, Inc., but on June 22, 1947, he ended his association with the institute, and refused the board’s offer to name it after him. Instead, the university was named after Justice Louis D. Brandeis. In 1953 Brandeis University [...]...
Innermost Parts - Wed 10:35 p.m. - 4 clicks
LeftAhead Internet Radio, a podcast I'm a co-host of, had Governor Patrick on yesterday . Lots of interesting and frank talk occurred -- including some new themes that, I hope, will be appearing frequently on the campaign trail. We focused on budgetary issues and the (sometimes heated) dynamics of Beacon Hill between the Governor and legislative bodies, as well as what the Governor plans to do sh...
Ryan's Take - Wed 8:01 p.m. - 7 clicks
The New York Times Health section has recently included some interesting reporting on patient safety. Last week’s paper featured an article written by two 4th-year medical school students at Harvard. They discuss the lack of focus on patient safety in medical schools’ coursework while also highlighting examples of some schools that go beyond the norm [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Wed 6:55 p.m. - 4 clicks
Winger talking heads and Boston Herald columnists alike are fairly soiling their Depend® diapers in squealing excitement. We're about to have a Republican U.S. Senator from here for the first time since Edward Brooke snuck away in a fusillade of allegations, personal and financial. This Scott Brown is easy to ridicule. He was also nearly useless as a state senator. However, most obviously, o...
Marry in Massachusetts - Wed 2:49 p.m. - 6 clicks
I saw a story today about Scott Brown 'demanding' that he be allowed to take Senator Kennedy's seat by TOMORROW or else, or else... Well he didn't take it any further than that. Suffice it to say that I couldn't care less what Scott Brown demands. His election was a fluke, based on the fact that many progressives in Massachusetts wanted change from the status Quo. As the President ...
DailyKos (Massachusetts) - Wed 2:49 p.m. - 5 clicks
In this week's issue of the Boston Phoenix -- in print tomorrow, online now -- I have a small item about lobbying expenditures on Beacon Hill in 2009 (to which I referred earlier this week). The article is here: Bay State's Top Lobbyists. Also, you should check out my colleague Chris Faraone's story on efforts to curb violence in Boston: The War Over Peace . And stay tuned ...
Talking Politics - Wed 12:42 p.m. - 6 clicks
Like most folks, I take my news with a grain of salt; this learned response was strengthened since getting elected to the school committee and having seen, on occasion, my own words taken out of context, misrepresented, or used loosely to support some agenda in the newspaper. But even before running for office, as an [...]...
Jackie Doherty - Wed 10:20 a.m. - 8 clicks
" RUN SCOTT RUN !!" Run away from the Commonwealth...please. Run and join the ranks of Presidents Dukakis, Tsongas and Romney. If for no other reason that running for President will give you and opportunity to say thanks to all those stalwart New Hampshire natives who drove south and swelled the ranks of your rallies and make them look oh so well attended. Imagine a 2012 GOP Presidential mash up...
Chimes at Midnight - Wed 7:07 a.m. - 8 clicks
Gosh, golly gee whiz. Scott Brown got into his truck and drove to South Boston to have a few beers with a radio talk show host to fulfill his first campaign promise. Hope he didn't drive home buzzed. Actually it seems his political handlers are the ones who are hung over after the upset that catapulted Brown into the national spotlight as the 100th member in seniority in the United States Senat...
Massachusetts Liberal - Wed 2:40 a.m. - 19 clicks
The Massachusetts Legislative Oral Health Caucus meets Wednesday, Feb. 3 from 10:30 am until 12:00 pm in Room 437 at the State House. Formed in 2005, and believed to be the first in the nation, the group’s main purpose is to educate members of the General Court about the importance of oral health and its connection [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Tue 1:27 p.m. - 6 clicks
Truth be told, today’s podcast with Gov. Deval Patrick was a little bit of a love fest. The usual trio had supported and endorsed him in his campaign and will again. Yet, we are like many progressives — impatient. Amusingly he brought out one of his anecdotes about his friend Barack Obama. When Patrick complained that he hated the raising-money and bragging aspects of politics, Obama said, “...
Marry in Massachusetts - Tue 12:25 p.m. - 7 clicks
Truth be told, today’s podcast with Gov. Deval Patrick was a little bit of a love fest. The usual trio had supported and endorsed him in his campaign and will again. Yet, we are like many progressives — impatient. Amusingly he brought out one of his anecdotes about his friend Barack Obama. When Patrick complained that [...]...
