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Over at the TPM website there is a report that Steny Hoyer is in the lead with colleagues willing to publically support his candidacy for Minority Whip against James Clyburn – the apparent choice of Nancy Pelosi. Thirty House Democrats from across the political spectrum have signed on to a…
Read More »There’s much analysis out there on why the GOP took so many seats in the House and a few in the Senate. Over at POLITIO, reporter Byron Tau comments on the “senior factor” in some these races. In an election marked by dramatic defections from the Democratic Party, older voters…
Read More »A few hundred generous donors and friends of the American Textile History Museum last night gathered to recognize the extraordinary community service and leadership contributions of Brenda Costello. At the same time, the museum marked its first 50 years in the Merrimack Valley. A good measure of the success of a…
Read More »David “Uncle Dave” Brooks in the NYTimes and Ron Brownstein in the National Journal both write this week about the Democrats’ problem with a certain kind of voter in the middle of the United States. Here’s Uncle Dave referencing his colleague Brownstein: As Ronald Brownstein of the National Journal noted, “The…
Read More »Columnist E. J. Dionne (from Southeastern Mass.) writes today that US Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California deserves the opportunity to be minority leader in the US House of Rep’s. E. J. makes the case that the woman who is still Speaker of the House can still lead the Democrats. I…
Read More »On the MetroDesk page of the Boston Globe today, Martin Finucane has post a brief black and white clip of then presidential candidate John F. Kennedy speaking before thousands of people in Boston Garden on November 7th – the night before his historic election as President of the United States.…
Read More »Read what Bill Moyers said about the workings of the contemporary plutocracy in the USofA. The text of his speech at BU in late October was posted on truth-out.org.
Read More »Read columnist E. J. Dionne’s take on the mid-term elections. He warns Dems/Progressives/Liberals/Sensible People about letting themselves be defined by the other side.
Read More »Over at HuffingtonPost.com – Sam Stein tells us that there is already a Tea Party activists’ hit list of Republican Senators that have a bit of a leaning towards a little bipartisanism. No surprise is the listing of Olympia Snowe of Maine and Orinn Hatch of Utah. One name on…
Read More »Notice Greater Lowell Area Democrats Special Meeting Campaign Wrap-Up and Celebration Saturday November 6, 2010 8:00 AM Independence Grill/Radisson Hotel Chelmsford No stand-outs, no phone banks, no GOTV! Suggest items for a very informal agenda. RSVP Marie Sweeney, Chair sweeney133@verizon.net
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