In what can most charitably be chalked up to the dangers of wading into territory outside of one's zone of competence, The New Republic 's Marty Peretz has weighed in […]
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Markey, McGovern being pushed for Obama cabinet?
Gov. Deval Patrick insists he's staying put and is not interested in a Washington post, and John Kerry is turning to his new role as incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign […]
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Black leadership in Boston: Is change on its way?
On Saturday, the Boston Globe's Michael Levenson suggested that the corruption scandal that has taken down former state senator Dianne Wilkerson and now led to the arrest of City Councilor Chuck Turner was prompting […]
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Torkildsen on his way out as state GOP chair
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Today comes the official word. The writing on the wall came with last week’s drubbing.
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Old-school ways
Yesterday’s State House buzz centered on state Rep. David Flynn, the senior member of the House, who told reporters that five members have raised with him the idea that he […]
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Ian Bowles available to Obama, Red Sox
Today’s Boston Globe says Massachusetts energy and environment secretary Ian Bowles "has landed on President-elect Barack Obama’s list of would-be candidates" to run the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Welcome to […]
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Patrick still not going anywhere, neither is Treasurer Tim
Gov. Deval Patrick continues to insist that he’s not D.C.-bound. During a press availability outside his office on Wednesday, Patrick commented that he was “enormously moved, excited, and proud” of […]
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Wall Street Journal discovers Patrick-Obama connection
We thought the idea that there are similarities between the background, style, message and, by implication, substance of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Barack Obama was a pretty old storyline […]