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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
Read More »Since we referenced the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday about the Giants’ World Series win, I thought we’d check it out for the Jerry Brown win. It’s a walk down memory lane for some of us. Former Gov. Jerry Brown – defying both a crushing conservative wave sweeping the nation and…
Read More »There’s a lot of good commentary out there on the web today. Here’s an opinion piece that’s worth a read. Timothy Egan of the NYTimes says the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats “saved capitalism” in 2009-10, but got no thanks for it from the private sector that benefited from the…
Read More »Read columnist Eugene Robinson’s opinion piece in today’s Washington Post. He wonders what’s really got the anti-Democrat, anti-federal government crowd so worked up, and concludes that it is because President Obama is “different.”
Read More »Outgoing Democratic Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana writes in the NYTimes that Democrats at the national level must be more aggressive about rebuilding the economy and controlling the federal budget in order to address the main concerns of the public and regain political momentum. Read his opinion here, and get…
Read More »Humor has a special power and an ability to deliver an acute message…especially when it comes to political issues. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart proved this Saturday with their “Restore Sanity Rally”. These two may becoming the country’s voices of reason. Here is the video of Colbert’s memorable entrance filmed…
Read More »The Kennedy Library Foundation is anticipating the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s inauguration as the 35th president of the United States on January 20, 2011. In the recent newsletter from the Foundation, here’s how Foundation CEO David McKean summed up JFK’s legacy: During the thousand days of his presidency, ……
Read More »In today’s Lowell Sun veteran sports writer, author and Red Sox scorekeeper has good things to say about the face-lift given to the former Tsongas Arena – now UMass Lowell Tsongas Center. Scoggins has given us a quick recap of the changes: New million-dollar video score board hanging over center…
Read More »The Boston Globe is reporting on “breaking news” that Supreme Judicial Court Justice Francis Spina held a hearing on the sale of the Caritas Christi Heath Care system to Cerberus Capital Management today. Justice Spina signed-off on the transaction tranferring the assets of a non-profit entity to a for-profit entity. This was the…
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