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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010In Kitchen Refuge, Patrick Rules By Fred Thys (@fthys) Sep. 2, 2010, 7:45 AM UPDATED 8:16 AM BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick in his kitchen in Milton. (Jess Bidgood for WBUR) Gov. Deval Patrick is famous for his love of cooking, and I’m looking forward to a morning in the kitchen with him — [...]
State Primary Analysis, Treasure & Auditor
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010WBUR.ORG Recent political comments by Dan Payne (D) political consultant http://www.wbur.org/2010/09/01/down-ticket-races For state treasurer, there are two Democrats in the primary: former state and national Democratic party Chairman Steve Grossman and Boston City Councilor Steve Murphy. Both candidates have been around the track before. Grossman ran but pulled out of the [...]
Wall Street Betrayed Main Street
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010A deserted feeling in working-class America By Harold Meyerson (Washington Post) Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Of all the groups in the Democratic orbit, it is labor that has assumed the most demanding role in this year’s midterm elections: keeping the white working class from flooding into the Republican column. “When our canvassers call on [...]
Nation of know-Nothings
Monday, August 30th, 2010Building a Nation of Know-Nothings By TIMOTHY EGAN (New York Times) Timothy Egan on American politics and life, as seen from the West. Having shed much of his dignity, core convictions and reputation for straight talk, Senator John McCain won his primary on Tuesday against the flat-earth wing of his party. Now McCain can [...]
Debunking stimulus mythology: Folks it’s working
Thursday, August 26th, 2010The entire American economy, including renewable energy, benefited from the stimulus bill ( The Center for American Progress (CAP) is a progressive website funded by George Soros. The CEO is John Podesta, who served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton. Phil Sweeney) Vice President Biden and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) yesterday both [...]
MDTC August Meeting Notice
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Marblehead Democratic Town Committee Agenda Monday, August 30, 2010 7:30 p.m. Marblehead Community Center Humphrey St., Marblehead Financial Report Chairman’s Report: There is no guest speaker this month. The meeting will be an opportunity for members to strategize about the coming Primary. Bumper stickers, lawn signs and other [...]
Charlie, please do your homework
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Baker ally’s woes go beyond red tape Patrick critic faces suits, wage claims By Frank Phillips Globe Staff / August 26, 2010 At a recent press conference denouncing Governor Deval Patrick’s economic policies, Republican rival Charles D. Baker presented to the news media a small-business owner who regaled reporters with a woeful narrative [...]
Why won’t the GOP say “no” to extremism? ( Washington Post)
Monday, August 23rd, 2010By E.J. Dionne Jr. Monday, August 23, 2010 In an election, a solid “no” usually beats an uneasy “yes, but.” That’s the heart of the problem Democrats and President Obama face this fall. The advantage of saying no without equivocation is that a significant share of the electorate is usually ready to shout the word [...]
Gov. Patrick needs money
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Friends, Tuesday’s Washington Post has an article about Governor Patrick and the implications his reelection campaign might have on the President’s own reelection in two years. As we have come to expect, much of the article was about inside political baseball and prognosticating. However, there was a statement by Governor Patrick in the story that [...]
The New Republic….Obama and populism
Monday, August 16th, 2010The Unnecessary Fall A counter-history of the Obama presidency. John B. Judis John B. Judis Senior Editor view bio Contrast Obama’s attempt to develop a politics to justify his economic program with what Reagan did in 1982. Faced with steadily rising unemployment, which went from 8.6 percent in January to [...]
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