illinois presidentelect barack obama will resign his u.s. senate seat this sunday. the chicago tribune story notes that senator richard durbin will urge governor rod blagojevich not to pick a caretaker but rather someone who would subsequently run for and hold the seat. senator durbin also said that illinois veterans affairs director tammy duckworth is on his list of potential su......
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governor deval patrick formally established his task force on public integrity today. theres a bunch of good names on the list pam wilmot scott harshbarger charlie baker peter sturgis andrew tarsy among others. patrick also tapped four current lawmakers. the panels apparent enforcer is taunton rep. james fagan whos famous around these parts for being the dui lawyer......
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outraged liberal sums up the latest chapter in the sal saga. ... im equally interested in the debate here over sals future. it cuts to the heart of the hackprogresive alliance i.e. progressives toleration of a certain degree of hackery as long as the progressive goods are delivered. not all liberals tolerate or like the alliance. but judging by some of the comments at b......
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massdebate yes its as massdebatory as it sounds presents opposing sides of controversial local issues. if you have a hotbutton topic youd like to see us cover or if you want to represent your view on a subject under debate email us at tips at bostonist dot com. bostonist does not endorse any opinions expressed in massdebate. this weeks topic is threefold ......
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its good to see the pinko socialist commie redistributionists at bmg embracing freemarketer adam smith here and here . ill remember it when one of them postobama election advocates a singlepayer government healthcare system over other options. of course no one has really read adam smiths wealth of nations . so you have to cheat . ... back to the pinko socialist commie ......
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health reform is moving back to the top of the political agenda. over the last fifteen years the biggest problems in u.s. health carethe dwindling reach and generosity of private coverage the rapid escalation of costs the uneven quality of carehave all grown substantially worse. now we may well finally have a true opportunity to address these problems. what are the big issues at stake what ......
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we went way over our usual 5 minute time limit for the newsreel this week but jk was busy what with the senate hearings in finance and foreign relations advising obama before the big debate and sundays postdebate analysis on fox news where he totally destroyed lindsey graham theres video at kos. besides we have two kerrys making news this week and we donrsq......
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crossposted from boston daily and you thought john tomase had it bad. on wednesday morning the herald splashed with a terrifying scoop the city council was mulling a scheme to keep their business secret from the taxpayers who elected them creating a cone of silence that would make the hub the only city in the commonwealth exempt from the states open meeting law.......
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while most bay staters including yours truly sat in front of our televisions watching the patriots eek out a win despite a seasonending and horrifying injury to our beloved tom brady two equally beloved homestaters were hanging out at a democratic barbeque in hopkinton. governor patrick hosted the fundraising event at the new england laborers training center and it was billed as ......
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charley has a smart post about palins effective speech and skills as a candidate. democrats underestimate her at their peril. but theres a huge difference between a good attackdog candidate and competent president during wartime. as joan puts it palin can give the speech of her life at the republican national convention. it wont beef up her resume and its amusing t......
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can someone explain how this is an overall political plus to the mccainpalin ticket i can see a lot of negatives fair and unfair dysfunctional family ideological and familyvalues ironies fresh questions about mccains judgment and decisionmaking process and lets face it that a lot of people are thinking it the ugly whitetrash suggestions the pregnancy evokes even ......
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sorry folks but red soxyankees won out last night. for a right of center review check out the always entertaining stephen green of vodka pundit who dru nkblogged 8221 the speech. for a left of center review check out the guys from blue mass group who are at the convention and blogging up a storm. i may not agree with them too often but i do admire their passion for pol......
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iowas most prominent pundit david yepsen wrote a piece in the des moines register warning that it would be perilous for the presidential candidates to ignore rural america at their parties nominating conventions. his column inspired me to look into what barack obama and john mccain are offering voters outside major cities and suburbs. what i found is after the jump. from ......
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video credit ncdem if youre a parent or a grandparent thats got to scare the hell out of you. john bombbombbomb iran stayinir aqforah undredyea rs mccain has an answer to the problem of our depleted military and its not diplomacy. its not finding ways to keep from sacrificing our youth and our economy to unnecessary wars. its drafti......
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there is no better time to help steve levy than the next week. why because while steve is focused on his district and campaigning jamie eldridge will be suspending his campaign and going to denver. if you can give some time or some cash next week to reward steve for staying in the district and working for the seat do so. jamie eldridge has said the democratic national c......
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if youre up on your jk for senate campaign you probably know that the senator has a demo craticquo t primary challenger. and although this demo craticquo t challenger has been all over the news and his few supporters have been swarming the blogs claiming the senator is refusing to debate him nothing could be further from the truth. despite his claims mr. oreilly has ......
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charley who emailed in and i discuss the meaning of cou ragersquo as applied to devals recent pensionpo licedetai ls moves. from charley if it doesnt take political courage to get rid of the details how come no ones done it until now ... if these are bones being thrown at our feet in your words what would constitute a big juicy steak i.e. something tha......
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scott harshbarger gets at the heart of the john buonomo affair which he rightly argues is not an aberration i think its outrageous both sad and outrageous... whats happened is this is a culture that has come to denigrate public service. its all about the attitude at the leadership level. ... the culture here is get what you can nobodys watching. the ......
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sign the petition www.callba ckcongress .com and while were at it as joets has called for the president should invoke article 2 section 3 and call the congress back. he shall from time to time give to the congress information of the state of the union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient he may on extraordina......
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the hackprogressive alliance. isnt that what joans ultimately talking about bob and david may have some legitimate gripes on the particulars but they shouldnt be surprised by what joan writes about in general. deftly balancing the progressive and hack sides of the democratic party is how the oneparty system has effectively operated and survived over the years. right ......
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only a few days after it was discovered that jack davis has a smear campaign set up against endorsed ny26 democratic candidate jon powers a blog has surfaced touting itself as the real war kids relief . if you have seen the smear website that is set up you know that the davis campaign promised that coming soon was the real war kids relief story. is there a conne......
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how many times is phil enron loophole gramm going to quit the mccain campaign seems to me he stepped down a week or so ago after he called americans a bunch of whiners and said our economic troubles were a mental recession. video credit demrapidresponse didnt mccain let him go after that i thought he was going to send him to belarus . did he bri......
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several months ago questions started flying from the local conservative blogosphere about a nonprofit organization that was founded by jon powers the endorsed democratic candidate in ny26. war kids relief is the name of this group and the conservative blogs were throwing around all sorts of conspiracy theories about the status of this group. thanks to a comment on blue mass group we......
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