Congressman Joe Crowley, a New York City Democrat, lost his seat to a young woman in the primary. Massachusetts' Michael Capuano faces an even tougher fight.
For those still suffering from a 2016 campaign hangover get ready 2020 is here. At least the campaign for 2020 has begun in earnest and it promises to get real, real quick.
Dozens of potential candidates have emerged as possible challengers to President Trump int he 2020 race for the White House...
For CNN, a cable news network that is striving, if not obsessing to bring credibility to Washington, rumors that Trump got help in the elections from the Russians, they should recall their own horribly unethical conspiring. Last fall, Wikileaks intercepted emails proving that former campaign manager to Al Gore and CNN analyst Donna Brazile, secured debate questions for Secretary Hilary Rodham Clin
Throughout the 2015-16 Republican primary, President-Elect Donald Trump said some really mean spirited, nasty things and even said some intentional lies about his political foes. Once eliminated, he would offer praise and a more dignified description of the defeated opponents...
The mainstream media, the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton have all accused the Republican candidate for president, Donald J. Trump of making racist statements. While I disagree, I do see where, if you wanted to be intellectually cute, one could at least raise the concern...
From The New Bedford Standard Times April 17, 2015 in an article by Steve Urbon:
The idealistic young woman with the long hair and huge eyeglasses had just graduated from Yale Law School, the future holding nothing but potential. But instead of shipping off to a New York or Washington law firm, she joined Marian Wright Edelman's fledgling Children's Defense Fund (which Edelman, Yale Law Class of 1
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has propelled herself onto the national political stage by borrowing a page from Barrack Obama's governance manual on how to act unilaterally and get away with it.
Massachusetts A.G. M...
The Washington Post is bemoaning the fact that Secret Service protection for Bernie Sanders is costing the taxpayers a lot of money and suggesting that perhaps he should concede to Hillary Clinton and drop out of the race. Sanders has earned the right to remain in the race until the very end should he choose.
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Associated Press - President Barack Obama is planning a trip to Boston to help raise money for the Democratic Party.
Obama is set to attend a round-table discussion fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee with about 25 supporters in Cambridge...