The Week In Politics For June 22, 2012
Have you seen this candidate? I’d attach a picture of Stephen M. Palmer of Plymouth to this column, but I can’t find one. Nor can I find out anything about this guy, who is allegedly running against...
View ArticleThe Week In Politics – July 20, 2012
All right, we have some more progress in the quote-unquote campaign of Stephen M. Palmer. If the name sounds familiar, he is running as a Democrat for State Senator of the Plymouth and Barnstable...
View ArticleThe Week In Politics – August 3, 2012
First of all and most importantly, I must issue a correction to last week’s column. I said that Brian R. Mannal, who is challenging State Representatives Demetrius J. Atsalis (D – Barnstable) for the...
View ArticleThe Week In Politics – August 10, 2012
It’s August, and that means it’s the start of debate season! And right out of the gate we have Republican Thomas F. Keyes challenging Senate President Therese M. Murray (D – Plymouth) to a series of...
View ArticleThe Week In Politics – August 31, 2012
Primary Election Day is almost upon us! Where does the time go? First and foremost, folks, remember that the primary election this year is two weeks earlier than normal and on a Thursday — September 6,...
View ArticleThe Week In Politics – September 28, 2012
To paraphrase an old cliché, the rumors of Daniel S. Botelho’s political death are greatly exaggerated. The non-party candidate announced this week that there is no truth to the rumor he was suspending...
View ArticleThe Week In Politics – October 12, 2012
NOTE: Some of this week’s column is reprinted material from last week’s. State Senator Daniel A. Wolf (D – Harwich) has issued an endorsement for the Barnstable County Board of County Commissioners...
View ArticleThe Week In Politics – October 26, 2012
Welcome to the penultimate column of the 2012 election season! I’ll be taking next week off for some much-needed time in a deep coma, so see you back here after the election for some final analysis,...
View ArticleThe Week In Politics – Pre-Election Edition
The end is nigh! By which I mean the end of the election cycle, and thank Cthulhu for that, because the onslaught of negative TV ads was honestly grating on my last nerve. Sad to say, I’m actually...
View ArticleThe Week In Politics – November 9, 2012
At last, we reach the end of the long, winding, annoying, aggravating road that was the 2012 election cycle. First, I will opine but briefly on the presidential race and say: whew! Dodged a bullet on...
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