It’s a decennial dance that makes sausage-making look like an art form. Congressional redistricting, mandated every 10 years by the federal census, is once again playing out in all corners […]
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The Download: Wind resistance
Cape Wind dominates the debate on wind energy, but the push for onshore wind is a study in contrasts. A Cape Cod Times report explains how wind projects proposed for Dennis, Eastham, Harwich, Orleans Wellfleet, West Barnstable, and Truro have gone by the […]
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The endorsement chase
Here is a run-down of endorsements from newspapers around the state in the races for governor, treasurer, and state auditor, the open 10th Congressional District seat, and on the three […]
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Video: Brown refuses to answer on Question 3 vote
Video courtesy of the State House News Service.Â
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The Globe’s man-bites-dog endorsement for auditor
By Michael Jonas Last week, my colleague Bruce Mohl wrote about the ins and outs of the candidate endorsement process at Boston’s two daily papers. The Boston Herald, which leans […]
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Tom Reilly’s personal endorsement
By Paul McMorrow The last time Charlie Baker trumpeted the endorsement of a celebrated defector, it didn’t go so well. After picking off Tim Cahill’s erstwhile running mate, Paul Loscocco, […]
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Herald: Dog bites man
By Michael Jonas We have officially entered the silly season in campaign coverage, at least over on Wingo Way. <!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:””; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; […]
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Neighborhood politics
By Michael Jonas What’s in a name? Plenty when it comes to Boston neighborhoods and local politics. Matt O’Malley, an earnest 30-year-old activist, was the first one out of the […]
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WSJ: Cahill got contributions from firm vying for state pension business
By Bruce Mohl The Wall Street Journal reports that a number of Massachusetts officials, including state Treasurer Timothy Cahill, received campaign contributions from out-of-state law firms in connection with their […]
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Where’s Martha Coakley’s love for the League of Women Voters?
Some debates are more equal than others. That’s one political strategy that plenty of candidates for higher office have embraced, and Attorney General Martha Coakley is no exception. Coakley has […]
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Coakley and the abortion question
A month ago, during the Democratic Senate primary, Attorney General Martha Coakley said she would hold up national health-care reform rather than vote for the House bill, which could result […]
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Each registered voter costs Oregon $4.51 in paperwork
That's according to a new report from the Pew Center for the States, which treats Oregon as a case study to see how much state governments spend on maintaining their […]
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More good strategy from Coakley?
Monday, December 14, 2009 Dan Kennedy wonders whether Democratic US Senate nominee Martha Coakley is insisting that Libertarian nominee Joe Kennedy be included in debates to ensure that people are […]
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Martha Coakley and the myth that women can’t get elected in Massachusetts
I’ve never really bought the idea that Massachusetts is particularly hostile toward women as political candidates. (See this weekend's story in the Boston Globe, as well as a different take […]
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Fact-checking the Senate debate: Subjectivity reigns
Many of the answers in last night's Democratic Senate debate defy fact-checking — not because the candidates ducked questions, but because the questions themselves invited subjective replies. Candidates were asked […]
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Fact checking the Senate candidates: Some fumbles, stumbles and personal revelations
By Jack Sullivan and Bruce Mohl More than 36 years after Roe v. Wade became the law of the land regarding abortion, it’s clear the legal procedure still inflames passionate […]
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Fact-checking the Senate candidates: Youth will be served
It was the starkest contrast of the webcast debate and the one area where U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano clearly differentiated himself from the rest of the field running for US […]
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US senate candidates on the public option, a new stimulus bill, and other domestic issues
All five of the candidates for US Senate who responded to our issues questionnaire (Martha Coakley being the lone holdout) are skeptical of government subsidies for newspapers. Four of them […]
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US senate candidates on foreign policy
Both Democratic and Republican candidates for the US Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy recognize the importance of immigrants to the Massachusetts economy, according to their responses […]
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US Senate candidates on charter schools, No Child Left Behind
The federal government should promote more charter schools, say almost all of the candidates for the US Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy. One exception is Michael […]
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A near disclosure
UPDATE: An official at the U.S. Senate Office of Records said the financial disclosure form form Stephen Pagliuca arrived in the office on Tuesday, one week after the extension Pagliuca's […]
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Answers from the candidates (other than Coakley): Their first bill as US senator
The first thing Alan Khazei would like to do as US Senator is to file a new stimulus bill focusing on job creation. Michael Capuano would focus more narrowly on […]