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There's nothing left to do but congratulate Scott Brown on a well-run campaign and well-earned earned victory. It's unlikely he'll make decisions I agree with, but give credit where it's due.
At this point, I'm more interested in the why's than anything else, and since I can't do anything to change the Republican Party, I'm focusing [...] Read more »

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I read a New Yorker article yesterday (I'm still playing catchup for the last few months) about Peter Orzag, the Obama Administration's budget director. At 40, Orzag is considered a boy genius, graduating from Princeton and Oxford and working in the Clinton Administration.
One of Orzag's theses focused on the fact that Congress doesn't understand economics. [...] Read more »

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There have been times when you could be a moderate, or even liberal, Republican. There used to be a strong tradition of such Republicanism in New England. Sen. Prescott Bush (R-CT), the grandfather of The Worst President Ever, was such a Republican. So was Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA).
During the McCarthy era, it was [...] Read more »

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7 p.m.
Thursday
HEALTH CARE REFORM TALK
The Granby Democratic Town Committee will host a presentation on health care reform in Massachusetts by Diana Stein and Jackie Wolf at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Granby High School Media Center.
The session will feature a summary of the state of healthcare in the United States and discussion of Chapter 58, [...] Read more »

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Globe columnist Joan Vennochi has a piece on Gov. Deval Patrick not understanding people's outrage. She contrasts him with President Barack Obama, who, according to her does understand outrage. I'll go a step further: most Democrats don't understand people's outrage.
Watching Obama condemn the AIG people who received bonuses, I was struck by the relative lack [...] Read more »

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Lately I've been reading a lot about the political failures of the Democratic Party. These failures aren't documented in the books of Ann Coulter or the bloviations of Rush Limbaugh; they are covered in books like The Political Brain and Talking Right, both written by intelligent Democratic consultants (not always an oxymoron).
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America is facing tough times. Our economy is in need of repair. Millions of Americans are out of work Fortunately, President Obama has offered a plan to get our economy moving again. A responsible plan to create jobs by investing in health care, energy independence and schools. What are the Republicans offering? Nothing. No plan [...] Read more »

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House Democrats managed to give the bum's rush to Congressman and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell, replacing him with the more environmentally aware Henry Waxman. Congressman Charles Rangel may the next to lose his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee.
The Ways and Means Committee is responsible for  taxation,  tariffs, and [...] Read more »

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LBJ once said he rather have his enemies inside his tent pissing out than outside his tent pissing in. I think that may have been Obama's reason for allowing Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to keep his committee chairs and to continue to caucus with the Democrats.
Lieberman was forgiven for supporting his friend Sen. John McCain for [...] Read more »

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