There's been some confusion in recent days over Martha Coakley's position on Stupacky health care bills, in light of her comments to NECN suggesting that maybe she had backed off her "no at every stage" position. Well, Coakley laid all that to rest.  ...

Daniel Kurtzman: "It's been reported that outspoken anti-immigration anchor Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN. Yeah. True story, yeah. He'll be replaced by a guy named Juan, who will do the same job for $5 an hour." -Conan O'Brien "CBS News is reporting that Presi...

Well, Massachusetts' election in 2010 just got even more interesting! It's time to hang up the gloves. State Auditor A. Joseph DeNucci will not seek re-election next year, ending a five-decade career at the State House in which the former champion boxer r...

By Sen. Bob Hedlund and Rep. Lori Ehrlich On Monday, the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development will hear Senate Bill 1870, An Act Relating to the Treatment of Elephants. We can see your raised eyebrows and hear your snickers through th...

In the spirit of calling attention to all the Senate campaigns' respective failures to adhere to rules of grammar and follow instructions on filling out forms, this front-page post calls attention to the fact that Martha Coakley booted her financial discl...

Citizens are Amazed at Lack of Public Outcry 13-year-old suffers nerve damage and limited mobility in right arm. We need to keep this in the news to ensure Galluccio won't get a special court deal.   *** READ BELOW and FORWARD WIDELY *** ~~~~~~~~~~...

A couple of items that haven't yet been remarked upon, but are nonetheless interesting.  At least I think so. Favorability ratings for the candidates (from the Suffolk poll (PDF)). Candidate: Fav/Unfav/Undecided/Never heard of Capuano: 38/18/28/16 --...

Following on the heels of Nancy Pelosi's endorsement of Mike Capuano, Alan Khazei has announced that NYC Mayor and Medford native Mike Bloomberg has endorsed him -- and, perhaps more importantly, "will host a fundraiser next week at his private home in Ne...

With yesterday being Veterans Day, and my chance to meet and briefly speak with U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Casey, Jr., at Harvard's Medal of Honor ceremony, I find it necessary to state my position on the war in Afghanistan and the need to re...

Email: Today, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that she will endorse Congressman Mike Capuano in his candidacy to replace Edward Kennedy as the next Senator from Massachusetts. Speaker Pelosi will formally endorse Congressman Mike Capuano ...

The Channel 7/Suffolk poll out today (though if you can find it on Suffolk's website you're doing better than I am finally, it's up - press release; crosstabs) shows that not much has happened since we released our poll almost two weeks ago.  Piecing...

If you didn't hear the hour-long debate on WTKK radio this morning, you can read my effort at live-blogging it here.  I'm sure WTKK will post the audio shortly. My take-away: Alan Khazei won.   Khazei was the one who was most consistently able ...

Senate candidates radio debate live-blog ...

Coakley's comments on NECN tonight seem to back away from her principled stance of voting against any bill that contained the Stupak Amendment. Just a few days ago on WTKK, Coakley said she would not vote to advance the bill: Eagan: If you were Senator M...

One tidbit It's awfully hard to track down straight numbers about private insurance coverage of abortion.  A 2001 Guttmacher study presents the following: The average cost of an abortion was under $400, and 74% of abortions are paid for by the patie...

It's 9:30 PM on Veteran's Day and at BMG it appears to be passing without comment...so lest it be totally lost in the din of politicians, their smooth handlers, their critics and admirers, I thought a reminder was worthy of a post... It Is The Soldier &nb...

I hate to write about something other than abortion and health care.  But this thing about Alan Khazei and the jobs he has created/will create, first noted by Bob, is still an issue -- particularly in light of some comments he made on WBUR a couple o...

Thanks to all who took the time to read my post and share your thoughts about the ongoing debate over health care reform.  I wanted to take the opportunity to answer some of the questions you pose.  As for what might happen in the Senate, I am ...

Everyone knows that if you want to apply for a job rule #1 is to avoid typos, misspellings, and grammatical mistakes on your cover letter. The plan Alan Khazei described Tuesday here on BMG to bring jobs to Massachusetts and the nation wouldn't even make...

The monumental 24-hour flip-flop of the Capuano campaign on whether the Stupak-Pitts amendment is, or is not, a health care deal-breaker has to call into question the candidate's ability to run an effective campaign and, by extension, his ability to be an...