Left Ahead! - Tue 11:43 a.m. - 6 clicks
Later this week you'll see an item I have in the new issue of the Phoenix about Massachusetts lobbying in 2009. Overall, there seems to have been a slight drop in spending from 2008, when big issues like the energy bill and auto-insurance reform were on the table -- but there were also increases around issues that got hot on Beacon Hill last year. That includes education, public-employee be...
Talking Politics - Tue 8:27 a.m. - 5 clicks
Folks may recall that a few weeks ago the Massachusetts state government attempted to hold a series of hearings on the huge premium hikes for small businesses there and they invited insurers and hospitals to attend, however, almost none of them showed up. The state of Massachusetts is still trying to get answers about the 20-45% hikes which are threatening health care in the state and h...
DailyKos (Massachusetts) - Tue 7:01 a.m. - 3 clicks
This past Friday the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced new regulations designed to protect Massachusetts consumers by preventing the deceptive marketing of discount health plans. For many, these plans are pure scams - deceptively sold as insurance but providing no real insurance benefits. A discount health plan requires you to pay a monthly or [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Feb 1 - 4 clicks
According to reports, Scott Brown has $4 million left over in his Senate campaign account. That would give him the second-biggest war chest in the Bay State -- behind only former congressman Marty Meehan, who just may be Brown's opponent when he faces re-election in 2012. Brown's flood of donations came after the new year, and is not represented in the 2009 campaign-finance reports that ...
Talking Politics - Feb 1 - 4 clicks
This semester I’m taking a Social Movements course with the esteemed Professor David Cunningham. I’m trying to take insights from his class and apply them to Brandeis. He’s talking about the Montgomery Bus Boycott and how the participation of churches meant so much. One reason – churches had an established hierarchy with leaders. Instead of organizing [...]...
Innermost Parts - Feb 1 - 4 clicks
Want to participate in the 2nd annual world Pillow Fight day? It’s going down in Boston, on April 3rd. Do you want to go? Let us know in the comments. If enough people are interested we can carpool or whatever. Info: Date: Saturday, April 3rd. 2010. Time: 3:00PM, at the sound of the airhorn (Show up at [...]...
Innermost Parts - Feb 1 - 4 clicks
seventeen days after a statewide election eh? Well, I'd like to express astonishment at Scott Brown's popularity with the financier class, but honestly is anyone out there surprised to discover that our new Junior Senator is really Wall Street's bitch? Revelations like this do cut into his bona fides as an independent though. This does raise questions though, Scott Brown the nominal indepen...
Chimes at Midnight - Feb 1 - 3 clicks
Rep. Ellen Story and bill supportersOn January 27, dozens of lawyers, doctors, survivors of postpartum depression and their families, and legislators gathered at the State House for a press event and hearing on H. 3897: An Act Relative to Postpartum Depression. The bill, sponsored by Representative Ellen Story (D-Amherst) and twenty co-sponsors, is [...]...
A Healthy Blog - Feb 1 - 4 clicks
No stranger killed a six week old infant in a West Springfield motel; the three year-old sibling did it, when he and the infant were left alone for three hours by their mother. That's what Hampden County District Attorney Bill Bennett announced on Friday, also saying it was likely that charges would be filed against the 21 year old mother, Erica Luce. The "welfare motel" aspect of th...
MichaelannLand - Feb 1 - 2 clicks
As the Herald's Scott Brown Bandwagon continues its inevitable roll to the White House (apparently with Mitt Romney under the wheels), it seems appropriate to take a look at who else is on board. The Herald sidestepped the substance of Brown's interview with "doyenne" Barbara Walters to focus on the burst of national attention the senator-elect has received since beating Martha Coakley two ...
Massachusetts Liberal - Feb 1 - 6 clicks
WALTER ANTHONY BOWE 1957 - 2010 Wake Wednesday, 3 to 8 p.m. Rapino's, Maverick Square Funeral Thursday, 11 a.m. Sacred Heart Church Online notice In lieu of flowers, donations in Wally’s memory may be made to: Jillian Bowe Educational Fund c/o East Boston Savings Bank 320 Central Street Saugus, MA 01906 ...
