I was out of the office last week from Wednesday through Friday and when I returned Monday morning (Feb. 11) there were two phone calls waiting for me from state Sen. Steve Baddour. The Methuen Democrat had called Wednesday and Thursday to gloat over his candidate Hillary Clinton’s big showing on Super Tuesday. Clinton’s wins [...]
Posted in Nelson Benton, Presidential race on Feb 12th, 2008 View Comments
Barack Obama’s presidential bid, viewed as little more than a freshman senator’s pipe dream just a year ago, is beginning to assume the air of inevitability. Unless the pollsters suffer another New Hampshire-style meltdown, it appears the lawmaker from Illinois will emerge from today’s so-called Potomac Primary (Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia) stronger [...]
Posted in Ken Johnson, Massachusetts politics, Presidential race on Feb 5th, 2008 View Comments
Barack Obama was supposed to win the Democratic primary in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval Patrick endorsed him. Sen. John Kerry endorsed him. And the Elder Statesman of the Democratic Party himself, Ted Kennedy, endorsed him — as did a good chunk of the Kennedy clan. Everyone was for Obama — except the state’s Democratic voters. By [...]
Posted in 6th District, Massachusetts politics, Nelson Benton, Presidential race, Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2008 View Comments
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 [...]
Posted in Massachusetts politics, Nelson Benton, Presidential race on Jan 29th, 2008 View 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 [...]
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, [...]
Posted in Nelson Benton, Presidential race, Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2008 View 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 [...]
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 [...]
The stakes were highest tonight for Mitt Romney on the Republican side and Hillary Clinton among the Democrats. Score a win for the feisty former first lady who got in a couple of good shots at her most formidable opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, and promoted herself as the the candidate “who can deliver change” rather [...]
Posted in Ken Johnson, Presidential race on Dec 26th, 2007 View Comments
Did you see the Hillary Clinton Christmas ad? It was the absolute worst of all the candidates’ holiday messages — but it illustrates a flaw in all the candidates, one that is destroying American politics. In the ad, Hillary is sitting by the Christmas tree, putting the finishing touches on her presents. There’s one labeled [...]
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