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By adamg - 12/2/11 - 7:51 am

Blue Mass. Group notes the conflict in a column by Holly Robichaud, who doubles as both scribe and political consultant:

How does a freshman state representative get mentioned as a "serious threat" to Democrats looking to retain the Congressional seat being vacated by Barney Frank? Seventeen grand should do it.

By adamg - 11/30/11 - 8:57 pm

The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports the Boston city councilor is considering moving back to Newton, where he grew up, to run for Barney Frank's seat.

By adamg - 11/30/11 - 8:06 am

The Outraged Liberal ponders the latest speculation that JOE4OIL's kid might run for Barney Frank's seat. Complete with the obligatory Michael Goldman quote.

By adamg - 11/28/11 - 10:46 am

The Globe reports Frank won't be seeking re-election next year.

By adamg - 11/15/11 - 6:26 am

John Carroll notes what he calls the "chin-strokerati" coverage of the nascent US Senate race by the Globe and other media outlets - they're only writing for other in-the-knowers, not the majority of us. For example, the Globe's constant references to the "now familiar" story of Warren's childhood in Okalahoma:

Ask ten people in the 351 cities and towns of Massachusetts about Elizabeth Warren and 1) 98% won’t know who she is; 2) 99.99% won't know the first thing about her.

By adamg - 11/11/11 - 2:03 pm

Jamaica Plain Progressives testify they'd rather see Jamaica Plain in one congressional district, rather than the two proposed by a legislatiive redistricting committee, with Washington Street the basic dividing line:

By adamg - 11/11/11 - 12:42 pm

Steve Poftak looks at the numbers from Tuesday's election, notices that John Connolly's tally in Hyde Park and the neighboring part of Roslindale dropped more than 1,000 votes from 2009:

What's the explanation here? Well, my best guess would be a certain 60-something Readville resident and civic leader might have been less than fully supportive.

By adamg - 10/24/11 - 8:10 am

Jill Stein announces her candidacy for the Green Party nomination today at 12:30 p.m. in front of the State House.

By adamg - 10/18/11 - 9:24 pm

The proposed state House and Senate redistricting maps are out (Boston-area House districts / Senate). The thing that hit me immediately, since, of course, I looked at our place on the map, is that a piece of Roslindale (specifically, ours) would get shifted from Mike Rush to Sonia Chang-Diaz.

By adamg - 10/7/11 - 7:14 am

OK, so Dems get predictably outraged about Scott Brown's public desire to not see Elizabeth Warren naked, but Republicans might want to find a better way to respond than praising Brown's decision to pose nude for a sex-advice rag as an example of an agonizing decision he courageously made.

By adamg - 9/14/11 - 8:03 am

Her announcement. Maybe now that she's officially in the race, she'll stop treating all of her campaign stops, such as her formal announcement at the Broadway T stop this morning, as state secrets (reporters were told in advance, of course, but only on the condition they not tell anybody).

By adamg - 9/7/11 - 3:18 pm

NOTE: This is a corrected version of this post.

The state Attorney General's office said today a proposed referendum on requiring government-issued IDs to vote in Massachusetts is unconstitutional because it "infringes on freedom of elections."

Currently, Massachusetts voters facing a residency challenge can present a current utility bill or paycheck stub. The proposal by Mansfield Selectman Olivier Kozlowski would have required people showing up to vote to show a driver's license, passport or government-issued ID card.

By adamg - 8/22/11 - 8:43 am

Blue Mass. Group takes a look at the contortions that would eliminate the current 9th Congressional District.

By adamg - 8/13/11 - 11:27 pm

Pats Propaganda posts a photo of Sarah Palin in a Patriots hoodie:

I don't know what bothers me more, that the shirt says "Once a Patriot always a Patriot" (because when was she ever a Patriots fan?) or that she's just another politician stealing our name to appear "patriotic."

By adamg - 8/12/11 - 5:29 pm

"In a posting on a website supportive of the Democratic Party," is as close as our Paper of Record gets to helping its readers read Warren's post in its entirety.

By adamg - 8/7/11 - 12:44 pm

The Globe today profiles Tom Conroy, a Wayland state rep who is walking across the state in his bid to run against Scott Brown next year:

The three-term state representative from Wayland is believed to be the first candidate in the state to walk its entirety seeking votes, drawing inspiration from Lawton Chiles, a legendary Florida politician who traversed his state 41 years ago in a similar underdog campaign that vaulted him from the state Senate into the US Senate.

By adamg - 7/26/11 - 10:34 am

David Bernstein reports on the candidacy of James Coyne King - and how his choice of one top paid advisor could mean Mike Capuano won't be running.

By adamg - 7/14/11 - 8:54 pm

Won't anybody think of the Irish? According to the Dorchester Reporter, Steve Lynch urged a legislative redistricting committee not to break up his 9th District because that would mean breaking up the most Irish congressional district in the country.

The 2010 federal census means Massachusetts is losing one of its ten congressional districts.

By adamg - 5/23/11 - 10:27 am

Blue Mass. Group reports state Rep. Tom Conroy is thinking of running for Senate next year.

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