Swing State Project (Free subscription) | yesterday
? IL-Sen : South Carolina's Jim DeMint is rapidly turning into the hard right's kingmaker . DeMint has been considering offering his endorsement to Patrick Hughes, a real estate developer who's become the teabagger of choice in the Illinois Senate primary, and Hughes has been buttering DeMint up. And this might help along DeMint's decision: a straw poll on DeMint's website asked who he should endorse...
Bostonist (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Tomorrow, two debates will take place that might help you make a decision in the special election race to fill Ted Kennedy's senate seat. First, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce sponsors a debate between the Republican candidates Scott Brown and Jack E. Robinson tomorrow at 8am. It's too late to register (aka pay through the nose) to attend, sadly, but we'll try to round up some reactions for...
Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Filed under: Primaries, Poll Watch, 2010 Elections Attorney General Martha Coakley is far ahead of the Democratic pack in the race for the party’s nomination for the seat held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, garnering 43 percent of likely voters compared to 22 percent for Rep. Michael Capuano, and 15 percent for Boston Celtics co-owner [...]
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) has a solid lead in the four-way Democratic race for the open US Senate seat, but with just 16 days until the primary election, nearly three-quarters of likely voters have yet to decide who they will support, according to a Boston Globe poll . Coakley leads with 43%, followed by Rep. Michael Capuano (D) with 22%, Steve Pagliuca (D) with 15% and Alan Khazei (D) with...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
If you've been following the Blue America PAC at all, you may already be aware that we've decided that we won't be endorsing any candidates for the House in 2010 unless they are genuinely enthusiastic about passing John Larson's Fair Elections Now Act ( HR 1826 ). We're not asking for some unenforceable pledge; we want nothing less than heartfelt enthusiasm. Right now Larson has 117 co-sponsors from...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The Bay State's first lady Diane Patrick will endorse U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano in the heated race to win the Senate seat of Edward M. Kennedy. The endorsement is...
The Swine Line (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.), one of four Democrats currently vying for the late Edward Kennedy’s Massachusetts Senate seat (the others being state Attorney General Martha Coakley, City Year co-founder Alan Khazei, and Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca), recently made waves with the declaration of his intentions upon becoming a Senator. The November 16, 2009 edition [...]
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Bay State's first lady Dianne Patrick will endorse U.S Rep. Michael Capuano in the heated race to replace Edward M. Kennedy. The endorsement is a coup for the Somerville...
Blue Mass. Group - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Email: COAKLEY, CAPUANO, KHAZEI AND PAGLIUCA TO PARTICIPATE IN CONSORTIUM DEBATE AT NECN STUDIOS ON WEDNESDAY, DEC 2 BOSTON GLOBE, WBUR, WGBH-TV AND NECN CO-SPONSOR FINAL TELEVISED DEBATE BEFORE SPECIAL SENATE ELECTION PRIMARY NEWTON, MA - The four Democratic candidates contending for the late Senator Ted Kennedy's Senate seat will debate for one final time before the primary in a one-hour debate co-sponsored...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
? NY-23 : Well, it didn't take long for Doug Hoffman to start bringing the crazy. (Maybe his new mentor Glenn Beck is already rubbing off on him.) First came the unconceding (and un-unconceding, as the absentee count wasn't getting him any closer), but now he's sending around a fundraising letter saying that "ACORN, the unions, and the Democratic Party" "tampered" with the election...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Democrat Stephen Pagliuca (pah-lee-OOH'-kah) says the late Sen. Edward Kennedy would side with him and not political rivals Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano (cap-yoo-AH'-noh) in the nation's health care debate.
Talking Politics (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In this week's issue of the Boston Phoenix -- in print tomorrow, online now -- I write about some of the ways the Democratic candidates for US Senate are trying to get attention and position. I start with a look at how Congressman Michael Capuano is trying to use prominent female endorsers to signal to women that they needn't feel obligated to vote for Attorney General Martha Coakley. Which makes...
Bostonist (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Image by kfdavila from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . Mass. lawmakers are debating establishing preferred parking zones for low emission vehicles. [ Boston Herald ] Ted Kennedy Jr. has no plans to actively support any candidate in the Massachusetts Senate race.[ Boston Globe ] Michael Capuano told Fox25 that he is good and his opponents are really really bad. [ MyFoxBoston.com ] Can...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
SOMERVILLE - Rep. Michael Capuano said today that Massachusetts voters would make a mistake if they sent Martha Coakley to the U.S. Senate instead of him, because he has a...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Rep. Michael Capuano (cap-you-AH'-noh) says Massachusetts voters would make a mistake if they sent Martha Coakley to the U.S. Senate instead of him, because he has a proven progressive political philosophy and a track record of delivering for the state.
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