Let the name calling begin. The latest salvo in class warfare, Bay State edition , finds Elizabeth Warren trying to shake off the “elitist hypocrite” label bestowed upon her by […]
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A remote chance of seeing TV political spending records
Keep the clicker ready. Now that the final showdown between President Obama and Mitt Romney is all but set in stone, both sides and their surrogates are gearing up for […]
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Money can’t buy Warren love
Elizabeth Warren has been battling months of grumbling from Bay State Democrats. One would think that a $7 million quarterly fundraising haul — a total that blows away rival Sen. […]
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Up, down, up
Earlier this month, Massachusetts Democrats were in panic mode after a handful of polls indicated US Sen. Scott Brown had overtaken and pulled away from Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren. But […]
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Mystery woman to run for office
The mystery woman who was at the center of a House chamber incident with a Braintree lawmaker last year says she is going to challenge Rep. David Torrisi of North […]
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On higher ed, Santorum flunks out
It certainly didn’t match the coarseness of Rush Limbaugh’s characterization of an articulate Georgetown University law student as “slut.” But when Rick Santorum called President Obama a “snob” for encouraging […]
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The cause endures
With the entry of Joe Kennedy III into the race for an open US House seat, the political chatter has returned for the umpteenth time to the question of whether […]
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Newt Gingrich declares war on reVolting electric cars
The next stop in the culture wars is the electric car. Newt Gingrich has declared that President Obama now threatens Americans’ right to choose the type of car that they […]
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Romney: A Michigander or Michi-gamer?
Mitt Romney wants to be president, so he needs to win next week’s Michigan primary. A big part of the game plan for pulling that feat off involves reinforcing Romney’s […]
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Scott Brown and the 99 percent
US Sen. Scott Brown has jumped feet first into a controversy that complicates his Senate campaign. Last week, the Obama administration back-peddled on a mandate to require institutions and universities […]
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Romney’s mythical Latino support
The national mainstream media likes its narratives neat and tidy. How else to explain Mitt Romney racking up big numbers among Latinos in Florida? The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza falls […]
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Arthur Winn, Florida, and campaign finance
This afternoon, prominent housing developer Arthur Winn will appear in federal court in Boston and be sentenced for funneling $4,500 in illegal campaign contributions to a pair of Massachusetts congressmen. […]
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No more Mr. Nice President
Nothing sobers up a president faster than the real prospect of losing a re-election battle. For the past three years, President Obama’s critics on the left have chided him for […]
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Going ‘Freddie’ in Florida
The Republican presidential primary entered a new and brutal phase when it rolled into Florida yesterday, with Mitt Romney going sharply negative on the suddenly re-resurgent Newt Gingrich. Romney is […]
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The tax man cometh for Mitt Romney
Why did Mitt Romney think that his GOP competitors or the national media would sit still while he dithered over the release of his tax returns? The furor over his […]
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The Brown-Warren disarmament talks
Last week, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson mailed $5 million to Newt Gingrich. Or, rather, he mailed the cash to some friends of Newt, who are permitted to raise and spend […]
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Brown-Warren in dollar duel
This year’s US Senate campaign is going to be big. Just follow the money. On Tuesday Scott Brown revealed that he raised $3.2 million during the fourth quarter of 2011 […]
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Is envy one of the seven deadly political sins?
It is the disparity that dares not speak its name: Income inequality. The focus of the Occupy movement and an increasing number of studies and reports, the gap between rich […]
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Going to Carolina
Now that New Hampshire is one for the history books, it’s time to see how that Nikki Haley endorsement pays off for Mitt Romney. On paper, Haley is just the […]
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Camelot comeback?
There’s nothing like the Kennedy name to change the dynamics of a political contest in Massachusetts, especially at a time when the name is missing from congressional roll calls for […]
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Mitt’s milddling moment
One of two things will happen tonight in Iowa. Mitt Romney might slide backwards into a win in a state he’d initially written off as a nonstarter, thus confirming his […]
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The Romney roller coaster
Two weeks ago, this very space noted the odd timing of a New York Times Magazine story that marveled at Mitt Romney’s remarkable staying power, given the fact that, between […]
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Populist fury may not yield electoral edge
When President Obama traveled to Kansas recently and delivered speech full of populist fury at the great concentration of wealth among the country’s richest elite, a great sigh of relief […]
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Unemployment down; political intrigue up
The economy, bit by bit and with all sorts of caveats, appears to be improving, which could reshape the political landscape next year. The national unemployment rate fell to 8.6 […]