A Suffolk University/7News poll released this week indicated President Obama is still viewed very favorably by most voters in the state. His
favorability ratings were exceeeded only by those of First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Obama received particularly high marks for his handling of foreign affairs.
What do people like least about the [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Nice gesture by members of the Massachusetts Senate this week, offering to take unpaid furloughs of between three and five days to save the state some money.
Their House counterparts might want to consider something similar given the outrage their proposed increase in the sales tax is generating.
I understand some representatives are asking their local officials [...]
The White House continues to maintain a winning record as President Obama approaches his first 100 days in office Wednesday.
The latest reason for cheering: Democrat Scott Murphy’s win in the special election for the New York House seat vacated by Kristen Gillibrand when she was appointed to fill Hillary Clinton’s U.S. Senate seat. Murphy, making [...]
A great summer read, if you haven’t encountered the book already, is Robin Cook’s “Acceptable Risk.”
Most of the action in the 1994 thriller takes place in North Salem. Recommended in a recent Jim McAllister column, the book intertwines the 1692 witchcraft hysteria and the modern pharmacology movement. The basic premise is that just as moldy [...]
In addition to facing a massive budget deficit, there are other similarities between the state of the states — MA and AZ.
Take the public pension system, that has been a lucrative source of income for the Bassett family of Marblehead and some fortunate others in the Bay State.
Today’s Arizona Republic has a story about how [...]
My recent interview with U.S. Rep. John Tierney can be seen by Comcast subscribers in Beverly. Here’s the schedule –
Tue 04/21/09 02:00 PM Channel 10
Mon 04/20/09 09:00 PM Channel 10
Sun 04/19/09 07:30 PM Channel 10
Sat 04/18/09 06:30 PM Channel 10
Fri 04/17/09 [...]
Gov. Deval Patrick should be grateful the debacle at the toll booths took place Easter Sunday 2009 rather than Labor Day 2010. Getting that many people that mad that close to the election, can do great harm to one’s political career.
Here’s The Salem News’ take published in today’s paper:
Gov. Patrick and legislative leaders are now [...]
President Obama is nearing his first 100 days in office and fellow Democrat John Tierney likes what he’s seen so far.
In an interview at the BevCAM studio at Beverly High School today (where construction is well underway on the new addition) the veteran 6th District congressman said he likes the way the new administration has [...]
The Globe Sunday gave front-page play to the sweetheart deal negotiated on behalf of former legislator Tim Bassett of Marblehead, that allows him to collect his full state pension along with a $123,000-a-year salary as head of the Essex Regional Retirement Board.
Rep. Harriett Stanley, D-W. Newbury, now claims former House speaker Tom Finneran ordered her [...]
She didn’t get much respect when she served as lieutenant governor, but the Massachusetts Republican Party would do well to heed some of the advice Jane Swift offers in the winter edition of CommonWealth magazine.
The MassINC publication looks at the collapse of the GOP to the point where the Democrats have achieved near total dominance [...]
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