The Hubster - Jan 31 - 13 clicks
Either outcome of January 19's special election would have left us wondering what Democrat would step up to challenge the junior senator from Massachusetts. The fact that Scott Brown won, while unfortunate in every other way, probably produces a stronger field than would have been willing to primary a sitting senator, however clearly she needed to be primaried. As it is, the entire party will be ...
DailyKos (Massachusetts) - Jan 31 - 3 clicks
So apparently Sen.-elect Scott Brown, who won the endorsement of the anti-abortion movement, says he is for a woman's right to choose . Except of course if they are too poor to afford private insurance. That's a choice that's guaranteed to get everyone annoyed. Is that what a "Scott Brown Republican" is? It should at least end all the silly talk of him vaulting ahead of Mitt Romney in the 2012...
Massachusetts Liberal - Jan 31 - 8 clicks
setback for the democrats then it is time for one of Joanie Vennochi's patented "death of liberalism" columns. This time she has decided to throw the entire Kennedy family into the cauldron and weep crocodile tears about the "sundown of a dream", such rubbish. I think she has written some two dozen other columns along the exact same lines since Bush seized power in 2001. Joanie perfectly exemp...
Chimes at Midnight - Jan 31 - 10 clicks
I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but I continue to be amazed at the insistence of the national media in drawing broad conclusions about the Massachusetts Senate race -- without spending any time on the ground here. Today's New York Times features not one , but two stories talking about the GOP's potential resurgence based on Scott Brown's win over Martha Coakley. The story ab...
Massachusetts Liberal - Jan 31 - 7 clicks
Board of Trustees member Meyer Koplow ‘72, in conjunction with Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe, announced that academic programs at Brandeis are to be potentially trimmed in order to save long term funds. To clarify, ”To be concrete, what we’re talking about are academic programs that would be phased out, ” says Jaffe. The Aronin case [...]...
Innermost Parts - Jan 30 - 5 clicks
A pair of volunteers from the City of Boston came around this morning to drop off a "Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment Resource Guide" and ask questions about the state of the neighborhood and City services. They were pleasant and I let them inside to warm up for a few minutes. The follow-up meeting -- a "Summit on Substance Abuse" in the neighborhood -- is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 1...
The Hubster - Jan 30 - 7 clicks
Gov. Deval Patrick joins us on Left Ahead! Tuesday to talk about what he hopes to accomplish — and how — in his four year (and maybe the next four). Considering that he's two years ahead in office of his good friend Barack Obama and facing many of the same economic and political troubles, we're eager to ask and hear the answers. This is at an unusual time to meet his schedule. He's on from ...
Marry in Massachusetts - Jan 30 - 11 clicks
Gov. Deval Patrick joins us on Left Ahead! Tuesday to talk about what he hopes to accomplish — and how — in his four year (and maybe the next four). Considering that he’s two years ahead in office of his good friend Barack Obama and facing many of the same economic and political troubles, we’re [...]...
Left Ahead! - Jan 30 - 10 clicks
Wow, you would think Charlie Baker was a Democrat or something with the bad press he's gotten in the days leading up to his formal announcement that he's seeking the Republican nomination for governor. With Scott Brown mania continuing to grip the world, the solid ground work that Baker has laid to date seems to be evaporating like Martha Coakley's poll numbers. First you have the Herald hitting ...
Massachusetts Liberal - Jan 30 - 11 clicks
He'll be coming on LeftAhead this Tuesday to take questions from Lynne , Mike and myself. We haven't pinned down the exact time, but it'll probably be an hour or two earlier than our normal 2:30 start time. As always, when we're finished doing the live show, the recording will be available on LeftAhead.com and iTunes to listen or download, or on this site's sidebar. If any readers have quest...
Ryan's Take - Jan 29 - 12 clicks
Brian McGrory, not three weeks into his new/old gig as a columnist for the Boston Globe has (right on schedule) found a new Moderate Republican Independent to worship. Ghod it is like he wants to have Scott Brown's baby or something. Well these pundit types are fickle, they groove on one hero then another, Brian was once Mitt Romney's most stalwart apologist, remember that. Otherwise the ...
