Won’t you miss those debates?
For months now Republicans and Democrats have been slugging it out on live TV. And the ratings have been surprisingly good even when they’ve been aired on relatively hard-to-find channels like MSNBC.
They allowed John McCain to show how tough he can be, putting Mitt Romney is his place for flip-flopping on [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Debate season on hiatus
Posted in Nelson Benton, Presidential race, Uncategorized on Feb 29th, 2008 Comments
Barack Obama’s presidential bid, viewed as little more than a freshman senator’s pipe dream just a year ago, is beginning to assume the air of inevitability.
Unless the pollsters suffer another New Hampshire-style meltdown, it appears the lawmaker from Illinois will emerge from today’s so-called Potomac Primary (Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia) stronger than [...]
Mayors unite
Posted in Massachusetts politics, Municipal meltdown, Nelson Benton, Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2008 Comments
We’re drifting towards fiscal failure.
That’s according to Amesbury Mayor Thatcher Kezer who made the comment at the start of a meeting Monday between Merrimack Valley mayors and the Eagle-Tribune’s editorial board.
The municipal chief executives want two things — more money and the tools with which to better manage their cities.
Unfortunately for them, voters are already [...]
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Nelson Benton is editorial page editor of The Salem News. Over the past four decades he has covered all the cities and towns of the North Shore, as well as the Statehouse. His political column appears every Friday on the Opinion page. Categories
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