State Senate races

We've got two special elections for open Senate seats going on right now. Key dates:

Primary: April 13
General: May 11

Candidates:

Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex (Brown's seat)
Lida Harkins (D)
Peter Smulowitz (D)
Richard Ross (R)

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Michael Albano (D)
Dennis Benzan (D)
Sal DiDomenico (D)
Tim Flaherty (D)
Dan Hill (D)
Denise Simmons (D)

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Comment of the day

by: David

Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 12:37:17 PM EST

Today's winner: sabutai.

"With Baker, I know what I'm getting"
Yes, there's a campaign slogan for troubled times...
Yr. Obedient Servant, Peter Porcupine, Republican
by: Peter Porcupine @ Wed Nov 04, 2009 at 11:46:11 AM EST
I didn't say it was a good thing

If I head into a proctology exam, I know what I'm getting there, too. Come to think of it, I'd be getting pretty much the same thing from Governor Baker...

by: sabutai @ Wed Nov 04, 2009 at 19:13:35 PM EST

Priceless.

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Governor Baker... get used to hearing that!!! (4.00 / 1)

How is the budget shaping up for next year Deval?

How many billion short will we be when the budget talks begin?

How much is left in the state's raining day fund (down from $2.5B when you started office)?

What are the voters going to think after you ravage the budget around June/July 2010?

Yes, Governor Baker will be a wonderful sound to hear.

Baker/Tisei in 2010... Charlie Baker on why people "have been" leaving MA, "It's not the weather here, it's the climate"

by: JohnD @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 13:40:46 PM CST

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And that will all be SOOO much better (6.00 / 2)

when we cut taxes!

Oh wait...

by: David @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 13:42:05 PM CST

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Maybe he could finish what Romney started. (0.00 / 0)

Maybe he'll target those pillars of the Democratic party (unions...). Oh wait indeed!

Baker/Tisei in 2010... Charlie Baker on why people "have been" leaving MA, "It's not the weather here, it's the climate"

by: JohnD @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 14:00:22 PM CST

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Great idea! (6.00 / 2)

As long as the money is safe, screw the people.

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Believe it or not, I have even more to say...

by: sabutai @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 14:05:37 PM CST

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Almost (6.00 / 1)

Your line should be "As long as JOHND's money is safe...":)

by: Christopher @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 18:10:15 PM CST

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Where would the people be without "our" money? (0.00 / 0)

Imagine paying for all the social programs without the disproportionate contributions from "successful" people. An occasional thank you would be nice from "anyone" drinking out of the cups that we fill.

Baker/Tisei in 2010... Charlie Baker on why people "have been" leaving MA, "It's not the weather here, it's the climate"

by: JohnD @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 21:12:26 PM CST

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So long as "you" remember to thank society (6.00 / 2)

for the public education, public infrastructure, public safety, and the structure of laws, rules, and regulations that were absolutely necessary (though not sufficient) for "you" to be capable of filling a cup.

by: stomv @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 21:21:42 PM CST

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I have to say... (0.00 / 0)

...somewhere along the line our educational system failed Mr. D.

It should trouble all of us.

by: huh @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 22:04:20 PM CST

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You can thank ME for all those things. (4.00 / 1)

All of my education was from private schools. So my parents had the joy of paying for all sorts of "rotten" public education and paying for our private education.

BTW... all those other public service and safety resources are exactly what I am talking about that us "big" tax payers pay while the lower income people use at a very high proportion and pay very little to NOTHING. I know you don't like hearing this but it is true.

Like most handouts... the recipients these days do very little in the way of thanks to the givers, but certainly raise their voices when their checks arrive late.

Baker/Tisei in 2010... Charlie Baker on why people "have been" leaving MA, "It's not the weather here, it's the climate"

by: JohnD @ Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 11:01:53 AM CST

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You're missing the big picture (6.00 / 2)

without public ed, we wouldn't live in as productive a society -- which means your business wouldn't have the customer base it has now. It's not just about educating you, it's about educating everybody else too, and how that helps you substantially.

The lower income people don't have nearly as much wealth to lose in a robbery or a fire -- it's the wealthy who would suffer the most loss of wealth without these sorts of protections.

And so, I concur. Folks like JohnD have been given a massive handout and yet doesn't give any thanks to the givers, but certainly raises his voice when his tax bill arrives. shrugs

by: stomv @ Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 13:31:44 PM CST

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I surrender... my head can't take any more banging off the wall. (6.00 / 1)

Baker/Tisei in 2010... Charlie Baker on why people "have been" leaving MA, "It's not the weather here, it's the climate"

by: JohnD @ Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 13:46:02 PM CST

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Only thing Romney did it gut funding to towns .... (6.00 / 2)

that rose our property taxes. Then he left town with MA and the MA GOP a wreck. No thanks.

Listening to Charlie Baker talk about fiscal responsibility is like getting lectured on abstinence from Paris Hilton - Tim Murray

by: johnk @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 14:06:56 PM CST

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What Romney started (6.00 / 1)

Perhaps, if Baker is elected, State Police Officers will earn even more!

by: KBusch @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 22:42:30 PM CST

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I would avoid the medical practice of Drs Obama and Biden---Specialists in Proctology, Accounting and Law. (5.00 / 2)

Massachusetts is very much like an emphysema victim who fell and broke three ribs and has jsut contracted pneumonia. The prognosis doesn't look good. Massachusetts
is seriously broken---perhaps not as bad as California, but quickly headed that way. The next governor of whatever party will need to be a miracle worker AND have to deal with a corrupt, inept, ignorant, and self serving legislative body. God bless whover it may be-----The only way I see out of this mess is martial law. If the governor is required to herd cats to essentialy fix what's broken, he/she can't do it. If we get the usual mediocre candidates running (our current governor included) it may be wiser to move the hell out and let the federal government pick up the tab.

by: MCRD @ Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 16:27:20 PM CST

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Ya gotta admit (0.00 / 0)

Those Republicans who show up here on the blue side are certainly coming after us with a "positive message"!
I believe that message is "bend over!"

"Metaphors be with you." Yoda to Robert Frost

by: pablophil @ Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 08:04:43 AM CST

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Again, who exactly is getting it in the keister? (4.00 / 1)

I pay a huge amount of taxes and it will be going up. The lower income people pay less and less taxes every year but somehow you want to translate that into me boning someone else. How?

Baker/Tisei in 2010... Charlie Baker on why people "have been" leaving MA, "It's not the weather here, it's the climate"

by: JohnD @ Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 13:50:53 PM CST

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That's the way it should be. (0.00 / 0)

Yes, taxes are largely redistributive - get used to it! The whole point of taxes is so that even those who can't pay for services directly out of their own pockets can still access those services. If I know anything about it a few decades ago the wealthy paid an even larger percentage of their income than they do now, but somehow still managed to stay wealthy. Personally, I (and I expect many lower-income people) would love to have your financial situation, including the tax burden that comes with it, than my own.

by: Christopher @ Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 14:25:55 PM CST

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Book tour (5.00 / 1)

Is the Governor contractually bound to hawk his book next year? If there's anyway to avoid that - he should do so. Just more ammo for the yahoos.

by: cater68 @ Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 14:14:59 PM CST

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