Tag Archives: Scott Brown

WSJ: Elizabeth Warren Could Beat Scott Brown

Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured a front-page piece with the headline, “GOP’s Hopes Rise for Senate Control.” It laid out the the Senate politiscape for 2012 thusly: The political arithmetic for 2012 shows what Democrats are up against. Republicans would … Continue reading

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Boston Globe.com Wants You!

Or at least your opinion. In advance of the new pay-as-you-enter BostonGlobe.com, the local daily is conducting a survey of print subscribers, all of who “will have the opportunity to receive agenda-setting journalism from greater Boston’s leading daily news source … Continue reading

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Un-Setti-ling: Newton Mayor Warren Apparently Unmoored From Reality

ABC’s webcast “Top Line” featured an interview on Friday with Newton mayor and Scott Brown challenger Setti Warren. The political newcomer, who “had been urged not to run by some Democratic power-brokers who wanted a more seasoned candidate to take … Continue reading

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Why Doesn’t Doug Rubin’s Boston Herald Column Run On The Op-Ed Page?

For several months now the Boston Herald has run a regular column by Doug Rubin, former chief of staff for Gov. Deval Patrick and current lobbyist for gambling giant GTech Corp., which has multimillion-dollar contracts with the Massachusetts State Lottery. (See … Continue reading

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The League of Women Cutthroaters

From our Late to the Party desk: The hardworking staff just saw the League of Women Voters TV spot sandblasting Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Killing Kids) for his vote to end the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gasses. Yeesh. … Continue reading

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Massachusetts Retailers Take Swipe At Swipe Fees

Thursday’s Boston Globe and Boston Herald featured full-page ads (sorry, no image found by the hardsearching staff) with this headline: Massachusetts’ U.S. Senators Scott Brown and John Kerry are working for US! The ad – sponsored by the New England … Continue reading

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Rachel Maddow In The Wayback Machine

Not long after the hardworking staff posted Rachel Maddow Gets The Gift That Keeps On Giving (which detailed a conservative Michigan outfit’s Freedom of Information Act request for Internet searches of Maddow’s reporting by state university professors, don’t ask), we … Continue reading

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Scott Brown: Only I Can Exploit My Personal Life

From today’s Boston Herald: Scott Brown blasts Dems’ checkup U.S. Sen. Scott Brown — an upstart Blue State Republican in the cross hairs of national Democrats — is lashing out at the party’s opposition researchers, accusing them of prying into … Continue reading

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Mitt Romney/Scott Brown Bakeoff (Margery Eagan Edition)

Boston Herald columnist Margery Eagan weighs in on the Romney/Brown rumble for bragging rights and media coverage. Lede: Scott Brown has barely been our senator a year. Yet he’s already out-coiffed, out-sculpted, out-politicked and yes, outsmarted our previous matinee idol, Mitt … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In a Two-Daily Town (Hat Trick Edition)

Forget what the hardworking staff has said about the Boston Herald being a lively index to the Boston Globe. Tuesday’s editions of the local dailies are a tale of two cities. Exhibit A: Larry Summers Time BH: Summers praises Mass. … Continue reading

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