Taking back the House State by State - MASSACHUSETTS!!
First things first. Colorado, Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina, Iowa, New Mexico, West Virginia, Kansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming,...
View ArticleProfile of a Capitulator: Rep. Bill Delahunt, MA-10
Yesterday BarbinMD called out the Capitulation Caucus, those Democratic reps who've already given in to the Republicans by signing on to HR3087, aka Abercrombie/Tanner or The Cover My Deep Red...
View ArticlePolling and Political Wrap, 1/21/10
This is one of those absurdly busy days in the campaign world. Thus, it stands to reason that the Wrap is only slightly shorter than "War and Peace" tonight. So, without further hesitation, let's...
View ArticleCongressional races 2010, round 2: Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan
Summary: MD has 8 reps: 1 R, 7 D MA has 10 reps: all D MI has 15 reps: 8 D, 7 R Possibly vulnerable: MD-01 (D) MI-02 (R) (a little) MI-03 (R) MI-07 (D) Filing deadlines MD: July 6 MA: June 1...
View ArticlePolling and Political Wrap-Up, 2/15/10
All in all, a reasonably quiet President's Day in the world of electoral politics. Well, except for that whole Evan Bayh thing... THE U.S. SENATE AZ-Sen: This is (Not) Good News For John McCain It now...
View ArticleAP and Boston Globe sez Joe Kennedy III mulling run on Delahunt's seat.
I was wondering if we were possibly going to see a Kennedy run for something this year, and from the press in the last few weeks, it is looking more and more probable that we could have yet another...
View ArticleMA-10: Delahunt to Retire, who will step up?
This just in from the Boston Globe: 14-year incumbent U.S. Representative Bill Delahunt, D-Quincy, will not seek reelection to an 8th term this fall. http://www.boston.com/......
View ArticleBill Keating will enter into the MA-10 race says Patriot Ledger
The Patriot Ledger, the newspaper of record for Quincy, Massachusetts is reporting that Norfolk County District Attorney William Keating will enter into the now open race for the 10th Congressional...
View ArticlePolling and Political Wrap: The Weekend Edition
Just when you got used to the new schedule of the Polling and Political Wrap, another quirk develops. Don't fret: it will still be a three day a week feature. The shift is simple: instead of...
View ArticlePolling and Political Wrap, 3/22/10
Apologies for the lack of a weekend edition. Unfortunately, your intrepid Wrap author got waylaid by a track meet that ran two-plus hours behind schedule, and dead batteries on both the mobile phone...
View ArticlePolling and Political Wrap, 6/24/10
On this Thursday, the 24th day in June, The Wrap wishes a happy 34th birthday to Brock Olivo. If the name doesn't ring a bell, allow for a brief refresher course: running as a Republican for the open...
View ArticlePolling and Political Wrap, 6/28/10
As the passing of Senator Byrd and the Kagan hearings dominate the political conversation, news on the polling front is quite silent as we kick off this first full week of Summer. However, the week...
View ArticlePrimary Day Preview: DE, HI, MD, MA, NH, NY, RI, WI
Forty-two states have already done it, and by this time next week, the entirety of the nation will have completed the process of primary elections. And, in the grand tradition of saving the best for...
View ArticleMA-10 handed to Dems.
Teabaggers didn't limit their favors tonight to the Delaware and New Hampshire senate races (although they were yummy and thank you very much). In an open House seat rated as a toss-up by many...
View ArticleAction: 9 House Challengers That Can Win With Our Help
The Republicans and the media have been working overtime to tell voters that the Republican takeover of the House is inevitable. In order to take over the House they need to win 39 Democratic seats....
View ArticleCongressional races 2010, final update, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan
Summary: MD has 8 reps: 1 R, 7 D MA has 10 reps: all D MI has 15 reps: 8 D, 7 R Possibly vulnerable: MD-01 (D) MA-10 (D) (but probably not) MI-01 (D) MI-02 (R) (but probably not) MI-03 (R)...
View ArticlePolling and Political Wrap, 10/18/10
A surprisingly quiet polling weekend has lasted into the week, as this is a much less data-heavy Monday than I would have anticipated. Even with the weekly "poll dump" from our buddies at the DCCC,...
View ArticlePolling and Political Wrap, 10/19/10
Amid rain, thunder, and lightning here in SoCal (a phenomenon we see in this part of the state about once every other year), there is also no small amount of turbulence on the polling front. No small...
View ArticleMA-10:Keep a Child Molester's Enabler Out Of Congress. Updated
Jeff Perry. Tea Party pet. GOP candidate and bright hope to take the Massachusetts 10th Congressional District (William Delahunt retiring) against Democrat Bill Keating. Quick background: Perry was a...
View ArticlePolling and Political Wrap, 10/25/10
It is inevitable, in the closing days of the electoral cycle, to see polling go from sporadic, to steady, to overwhelming. It looks like we just passed that final signpost. Welcome to poll-a-geddon. A...
View ArticleMeanwhile, in MA-(GOV, 10th, 4th)
Here's an update from the trenches here in my home state of MA. First the polls. The latest Boston Globe poll has Barney Frank with a 14 point lead in MA-4, while Bill Keating is hanging on in my...
View ArticleStupid Goes Viral: "To stop climate change, vote GOP."
They pay lip service to the Statue of Liberty, moaning for caaasshh. Their stupid has gone viral. And if they win, humanity loses. I'm tracking Climate Zombies: every Republican candidate for House,...
View ArticleMA-Sen and the harbinger that wasn't
When Scott Brown won the special election for Senate in Massachusetts, national pundits proclaimed it some kind of harbinger of what was to come. Massachusetts -- make that liberal Massachusetts -- was...
View ArticleGOP Pervert Candidate Now a Hypocrite
As elsewhere, Massachusetts GOP'ers rail against patronage, pork, and pension padding. Small government and all that. Two years ago, when Gov. Deval Patrick attempted to appoint supporter State Senator...
View ArticleMassachusetts Kosmopolitans
Hello team Massachusetts Kosmopolitans , and anyone else who is interested. I wanted to lob this organizational diary out there for the MassKos group. I thought this could be a group that discusses...
View ArticleMassachusetts Redistricting Analysis
So, the proposed new Congressional map for Massachusetts has been released. You can find the official version here, but below is the (essentially) identical version I drew with DRA for analysis...
View ArticleBreaking from MA-10: new revelations about Perry's role in strip-search incident
Cross-posted from Blue Mass Group.At this point, can there be any serious doubt that Jeff Perry, the Republican candidate for MA-10, is not fit to serve in the Congress of the United States?Lisa Allen,...
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