Governor Charlie Baker
Charlie Baker Backs Away From… His Job?
After losing his 2010 gubernatorial bid, Charlie Baker took a job with General Catalyst Partners in Harvard Square, where, under the title “Entrepreneur in Residence”—sometimes […]
The Massachusetts GOP Can’t Get Out of Its Own Way
The Massachusetts Republican Party is a lot like professional wrestling. It provides an entertaining display, with crazy characters and wild story lines, which people can […]
How Mark Fisher Went from Tea Party Crusader to Dr. Evil
When the state Republican Party accused gubernatorial candidate Mark Fisher of asking for $1 million to drop his bid to get on the primary ballot, the […]
A Labor Super-PAC Is Running an Anti-Charlie Baker Ad
The recently formed National Association of Government Employees Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee has scheduled an ad attacking Charlie Baker, to run during the sixth […]
Boston Celebrity Haikus by Marty Walsh, B.J. Novak, and More
Notables wax poetic about our city in honor of National Poetry Month.
Charlie Baker Kind of Has a Blankety-Blank Problem
At a 7:30 a.m. meeting with state committee members the day of the state convention, Massachusetts Republican Party officials explained that delegates could vote for […]
What the Massachusetts Governor Candidates Are Spending Their Money On
It’s early in the campaign, but where the state’s 10 gubernatorial candidates are sinking their dough speaks volumes about their prospects in the election.
Will Bland Efficiency Work for the MassGOP?
I wasn’t there for Charlie Baker’s convention speech Saturday. I bailed after putting in a solid five-plus hours inside BU’s Agganis Arena, during which time […]
MassGOP Is Heading to Early Convention This Weekend
On Saturday, the Massachusetts Republican Party holds its nominating convention at Boston University’s Agganis Arena. The only real practical matter at stake is whether conservative […]
There’s Little Hope for Republican Gains in Massachusetts
National pundits predict that the 2014 mid-term elections will go well for Republicans, but Massachusetts political insiders expect any such shift to mostly miss this […]
Will the Democratic Candidates for Governor Criticize Deval Patrick?
“Ellito12” has an interesting query: With the number of issues facing the Patrick Administration and presumably giving Charlie Baker fodder to associate this weaknesses with […]
Here’s One Example Of Why Charlie Baker Could Win
The Massachusetts Republican Party’s official response to Deval Patrick’s State of the Commonwealth address was absolutely typical of what Republicans always do around here: act […]
A Few Roundup Items Before The Holiday
Before we all go make merry…. –I don’t want to make a big thing out of it, but I do think it’s a little problematic […]
Karyn Polito Wants To Be Charlie Baker’s No. 2—But What Does He Want?
There’s an intriguing article in Monday’s Globe by two fine political journos about Karyn Polito’s decision to run for Lieutenant Governor—the official announcement of which […]