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  • August 30, 2007
    Sal Loves Hillary
    By David S. Bernstein
    House Speaker Sal DiMasi has joined the lengthening list of Massachusetts pols endorsing Hillary Clinton for President, according to a Clinton campaign press release that reads more like an endorsement of DiMasi:

    DiMasi, first elected to the House in 1978 to represent Boston, has served as Speaker since 2004. He was instrumental in passing Massachusetts’ landmark healthcare legislation that provides coverage to nearly every resident.

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  • August 29, 2007
    New In The Phoenix: Galluccio
    By David S. Bernstein
    In the new issue out tomorrow, I look at the interesting race going on to replace Jarrett Barrios in the state senate. It seems like it lines up for Cambridge's Anthony Galluccio, except for one potential problem -- Cambridge.

    The article is online now:

    Cambridge vs. Anthony Galluccio
    Will Brattle Street torpedo him again?

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  • August 23, 2007
    Does Romney Want An Early Michigan?
    By David S. Bernstein
    The big '08 news this week has been the likelihood of Michigan moving its Presidential contests up to January 15, which would cause even more screwiness in an already screwy process. But I haven't seen much discussion of how this might affect the hopes of our own former Governor, Mitt Romney.

    Michigan is one of Romney's home states (along with Massachusetts and Utah); he was born and raised there, his father was a major political and business figure there, and his father-in-law was a mayor of his hometown, Bloomfield Hills.

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  • August 22, 2007
    Also In The Phoenix
    By David S. Bernstein
    In addition to the feature I mentioned in a previous post, I also have two smaller articles in tomorrow's paper. Both are online now:

    Beware Of Falling Scabs

    &

    Hot Topic: Chill out, global warming is a lie
  • August 22, 2007
    Survivor: Romney
    By David S. Bernstein
    In tomorrow's issue of the Phoenix, my colleague Adam Reilly takes an interesting look at a few upcoming media releases that could affect the public's view of Mitt Romney -- including a couple of films based on events in Mormon history. Recent TV shows and books have also been discussed in the context of public perception of Mormonism.

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  • August 22, 2007
    New In The Phoenix: Is Tsongas Political Royalty?
    By David S. Bernstein
    For tomorrow's issue of the Phoenix, I spent some time in the fifth district, with and without the congressional candidates. In the story I wrote -- available online now -- I cast the campaign as, in part, a test of the power of "political royalty" that has always been strong in Massachusetts, but A) might be on the wane here, contrary to the national trend, and B) has seldom, if ever, applied to women here.

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  • August 21, 2007
    Romney Flops On Yucca
    By David S. Bernstein
    Romney travels to Nevada, giving one of my very favorite bloggers the opportunity to make fun of him from close-up. Somebody must have caught some hell today for failing to prep Mitt on the single biggest issue in Nevada politics: Yucca Mountain.
  • August 21, 2007
    Havern Goes To The Dark Side
    By David S. Bernstein
    The rumors turned out to be true: state senator Robert Havern is resigning to become a lobbyist with ML Strategies.

    State House News Service has reps Jim Marzilli and Robert [Correction: Charles] Murphy already throwing their hats into the ring for the special election to replace Havern, whose district includes Arlington, Burlington, and Billerica.

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  • August 21, 2007
    Um, no, it's Resor
    By David S. Bernstein
    Jamie Eldridge's congressional campaign sent around a notice this afternoon about a planned rally, next Wednesday, featuring state senator Pam Reason.

    A half-hour later, the campaign sent around a correction, saying that the senator's name is actually spelled Reasor.

    Which it isn't.
  • August 19, 2007
    Jacoby On Warming
    By David S. Bernstein

    Today Jeff Jacoby pens his fifth colum in eight months on climate change. [December 24, 2006 (Climate Of Fear); February 7, 2007 (Chicken Little and Global Warming); April 15, 2007 (Doubting Doomsday); August 15, 2007 (Hot Tempers On Global Warming); August 19, 2007.] His disdain for warming theorists goes back much longer (here's an example from 2002).

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  • August 15, 2007
    Joe Carter To Lead Mass National Guard
    By David S. Bernstein
    Joseph Carter, chief of the MBTA Police, perennially rumored to be on a short list for BPD Commissioner, and the hero of Oak Bluffs, will take over as head (Adjudant General, actually) of the Massachusetts National Guard, according to a press release from the governor's office.

    The release notes that more than 1600 of the 6000 Guard members who will be under Carter's command are serving overseas, primarily in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo.
  • August 15, 2007
    New In The Phoenix: Patrick's Casino Challenge
    By David S. Bernstein
    In this week's issue of the Phoenix, out tomorrow, I look at Governor Deval Patrick's poker face on casino gaming in Massachusetts. He says he'll announce a position by Labor Day, and that's got a lot of people, on different sides of the issue, pinning their hopes on him.

    It's online now: Wagering, or Wavering? When will Deval Patrick play his casino cards?
  • August 15, 2007
    New Chair Of Higher Ed Board
    By David S. Bernstein
    Gov. Patrick has sent out a release naming Fred W. Clark, a one-time aide to Congressman Joe Moakley and, more recently, former executive officer of the Council of Presidents of Massachusetts State Colleges, to replace Stephen Tocco on the state Board of Higher Education, and take the role of chairman.

    Clark has been touted as a collaborator, a guy who can get the legislature, the schools, and the business community to work together, and a guy who wants enhanced cooperation among UMass, the colleges, and the community colleges in the state system.

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  • August 13, 2007
    Romney's Millions
    By David S. Bernstein
    Mitt Romney has finally submitted its required financial disclosure as a Presidential candidate, and he's rich all right. A press release from the campaign says that Mitt & Ann's assets are valued, under the broad reporting ranges of the federal form, between $95 and $287 million, but that the true figure is between $190 and $250 million.

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  • August 12, 2007
    And The Results...
    By David S. Bernstein

    Romney's margin of victory in Ames is not overly impressive -- given that he's outspent all the other participating candidates combined by a four-to-one margin in the Presidential campaign to date -- but it's solid enough. The breakout moment is Huckabee's, as he pulled out a solid second place; he now needs to seize the moment to get some momentum, and money, and media attention.

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