Chimes at Midnight - Jan 29 - 11 clicks
Scott Brown mania persists, with the Senator-elect doing a bit on the Jay Leno show. The Senator seems to have as much energy as he did in the campaign, making the rounds in Massachusetts and nationally, and really hitting the right political notes. He has energy for sure, and appears ......
Bill Manzi - Jan 29 - 3 clicks
Students at the Umana Middle School have helped develop a video game that is set during the Battle of Chelsea Creek, a little-known but key skirmish during the American Revolution that took place just off-shore of East Boston. A Boston Globe story today talks about the game and other elements of Eastie's history that are on display at the Cultural Exchange Center at 80 Border Street. ...
The Hubster - Jan 29 - 7 clicks
Not sure you will be able to replicate this (and for the candidate's sake I hope you can't), but it was a bit disconcerting to say the least to be reading the Globe's story about the relationship between Massachusetts health insurers and its hospitals and have an advertisement interrupt my reading. Particularly when the image was that of Charlie Baker, the former head of one of those insurers a...
Massachusetts Liberal - Jan 29 - 6 clicks
Ask any cop and he’ll tell you, most citizens obey the law. The same for students: most behave and are good kids. The majority of Lowell students are diverse, talented, and energetic young people who accept each other’s differences and behave well at school and sporting events. Yet, my first reaction to Tuesday’s front-page [...]...
Jackie Doherty - Jan 28 - 9 clicks
Apparently, Scott Brown is taking three days off to drive around the state and thank all his new constituents for the votes etc. It is an odd itinerary to say the least as he seems to skip over Middlesex and Suffolk counties entirely. Seems to me he ought to make some time to drive up to Derry New Hampshire and thank all those voters for swarming down into Massachusettst to make his rallies lo...
Chimes at Midnight - Jan 28 - 5 clicks
If you’re around this weekend, you’ll want to attend a meeting with Senator John Kerry and Representative Niki Tsongas on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 9 a.m. at Middlesex Community College’s Federal Building, 33 Kearney Square in Lowell. State Senator Steve Panagiotakos, chair of ways and means, will also be there along with civic, business [...]...
Jackie Doherty - Jan 28 - 6 clicks
Politico reports that Martha Coakley only made 19 campaign stops to Scott Brown's 66 in this story , but they don't give a single, solitary source. Where the hell is that source -- because that statistic is just absurd. It's unfathomable that they'd even report something like that without using a single, solitary source. Don't get me wrong, Coakley's led a very quiet campaign up until the last we...
Ryan's Take - Jan 28 - 5 clicks
I think this scene from Fellowship of the Rings is a perfect metaphor for today's election. The part of Gandalf is played by the collective Massachusetts Democratic activist base. Coakley is Frodo the Ring Bearer. I think people can guess who I think the Balrog is... As a bonus, here's the damned funniest video ever. ...
Ryan's Take - Jan 28 - 4 clicks
Given what's happened in Haiti, I remembered reading about the potential dangers of a Boston Earthquake not long back. I decided to do a little google search - and, indeed, Boston and the New England region aren't so safe from quakes as we'd all like to believe. Local scientists have been bringing up the inevitability of a reasonably bad Boston Earthquake for more than a decade now, but given w...
Ryan's Take - Jan 28 - 4 clicks
Because not only I should be inundated with a gazillion Senate campaign emails in the past 48 hours, I figured I'd share snippets from today's inbox. Here's one from Coakley's campaign, Brown says: “Never Voted for a Tax Increase”, but supported hundreds of millions of dollars in fee hikes, a gas tax increase, and over $7 billion in increased spending Boston, MA - I...
Ryan's Take - Jan 28 - 9 clicks
Freshman Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley - and former Kerry staffer - makes an excellent point for all the residents living in and near Boston -- a point that could be extended for anyone living in Springfield, Worcester, New Bedford, Lowell or pretty much any city across Massachusetts. From Ayanna's email: Electing Scott Brown would be bad news for Boston. He will work against the very pro...
Ryan's Take - Jan 28 - 3 clicks
I just did 2 hours of phone banking for Martha Coakley tonight. A lot of people may wonder why I'd be willing to invest that kind of time to her campaign when I've been fairly critical of her on this blog, but I think the answer is pretty clear. While I think she'll be an okay Senator (and potentially a very good one with a few years' seasoning), Brown would be an absolutely horrible one. My bigg...
Ryan's Take - Jan 28 - 6 clicks
