Obviously, the political world is focused on the health of Ted Kennedy, and not the potential political implications of his diagnosis with a malignant brain tumor. And despite the grim prognosis, it’s worth noting that there is a precedent in the Senate for overcoming similar odds: In 1993, Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter was also diagnosed with Read More
The biggest news for Republicans at 8:00 is that Massachusetts has been won -- decisively -- by Mitt Romney. John McCain has campaigned in the Bay State, hoping to capitalize of disaffection with Romney from Republicans who feel he abandoned them as governor to pursue his national ambitions. McCain had the backing of two former Read More
Earlier, down on the seaport at the World Financial Center, the line to go see Barack Obama speak stretched, four and eight wide, for at least half a Read More
During a visit by Hillary Clinton with some volunteers at her Boston headquarters just now, I peeled away from the pack for a moment to talk to Keith Collins, who has been working the phone banks for Clinton since Saturday.
In an admirably blunt assessment of the situation, he told me he thinks Obama is surging, Read More
WORCESTER, Mass.—In a slightly altered stump speech delivered here this afternoon, Hillary Clinton challenged Barack Obama by arguing that it was more worthwhile to use unity to reach a goal rather than just espouse unity for unity’s sake.
“There are differences between me and my opponent—differences in approach and vision an understanding of what it is Read MoreState lawmakers added $850 million to the budget ahead of the April 1 deadline. Moving up the date of New York's Presidential primary may mean seeing less of Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani. Democrat Matthew Titone and Republican Lou Tobacco won special elections yesterday for the state Assembly. Hillary will be raising Read More
Judith Regan Nemesis Transcends Family Scandal On Monday, Feb. 12, friends and family of first-time author Bridie Clark, whose novel Because She Can was inspired by her experiences working for fallen publishing mogul Judith Regan, gathered at a private Soho penthouse to celebrate the book’s publication. Expected guests Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair Read More
Judith Regan Nemesis Transcends Family Scandal On Monday, Feb. 12, friends and family of first-time author Bridie Clark, whose novel Because She Can was inspired by her experiences working for fallen publishing mogul Judith Regan, gathered at a private Soho penthouse to celebrate the book’s publication. Expected guests Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair Read More
Yet another thing wherein New York dominates Boston, a city in Massachusetts on the Charles River--ownership of office buildings in Boston's financial district. Fifty-three percent of financial-district buildings are now owned by New York-based landlords, The Wall Street Journal reports. These include One Federal Street, bought by Tishman Speyer last year, and the recent Read More
To no one’s surprise, departing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist excused himself from the Presidential race last week, joining soon-to-be-former Senators George Allen and Rick Santorum as onetime Great Right Hopes who have been forced into bystander roles for ’08. In the category of credible Republican candidates, that leaves John McCain, the front-runner whose prospects Read More
To no one’s surprise, departing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist excused himself from the Presidential race last week, joining soon-to-be-former Senators George Allen and Rick Santorum as onetime Great Right Hopes who have been forced into bystander roles for ’08.
In the category of credible Republican candidates, that leaves John McCain, the front-runner whose prospects Read MoreThe incident in which police fired 50 shots and killed a groom on his wedding day was "contagious shooting." The mayor has better relations with minorities than during the police shooting of Amadou Diallo seven years ago. The cops involved in the shooting had at least five years of experience on the Read More
Vito Fossella has 1,558 friends on his MySpace page, and some of them are, uh, not conservative. Andrew Sullivan detects hypocrisy in the Republican contention that rebuking Mark Foley would have made them look homophobic. "They don't seem too worried about appearing homophobic when it comes to winning elections, do they?" Ben Read More
Bill Weld entered the New York Governor’s race as a red-haired, ruddy-cheeked savior for the state’s declining G.O.P. establishment—a former two-term Massachusetts governor and classical scholar who was once considered a strong potential candidate for President. He left humbly, heaping praise upon John Faso, a former minority leader in the New York State Assembly. “Sometimes Read More
Bill Weld entered the New York Governor’s race as a red-haired, ruddy-cheeked savior for the state’s declining G.O.P. establishment—a former two-term Massachusetts governor and classical scholar who was once considered a strong potential candidate for President.
He left humbly, heaping praise upon John Faso, a former minority leader in the New York State Assembly. Read More
