Imagine if a Dem were losing his home state by 25%!

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Friday June 01, 2012 · 8:09 AM PDT

2012/06/01 · 08:09

The latest Suffolk University poll of the Presidential election in Massachusetts shows Obama leading Romney by 25%! Just 6 years ago Romney was the Governor of Massachusetts. I heard Mike Dukakis on the Jeff Santos Show comment on this this morning. He pointed out that it is not because Massachusetts is a blue state. Massachusetts voted for Reagan twice and Dukakis himself was succeeded by 4 Republican governors in a row until Deval Patrick was elected in 2006.

Just imagine if John Kerry were trailing George Bush by 25% in Massachusetts in 2004! Imagine if Barack Obama were trailing McCain by 25% in Illinois in 2008! Do you think the media would have had a bit of a field day with that? There is no doubt in my mind that it would have been huge news and trumpeted on all the major networks, Sunday AM shows, etc. Questions would be raised as to why his own people would hold him in such low regard, blah, blah blah. Yet, I have yet to hear a peep about Romney's standing in Massachusetts in any national news nor, other than the poll itself, in state news. Not surprising, but pretty funny, huh?

John Kerry comment on Supercommittee

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Tuesday December 20, 2011 · 12:53 PM PST

2011/12/20 · 12:53

This may, in some ways, appear to be old news since a month has passed since the deadline for an agreement by the Supercommittee was reached with no agreement. Nevertheless, as the deadline neared, I had sent an email to Senator Kerry commenting on the negotiations as it became clear that no agreement would be reached without major concessions on the part of the Democrats that would affect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. I urged that no such concessions be made and that no agreement was preferable to a bad agreement.

It has taken a few weeks, but I received a reply from Senator Kerry today, and I think it is still relevant since the issues have not gone away and Republicans continue to protect the 1% by putting the middle class at risk. His response is reproduced in its entirety below the break.

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Friday April 29, 2011 · 1:23 PM PDT

2011/04/29 · 13:23

This diary is an expansion of a comment to a Midway Thread I had made a few days ago. A couple of months ago I began to think about tourist places that recreate life in previous eras. Some examples are Plimoth Plantation (which represents life in 1627), Colonial Williamsburg (the years leading up to the American Revolution) and Old Sturbridge Village (representing 1790 to 1840). I know there are also recreations of towns in the Old West. I began to wonder when some more recent time periods might be preserved/recreated to illustrate life during some more recent eras.

Then it occurred to me that such a “historical village” could play a part in the recovery of Detroit.

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Wednesday February 15, 2006 · 6:37 AM PST

2006/02/15 · 06:37

After Jim Brady's weak defense of the Deborah Howell incident, I sent him the following e-mail {Note:IN the interest of full disclosure, I have corrected a couple of typos and grammar mistakes]:

"Sorry. Your meager attempt to rationalize the blatant favoritism of your paper (or at least of Deborah Howell, but you wouldn't have gone to such lengths to defend her and cut off the criticisms of her one-sidedness if you did not have the same opinion) and failure to check the facts just doesn't cut it.

One Moonie paper that shills for Republicans in Washington is enough. It is sad to see your once-great paper become a shadow of its former greatness and just another organ to carry water for Republicans. Is the money that great? Is it that important? What about democracy? What about integrity? Aren't those worthwhile values? (See remainder below) Read More

Framing stem cell bill

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Wednesday May 25, 2005 · 6:06 AM PDT

2005/05/25 · 06:06

An overwhelming, bipartisan, diverse coalition of both pro-life and pro-choice Representatives and Senators are supporting stem cell research on embryos that are now slated to be destroyed anyway. The entire effort is pro-life: the embyos created are surplus from in vitro fertilization that enables couples who can't otherwise conceive to have children, and the research is to save the lives and/or quality of life for those suffering from dread diseases or injuries.

Why is Bush being an obstructionist and thwarting the will of this bipartisan majority?

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Framing stem cell bill