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The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Massachusetts finally did it!  It elected a woman to the U.S. Senate.  And what a woman she is!  After a miserable campaign start, in which she turned off even her supporters by appearing too prim, preachy, professorial and sometimes suffocatingly earnest,…

The following entry is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It was originally post on November 7, the day after the election. Last night’s outcome was clearcut and gratifying, but the future is as complicated as ever. President Obama performed beyond many expectations in the electoral votes, garnering nearly 100…

Presidential voting started last night in Dixville Notch, NH. The video below shows the first voting tie ever for this small community (five votes for Obama and five for Romney). I wonder if this is a harbinger of a long, long night to come. This video was originally posted by…

Democratic US Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren at Ramalho’s West End Gym Lowell Ma., home of “The Fighter”. This video was originally posted by JBoutselis1

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I agree with this four-year-old child in Colorado, driven to tears by the election. Politico made public that National Public Radio apologized to this adorable child whose pain I share. I find I’m repeating to myself the NPR…

These three videos were first posted by Len Lochrie. Taken from the same vantage point in Lowell, they show the increase in intensity of Hurricane Sandy.

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has announced it will no longer endorse political candidates, except in some rare undefined instances. What a travesty! Let’s face it. A newspaper or television station’s endorsement of a candidate probably has little impact…

So according to John Sununu…Colin Powell supports Barack Obama for “race” reasons? I wonder, does he support Mitt Romney for the same reason?

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Mitt Romney who showed up at last night’s foreign policy debate agreed with President Obama on the majority of issues discussed and points raised. And, because the President has been dealing with them on the ground for…

The best line of last night’s presidential debate came from President Obama who explained to Republican Candidate Mitt Romney that the nature of America’s military has changed. Check it out below.