Election 2012

Overall, the Massachusetts primary was an incumbent’s paradise, but it had a few surprises at the local level and it set the stage for some interesting fall matchups, particularly the […]

Did you hear Elizabeth Warren’s passionate, pointed, and populist speech to the party faithful at the Democratic convention last night? And if you did, do you remember what she said? […]

Expect some “very frontal attacks against Mitt Romney” from Gov. Deval Patrick, CNN’s Anderson Cooper told the network’s primetime Democratic National Convention audience shortly before Patrick took the stage in […]

Convention week was supposed to be Elizabeth Warren’s moment in the sun, a chance to fire up the base and deliver her populist economic pitch on a national stage. Instead, […]

US Sen. Scott Brown, trying to keep his distance from the Republican Party, walked a tightrope this week as the GOP met in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney for president. […]

The old saying goes that someone is entitled to their own opinion but not to their own facts. But the fact of the matter is most facts tossed around during […]

Touted as the not-so-secret ingredient in the campaign to humanize her husband, Ann Romney lived up to her advance billing and delivered a warm and personal speech about life and […]

With a hurricane bearing down on New Orleans, Bill Weld offers up some advice to Mitt Romney today, one former Massachusetts governor to another. Weld wants to see Romney leave […]

The Republicans lopped a day off their convention in Tampa because of Tropical Storm Isaac and now are praying Mitt Romney’s coronation isn’t eclipsed by video of wind, rain, and […]

In Massachusetts, it’s never about a single issue, although it seems the economy had been dominating all the talk in the US Senate race. But with the cacophony generated by […]

There was lots of excitement and high-fiving following Mitt Romney’s selection of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate. Many Republicans were excited, too. The clearest trouble sign for […]

What does Massachusetts want in a US Senate candidate? US Sen. Scott Brown seems convinced we want someone who can work with Republicans and Democrats in Washington, who believes specific […]

Mitt Romney has always been a conflicted and deeply flawed critic of the Affordable Care Act. This week, he showed just how conflicted he is: Romney stepped all over Republicans’ […]

Yes, it was hard to believe that Marco Rubio was not being vetted as a vice presidential possibility by Mitt Romney. Romney revealed that the Florida senator is under consideration […]

If anything was made clear by Saturday’s coronation of Elizabeth Warren at the state Democratic convention it is that the general election showdown between her and Sen. Scott Brown is […]