Charlie Rose with Deval Patrick & A.M Rosenthal; Haynes Johnson & David Broder; Adam Werbach (June 13, 1996)
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wow, a guy leaves town for a couple of days to beat the Thanksgiving travel crunch, and a bunch of pollsters figure that would be a dandy time to test the 2010 landscape. Sheesh! In other words, there is quite a bit in the campaign inbox to clear. MA-Sen: Pair of Polls Give Coakley An Edge, Capuano Clear Second Two polls released over the course of the past few days confirm two trends a few weeks...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Charlie Baker is a moderate Republican businessman who's running for Massachusetts Governor. In other words, he's got a lot in common with Mitt Romney--or at least the version of Mitt Romney who existed before he thought he needed to be a lot more conservative in order to win the GOP's presidential nomination. But today, Baker struck the sort of bold stance that not even a chameleon like Romney could...
Patterico's Pontifications (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Jeff Jacoby: YOU’RE A sensible, principled conservative. You want America to be a land of boundless opportunity and freedom, where people are treated as individuals and judged on their merits. . . . But let someone mention “illegal immigrants,’’ and your principles fly out the window. So when Governor Deval Patrick recommends allowing young illegal immigrants – [...]
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The 2010 midterms are just around the corner (sort of). Here's what's happening: Former Ambassador to Latvia Cathy Bailey might jump into the GOP Senate primary in Kentucky; a Public Policy Polling survey has Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan leading Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) 45-44 in Missouri's Senate race; independent candidate Tim Cahill is helping out Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D)...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Our friend in Boston, Michael Graham, makes an interesting observation: Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick continues to be a leading indicator for the Obama administration. This week, in the middle of massive budget cuts, a new $1 billion tax hike and unemployment at 25-year highs, the Patrick administration is pushing a huge immigration plan that includes subsidized college tuition and drivers licenses...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Even though most Massachusetts voters would vote against Gov. Deval Patrick (D) -- 55% want someone new -- a new Suffolk University poll shows he's on his way to re-election in a three way race. In one possible match up, Patrick leads with 38%, followed by Timothy Cahill (I) at 26% and Charlie Baker (R) at 15%. In another, Patrick leads with 36%, followed by Cahill (I) at 26% and Christy Mihos (R)...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
New York Times reporter Peter Baker questioned whether President Obama’s soaring rhetoric ("the most gifted orator of his generation") was still getting through in his Sunday Week in Review piece " The Words That Once Soared ," and even let Obama aides suggest the president's Cairo speech "was responsible for Iranians taking to the streets of Tehran to protest a disputed...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
UMass-Amherst has now flip-flopped and Raymond Luc Levasseur, a.k.a. "NYC's Most Prolific Terrorist" will be speaking on campus at the upcoming symposium on "social change." Levasseur's preferred method of change was to change Army and Navy recruiting stations in N.Y. into heaps of rubble by blowing them up. His United Freedom Front robbed nine banks, committed about 20 bombings,...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
MASSACHUSETTS: “Attorney General Martha Coakley, who says she is firmly against capital punishment, has drawn the ire of some death penalty opponents by urging the US Supreme Court to limit federal review of state court decisions, which opponents say could make it harder for defendants on death row to challenge their sentences.” “Governor Deval Patrick swept through Washington yesterday,...
Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- Governor Deval Patrick and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo met with the state's congressional delegation at the Capitol this morning to discuss a variety of issues, including the national health care overhaul the...
Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Governor Deval Patrick is definitely not taking the leisurely tourist approach to a trip to the nation's capital. Instead, his official schedule in Washington today and Thursday is chock full of meetings as he tries to show how plugged in...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat, and former Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, both say that federal health reform plans should do more to address rising costs than their state's initiative.
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
That’s not what he says, of course, but actions speak louder than words no? With his attendance at fundraisers for Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts today — boy, there’s a pair of popular incumbents — President Obama has now attended seven fundraisers since Gen. Stanley McChrystal submitted his request for additional troops in Afghanistan....
Political Punch (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
ABC News' Jordyn Phelps and Sunlen Miller report: President Obama went to bat for his friend, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, in Boston today -- speaking at two fundraisers on the governor's behalf. The president told audience members that Patrick likely...
Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
President Obama did his darndest today to transfer what popularity and political magic he has to his friend and political soulmate, Governor Deval Patrick. Patrick, battered by a state budget crunch and some missteps of his own, faces a tough...
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