Michael Tomasky, typically a cautious commentator—as are so many liberals his age (once burned, twice shy)—indulged himself over the weekend* with imagining what might happen if Pres. Obama wins re-election in a...
Read MoreI can only think of two reasonable theories to explain why US Senator Scott Brown, Jim Barnett (campaign manager), Eric Fehrnstrom (campaign strategist), Brad Garrett (Republican Party staffer), Greg Casey & Jack Richard...
Read MoreIn politics, there are endorsements…and then there are endorsements that win close elections. Yesterday afternoon, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino gave Elizabeth Warren the kind of endorsement that could help her...
Read MoreQ: In political debates, when is a tie a win? A: When the other side says it was a tie. That’s the problem Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown faces on the morning after his first debate (of four scheduled) with...
Read MoreThe political wiseguys in Massachusetts (and yes, I mean “guys”—check out the lack of female political experts quoted in today’s long pre-debate story in the Boston Globe for a good and typical example)...
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