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What You Missed While Not Watching the Second Night of the Democratic Convention
5 p.m. The first night was mystical, magical, all “Kumbaya,” cheers and tears. The second night begins with chaos and discord. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tries to amend the platform to deal with GOP criticism, adding …
The Akin Effect in Massachusetts: Why Elizabeth Warren Needs to Nationalize the Race
What do a Missouri congressman’s astonishingly misinformed comments on rape and pregnancy have to do with a Massachusetts Senate race between two pro-abortion rights candidates? If you’ve been listening to Elizabeth Warren and …
Elizabeth Warren on Running for Office: ‘It’s Been a Hard Learning Curve for Me’
Elizabeth Warren says she’s struggled with the “hard learning curve” of electoral politics and was blindsided by the controversy over her decision to report her ethnicity as Native American during her career as a law professor. …
Partisanship, Principle Color Massachusetts Senate Race
On a recent sweltering Tuesday night in Brockton, Mass., Elizabeth Warren told a crowd of 200 people packed into a storefront campaign office that she’s no typical campaigner. “I’m not a politician,” she said. It’s a line she …
After a Hard Month for Warren, Massachusetts Democrats Crown Their Nominee
Elizabeth Warren won her party’s Senate nomination on Saturday with the backing of 96% of Democratic delegates at the state convention. Candidates need to get at least 15% of the convention vote to be eligible for a fall …
Obama, Elizabeth Warren and Dr. Phil
On Friday, the President added a new line to his regular “fair share” repertoire on tax burdens and wealth distribution. “We do not begrudge wealth in this country. We aspire to financial success,” he said in a Michigan speech on college tuition, as he has countless times before. “But we also understand that we’re not successful just …
Can a Bipartisan Pact Really Disarm the Super PAC Arsenal in Massachusetts?
From its start, the race for Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat seemed destined to be one of most expensive political battles in Massachusetts history. Challenger Elizabeth Warren, bank-scolding darling of the left, and Scott Brown, …
Not Beating Elizabeth Warren, GOP Admakers Try to Join Her
Back in early November, the Republican independent expenditure juggernaut Crossroads GPS wanted to take Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren down a peg, so they cut an ad insinuating that her attempts to rein in big banks had put spark to the dry tinder in Zuccotti Park. “Elizabeth Warren sides with extreme left protests,” a …
Obama Trades a Likely Consumer Bureau Loss for a Political Win
Now that President Barack Obama has embraced his inner populist, he’s finding all kinds of weapons lying around to beat Republicans with. The payroll tax cut is getting a lot of attention. If his success with conservative appellate court judges is any indication, the constitutionality of ObamaCare will be another. The latest weapon …
Senator Scott Brown (R-Jerksville)
Let’s stipulate that Elizabeth Warren should not have responded when debate moderators asked her to comment on Scott Brown’s decision to pose in Cosmopolitan magazine years ago to pay for college. In fact, let’s stipulate that no candidate should ever comment on another candidate’s physical appearance, clothed or unclothed, or say …
Obama Passes Over Warren, Names Deputy to Run Consumer Agency
President Obama nominated Richard Cordray, a former Ohio attorney general and state lawmaker, to run the nascent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Sunday. The announcement comes just four days before the CFPB, set up in …
Grilling Elizabeth Warren
Midway through consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren’s appearance before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, Tennessee Democrat Jim Cooper had heard enough. Republicans had been grilling Warren all morning, often on the basis of confusion or misinformation, and frequently with an openly hostile tone. It wasn’t quite as uncivil as …