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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Remember when it seemed fairly certain that voters in November would have to choose between Clinton and Bush dynasties? Over the last nine months, voter anger and dissatisfaction have laid waste to that aura of inevitability on both sides of the…
Read More »The media commentariat and political insiders seem astounded that Bernie Sanders is attracting vast support among young voters on the Democratic side. Setting aside Bernie’s views on government policies and social values, remember that people in their 20s grew up watching movies that featured a wise old man with special…
Read More »Last week, State Representative Rady Mom held a pre-Iowa Caucus Straw Poll at the home of Lisa Gwiazda and Matt Donahue. Besides indicating their preference for president in 2016, attendees were asked to bring or where their favorite presidential campaign memorabilia. I wasn’t able to attend, by I’m told by…
Read More »On the eve of the Iowa caucuses and with political ads in heavy rotation on Boston TV stations in advance of the New Hampshire primary, here’s a poem with a bit of politics in it from the vault that goes back to 1988. I rarely use rhyme in compositions, but this one…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Fox News may have missed Donald Trump. Its viewership was down to 11-13 million viewers, half what they got in the first debate last fall. (The Democrats’ debates have had only eight million viewers, thanks to DNC Chair…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Ed Markey’s 40+ year political career has come a long way. His biggest state legislative accomplishment (a bill eliminating part-time district attorneys) incurred the wrath of then-House Speaker Tommy McGee, who threw Markey off the Judiciary Committee and moved…
Read More »The entry below i being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. You had to be a 32nd degree political junkie to find and watch the last Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses. Thanks to Hillary godmother and DNC chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, last night’s Democratic debate had 7.8…
Read More »The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The past and future came together in the nation’s Capitol last night. It was a Paul Gauguin moment: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? The President of the United States gave the…
Read More »Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD) always eager to talk presidential and local politics, strategies and grassroots efforts – will meet tomorrow ~ Saturday January 9, 2016 at 8:00am in the Independence Grill of the Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford. Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday January 9, 2016 at 8:00 AM…
Read More »As the final year of President Barack Obama’s presidency kicks off, here is one of what will be many retrospectives. Edel Rodriguez wrote this for Politico Magazine. President Barack Obama (whitehouse.gov)
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