2008 elections

A sign thief with a conscience?

adamg — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:49:57 -0500

Alison Rose reports that the Obama sign stolen from her front lawn in March showed up on her front steps last week:

... No note. No "I'm sorry." Just back in all it's (slightly wrinkled) glory. My husband took it inside the house and put it in our curio cabinet, where we keep our one-of-a-kind precious memories. ...

Price set for forging the governor's signature on a phony endorsement

adamg — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:48:08 -0500

PolitickerMA reports Governor's Councilor Kelly Timilty will pay an $8,000 fine for those bogus Patrick endorsement mailers.

McCain actually won three Boston precincts

adamg — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:21:06 -0500

Two precincts in South Boston and one in Dorchester, according to Matt O'Malley, who provides some interesting Boston numbers from this year's election. Overall, of course, Obama won big in Boston - O'Malley says one Roxbury precinct went for Obama by a 99.5 - 0.5 margin.

Bonus fun fact: There is a Harbor Islands precinct, with nine registered voters, none of whom bothered to vote.

Why the ban on dog racing passed this year

adamg — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:57:24 -0500

CW Unbound looks at the numbers, discovers a huge shift in votes in western Massachusetts from the last time voters considered a ban. But why?

Boston vote tallies compared to past presidential elections

adamg — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:47:17 -0500

Chris Lovett posts a chart showing relative increases in voter turnout by ward this year as compared to the turnout in 2004, 2000 and 1996.

As happy as any five men can be

adamg — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:25:32 -0500

Brian Lewandowski expresses his happiness at the news - times five.

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Not everybody is happy

adamg — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:16:10 -0500

Jules Crittenden sighs:

... I’m not interested in spending the next four years in bitterness, the way the opposition spent the last eight, and I trust America will still be here at the end of this term. Congratulations, Obama. It is a great country. It is yours to govern now, all hope and change in your hands. Hope and change are great, but try not to change it too much. Because I can assure you, it doesn't get much better than this.

Sissy Wills is not conciliatory:

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Detailed local results

adamg — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:35:55 -0500

Let's start with Arlington, because, well, Shane Curcuru compiled results for the town. If you know of other, similar Boston-area results lists, post the links here.

Change is in the air - on the 9 bus

adamg — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:03:09 -0500

Alicia reports the driver on the 9 bus in South Boston this morning was not grumpy:

... Today, as I breathlessly boarded the bus, while fumbling for my pass, the driver smiled brightly and said, "Good morning!" Completely caught off guard by her greeting, I said, "uh, hello..?"

"Thank you!" she said smiling again, when I pressed my card to the reader and found a seat. Last night, most of the nation collectively sighed in relief and is ready for change. Based on my experience this morning, people are happier already! ...

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The drawback to watching MSNBC yesterday

adamg — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:53:39 -0500

Sure, they didn't have Princess Leia begging Obi-Wan Kenobi for help like CNN, but they did have Mike Barnicle. Elias winces:

The abiding drawback to working the polls on election day is watching Mike Barnicle run his meat hole by the hour on MSNBC.

After a mere sixty minutes he runs out of sensible things to say and is reduced to decrying the "the 24-7 cable news culture", y'know the one that otherwise keeps the wolf far from Mike's door. ...

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