Elizabeth Warren continues to take a pounding about her alleged Native American ancestry, but does it matter? A poll released this week by David Paleologos of Suffolk University indicates Warren […]
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Deval Patrick to Cory Booker: I got this
Who ya gonna call when the young’uns can’t get the job done? Gov. Deval Patrick. Newark Mayor Cory Booker, he of the political twitterati and recent fun-filled “I got this” […]
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Return of the King of Bain
Back in January, Newt Gingrich did something so craven and bloodless, it sent shockwaves across the already craven, bloodless world of presidential politics: He cribbed a line of attack from […]
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You say you want an evolution
President Obama’s pronouncement that he supports gay marriage is a seismic shift in the presidential campaign, though it’s little more than a talking point here in Massachusetts, the first state […]
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John Kerry’s ambitious dilemma
Today’s Boston Herald bats around the case of John Kerry, who is a politician from Massachusetts. Specifically, the paper adds to a mountain of news clips speculating about Kerry’s desire […]
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Mitt Romney’s faulty gaydar
Mitt Romney has gotten himself into another fine mess, this time with his inability to stand up to the anti-gay wing of the Republican Party. Romney got props for his […]
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Bipartisan blues
The right-wing remaking of the Republican Party continues apace, and Indiana is the next battlefront in this internecine GOP war. That’s where veteran Republican US senator Richard Lugar faces a […]
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Warren, Brown and the optics of income tax returns
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 […]
