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By adamg - 11/11/09 - 9:54 pm

Kennedyseat.com reminds us the four Democratic candidates for Senate will debate between 9 and 10 a.m. on WTKK.

By adamg - 11/11/09 - 9:04 am

It's not so much that Mike Capuano changed his mind on health care and that abortion ban as that he was blasting Coakley for taking the same position he adopted that has some riled and puzzled.

By adamg - 11/9/09 - 8:06 am

KennedySeat.com provides all the links related to last night's debate and other Senate-ish stuff.

By adamg - 11/5/09 - 8:47 am

Hey, now that the mayor's race is over, right? MAsenate gets you the latest tweets from the four Democrats and two Republicans and KennedySeat.com.

By adamg - 10/30/09 - 4:07 pm

The latest is from Scott Brown. Not quite up there with Jack E. Robinson's "Vote Out the Lynch-pin" or Christy Miho's walking-butts ads, but on such short notice, it'll do:

In case you missed them, here are Robinson's and Mihos's contributions to the ouevre:

By adamg - 10/26/09 - 7:05 pm

Your thoughts.

By adamg - 10/26/09 - 1:32 pm

Ever since Sal DiMasi left, it's seemed like everybody who might ever put their photo on glossy stock and mail that out to thousands of people has bought into the idea of casinos or die. Alan Khazei, running for Senate, though, told the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce this morning that he opposes casinos:

... I understand that people are hurting and need work, but we can create good, high-paying jobs in green industries and clean energy, supporting small business and emphasizing health care, education, bio-tech, tourism, and other industries where Massachusetts has a competitive advantage. New gambling machines prey especially on primarily low-income families and people suffering from addiction - the very people who are struggling the most in this terrible economy. ...

By adamg - 10/26/09 - 1:27 pm

At Blue Mass. Group, David Kravits makes the case. At issue: What Coakley said in response to some question by Janet Wu on Channel 5's new political show. Speaking of which, KennedySeat.com wonders when the adults will show up on the show:

... In the three episodes of this show I have watched (I skipped Christy), I have continually been struck by how the guests just run circles around the hosts, who are clearly overmatched. Even Pagliuca, who is a neophyte in the political world, handled the Channel 5 team easily. ...

By adamg - 10/26/09 - 9:08 am

The four Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate seat debate tonight starting at 7 p.m. on a local channel near you.

The last mayoral debate is Tuesday, starting at 6:30 p.m. at Faneuil Hall. You need to register for tickets; this one won't be on TV.

There's a forum for district 9 council candidates in Brighton on Tuesday at the Jackson-Mann School, starting at 6 p.m. More.

There's a forum for at-large and district 1 candidates on Wednesday at the Nazarro Center in the North End, starting at 7 p.m. More.

By adamg - 10/22/09 - 9:10 am

The Herald reports Jack E. Robinson filed 10,900 signatures at the last minute to get onto the Republican ballot for the special Senate election. As long as 10,000 of those signatures - which the Herald says he spent $100,000 to collect - are valid, he'll face off against Swearin' Scott Brown in the primary.

Ever the optimists, Red Mass. Group explains why this will actually help Brown win the final election.

Speaking of Brown, the Herald reports the ex-Cosmo model is married to an ex-"murderous, bikini-clad vixen" from a Digney Fignus video, or, in other words, Channel 5 reporter Gail Huff.

By adamg - 10/21/09 - 8:20 pm

Josh Dawson is upset that the first debate among the contenders for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat has a $50 admission fee:

... I, personally, as a representative of the Boston Ward 5 Democratic Committee, along with representative from at least 15 other Democratic Ward Committees in Boston ..., tried to organize a candidate's forum, but was told by two of the front-running campaigns that there was some sort of conflict. Maybe if we would have charged $50 per person, we could have had some luck.

By adamg - 10/19/09 - 11:44 am

Everybody's favorite orange Canton selectman has dropped out of the Republican race for Senate, because of that pesky requirement to collect 10,000 signatures on petitions. So it looks like state Sen. Scott Brown will be the sacrificial lamb GOP standard-bearer against whoever the Democrat is.

Orange dude
By Anonymous - 10/14/09 - 8:00 am

Fred Thys at wbur 90.0 fm filed this story:

Capuano: A Washington Insider, Unknown At Home

BOSTON — Mike Capuano has just left a Democratic caucus on health care in the new underground Capitol Visitors’ Center. Most members of Congress walk the corridors back to their offices, but Capuano takes advantage of the Washington weather, much balmier than Boston’s this time of year, by going outside.

Someone calls, “Senator!” from a limousine.

By adamg - 10/9/09 - 12:09 pm

And not from beyond the grave, either, at least, that we know. But just as JOE-4-OIL has a doppelnamer, so does the dead guy from the City of Presidents:

Volunteers are needed to help us with our campaign for the open Senate seat.

The candidate is John Adams, a doctor from the Foxboro area.

We will be meeting on Monday Oct. 12 between 9am-noon at 113 Washington St. Foxboro, MA (Next to Seasonal) ...

The Attleboro Sun-Chronicle reports he's running as an independent. His state physician profile shows he's an internist, has no malpractice payments or disciplinary actions listed and he accepts several types of insurance.

By adamg - 10/8/09 - 1:38 pm

At least, that's the impression one gets from Canton Selectman Bob Burr's new Web site for his race against Scott Brown in the Republican Senate primary:

Orange dude

Via KennedySeat.com.

By adamg - 10/8/09 - 7:50 am

You may have read about the poll showing Martha Coakley's inevitability. David Bernstein explains why the numbers are meaningless and Coakley's campaign was dumb to release them.

By adamg - 10/1/09 - 3:31 pm

David Bernstein reports Matt O'Malley is quitting his job as political director of Mass Equality to become a field coordinator for Steve Pagliuca.

By Anonymous - 9/30/09 - 8:35 pm

Republican State Sen. Scott Brown, and candidate for US Senate,

"has filed a bill to prohibit ACORN from receiving state grants or serving as a state-approved housing counselor in Massachusetts." link

Scott did not cite a single specific allegation, never mind a specific indictment or conviction of wrong-doing by ACORN or ACORN employees in Massachusetts stating only,

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