Archive for the 'Massachusetts' Category

NEWS ALERT: Media Gets Some Stuff Right About Independent Voters!

By Nancy Hanks | Related entries in Independence Party of New York, Independents, Massachusetts, New York City, News

The Massachusetts special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat continues to reverberate (or is that ricochet?) in the media [for a quick round-up of latest Charlie Cook in National Journal, Robert Reich on Huffington Post, Dan Balz in Washington Post and Kristi Keck on CNN, see today's Hankster] and independent voters remain center stage (the [...]

January 26th, 2010 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Jim Webb: No Votes Until Brown Is Seated

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2010 Election, Democrats, Health Care, health care reform, Massachusetts, Republicans

And I agree. Because even though Kennedy championed this health care legislation, Massachusetts didn’t elect a Dem this time around. That’s how democracy works. From The Hill… “In many ways the campaign in Massachusetts became a referendum not only on health care reform but also on the openness and integrity of our government process,” Webb [...]

January 19th, 2010 | Permalink| 36 Comments »

Scott Brown Wins Massachusetts Senate Race Shocker

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2010 Election, Democrats, Health Care, health care reform, Massachusetts, Republicans

The results aren’t final yet, but it looks like Brown is going to win 52% to 47%. And you have to hand it to him. He ran a great campaign and defeated the favorite Martha Coakley in a race that many Democrats thought would be a cake walk. But let’s remember that Republicans being elected [...]

January 19th, 2010 | Permalink| 42 Comments »

Not so blue Monday in Massachusetts [UPDATED]

By mw | Related entries in 2010 Election, Massachusetts

Is there a better political story than the Brown/Coakley special election in Massachusetts? This is a much more exciting contest than either of the playoff games on Sunday. The last big effort to turn back the Scott Brown tide was in evidence all weekend. It had two tracks, a high road, and a low road.

January 18th, 2010 | Permalink| 11 Comments »

Obama e-mails a message of support for Coakley

By mw | Related entries in 2010 Election, Massachusetts, Obama

Barack e-mails a message of support for Coakley

January 15th, 2010 | Permalink| 18 Comments »

Scott Brown: It’s not Teddy’s seat. Try before you buy.

By mw | Related entries in 2010 Election, California, Democrats, Elections, Massachusetts, Republicans

Gergen served up a softball and Scott Brown knocked it out of the park. “It’s not Ted Kennedy’s seat. It’s not the Democrat’s seat. It’s the people’s seat.” If Brown wins, this may be the moment that put him over the top.

January 13th, 2010 | Permalink| 13 Comments »

Quote Of The Day – 5 Years Of Gay Marriage

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Homosexuality, Law, Marriage, Massachusetts, Sexuality

“Having two parents who can feel and express love for each other, and give it in abundance to their children, that’s what matters. It doesn’t matter what the identities of those parents are.” – Heidi Nortonsmith, one of the original gay couples to marry in Massachusetts in 2004. Here’s more about how things have gone [...]

May 10th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Obama Wins New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey

New Hampshire was expected, but still a swing state in the grand scheme of things. The others were not surprises in the least. A total of 56 electoral votes.

November 4th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Two Former Republican Governors Back Obama

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Massachusetts, McCain, Minnesota, Republicans

Yesterday is was former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson… Carlson said Thursday that the Illinois senator’s stances on the Iraq war, the economy and green energy goals won him over. Carlson, who served from 1991 to 1998, also cited recent comments by GOP Congresswoman Michele Bachmann questioning whether politicians have “pro-America or anti-America views.” “Regardless of [...]

October 24th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Obama Adds Another High Profile Superdelegate

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Massachusetts, Super Delegates!!!

Another former DNC chair lines up. From The Page: Chicago, IL – Today, Former Democratic National Committee Chair and Massachusetts supderdelegate Paul G. Kirk, Jr. endorsed Barack Obama. The endorsement brings the total number of superdelegates to endorse Barack Obama to 253. Senator Obama is 279 delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination. This puts [...]

May 2nd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Gay Divorce Proving Complicated

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Law, Massachusetts, Sexuality

Gay couples who married in Massachusetts but live in other states are having trouble getting divorced. It seems, early on, Massachusetts allowed out-of-state couples to get married there but currently does not allow gay divorces unless the couple establishes a year of residency in the state. Since other states do not permit gay marriages, they [...]

April 15th, 2008 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

Spinning Massachusetts

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Hillary, Massachusetts

I agree with Josh Marshall. The Clintons are trying to spin Obama loss in Massachusetts, but he made up a ton of ground in a very short amount of time. From TPM: In our poll tracker, we have six polls of the Massachusetts race going back to January 17th. One of those had Obama ahead, [...]

February 6th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Massachusetts Called For Clinton

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Massachusetts

MSNBC just called it. Big win for Hillary since Kennedy and Kerry backed Obama.

February 5th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Polls Show Obama Closing On Hillary

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, California, Connecticut, Democrats, Hillary, Massachusetts, New York

First the national poll from Gallup, which shows that last week Clinton was up by 16 points. Now the gap is 6 points. Clinton 42% (-2) Obama 36% (+3) Edwards 12% (-2) Then Kennedy’s endorsement has helped Obama in Massachusetts… A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Massachusetts Democratic Presidential Primary finds Hillary Clinton attracting [...]

January 30th, 2008 | Permalink| 8 Comments »