The Boston Globe not surprisingly endorsed all the Democrats running for re-election for the state’s Congressionals seats along with the one Democrat seeking an open seat. The editors’ reasoning is a good summary case for keeping the Democrats in the majority in Washington, DC. Read the endorsements here, and get…
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Columnist Maureen Dowd in today’s NYTimes reviews the origins of Justice Thomas and reminds us that bad decisions do have consequences. She also points out the conservative activism seen recently at the Supreme Court may be a lot more damaging to regular folks than the liberal activism of the past that…
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The Greater Lowell Area Democrats honored State Senator Steve Panagiotakos with the group’s “Distinguished Democrat Award” today. Three Democrat candidates, all on the ballot a week from Tuesday and all veterans of the 2007 special election to fill the Fifth Congressional seat, began the succinct speaking program. First up was…
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I can’t link to the full text of this week’s article by Lauren Collins (“All Together Now!”) in the New Yorker about efforts to reshape the civic culture in the United Kingdom because it is restricted to subscribers. Following is a link to the summary version that is available online. Those interested in more can…
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The latest Newsweek poll shows the President’s approval rating has jumped up and that the Democrats while late to the starting line are showing some momentum. Read the results here. And Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter rings the alarm about a possible GOP takeover of Congress and the state houses. Read…
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This video, put out by the Sean Bielat for Congress campaign, is causing quite a buzz. But there is an even bigger buzz being generated by the insulting remarks made by Ladd Ehlinger, the producer of the YouTube video. Ehlinger said “A television ad, you’re buying all the fat, lazy…
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Today’s mail brought a flier from the Massachusetts Democratic Party attacking Republican Congressional candidate Jon Golnik for voting in only one election in nine years. The front of the piece (shown above) has a picture of a solitary player on an otherwise empty baseball diamond with the caption “One out…
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“A television ad, you’re buying all the fat, lazy people who are too stupid to change the channel or mute the television set during commercials.” Opinion of video producer hired by Congressional candidate Sean Bielat to produce his commercial Sean Bielat, the Republican challenger to Barney Frank in the Fourth…
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Niki Tsongas and Jon Golnik participated in a debate tonight at the Nashoba Valley Technical High School in Westford. While the debate format, questions and management left much to be desired, the event made abundantly clear that the candidates have two very different philosophies of government and society. I’ll reiterate…
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In my post yesterday I mentioned how I thought this was one CRAZY election year…and the video below only goes to prove what I am feeling. Here Republican candidate for US Senate Christine O’Donnell spars with her opponent over whether the Constitution addresses the separation of church and state. This…
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