Outrage over the more liberal provisions of the bipartisan immigration bill put forward last year had everyone from Harry Reid to John McCain to George Bush running for cover.
Yet here we are less than a year later and McCain is leading the GOP pack despite opponent Mitt Romney’s best efforts to paint him as soft [...]
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Illegal immigration: How big an issue?
Posted in 6th District, Massachusetts politics, Nelson Benton, Presidential race, Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2008 Comments
But how will it play in Peoria?
Posted in Massachusetts politics, Nelson Benton, Presidential race on Jan 29th, 2008 Comments
Much is being made of the Kennedy family’s anointing of Barack Obama as the candidate best suited to follow in JFK’s footsteps.
Sen. Ted Kennedy, who’s long since given up his dream of becoming the second Kennedy brother to occupy the White House, was at his rip-roaring best Monday as he declared Obama “ready to be [...]
“Corporate greed” tends to be a constant refrain for Democrats, who use that as a justification for promoting higher taxes on businesses. They sell it to their useful idiots by contending that they’re only making business pay “its fair share.”
But what did they do when national panic began to build over impending economic recession? They [...]
“Massachusetts is on the move”
Posted in Massachusetts politics, Nelson Benton on Jan 24th, 2008 Comments
That was the mantra for Gov. Deval Patrick’s State of the State speech tonight, repeated five times in the first half of a speech meant to inspire the Legislature into giving him his budget and the means of paying for it.
At the other end of the half-hour speech came several choruses of “the cost of [...]
Though he remains a serious contender for the GOP nomination, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has become a favorite target of his fellow politicians, media pundits and late-night talk show hosts. David Letterman has a new segment devoted to the Mittster, and his testy exchange with AP reporter Glen Johnson (formerly of the Salem News, [...]
Once again, it’s the economy
Posted in Nelson Benton, Presidential race, Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2008 Comments
It’s the stupid candidate who’s not talking about the economy these days.
Stock markets were plunging in Asia this morning — another reminder of the precarious state of the U.S. economy.
Little wonder those overseas investors are worried. They finance a large portion of the U.S. debt simply because they rely on American consumers to purchase what [...]
Come to a complete stop - union crossing
Posted in Local politics, Taylor Armerding on Jan 16th, 2008 Comments
If there were any doubts about Andover teachers having a sense of entitlement on the scale of some of the McMansions in town, science teacher Tim Van Wey has removed them. Read his letter to the editor here.
Van Wey objects to a news story here that said the teachers blocked traffic off of Main Street [...]
Another Ogonowski run
Posted in 5th District race, Massachusetts politics, Nelson Benton, Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2008 Comments
It’s says something about the sad state of the Massachusetts Republican Party that an also-ran in last fall’s 5th District congressional election can be touted as a credible opponent for incumbent U.S. Sen. John Kerry.
Though he’s been in office since 1985, Kerry should be vulnerable on any number of issues. (Like taking an unofficial two-year [...]
Of course the unions in Andover want to settle their contracts sooner than later. Who wouldn’t want that?
But there’s a difference between them and those in the private sector who have to pay for those contracts. It’s not like union members have to worry about losing their jobs if they don’t have a signed contract, [...]
Two weeks ago, a close finish in New Hampshire would have been a huge win for Barack Obama. Unfortunately for him, by the time the primary arrived, he was expected to win big and that second-place finish became a major disappointment for his camp.
It was just the opposite for Hillary, once considered a prohibitive favorite, [...]
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