Barney Frank, one of the first openly-gay politicians and one of Massachusetts’ most well-known politicians, announced he would not seek re-election. Frank, who has usually coasted to re-election, has come under fire as chair of the House Banking Committee given the current state of the economy. Massachusetts Republicans were quick to comment on his decision [...]
Afghans will go to the polls tomorrow
Sept. 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan will go ahead tomorrow, marred by allegations of fraud and tampering against election candidates, and, most recently, by the kidnapping of a candidate and 18 election workers by Taliban members. Earlier this week printers in Peshawar claimed they were told by Afghan election candidates to produce and laminate fake voter cards [...]
16, driving and getting ready to vote?
Oct. 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
State officials, high school students and advocates for new voting laws in Massachusetts urged the state Election Laws Committee to consider a bill that would change the landscape of voter registration for teenagers under the age of 18, yesterday at the State House. As part of the Massachusetts Freedom to Vote Act, the proposed measure [...]
Arkansas, West Virginia called for McCain
Nov. 4, 2008 Leave a Comment
According to CBS and Fox News, West Virginia and Arkansas are going McCain’s way.‚ Alabama and Georgia have also been called for McCain by Fox News. No surprise, McCain headed into tonight with a seven point lead in Arkansas and an 11 point lead in West Virginia.‚ He also had an over 20 point lead [...]
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire for Obama; Oklahoma for McCain
Nov. 4, 2008 1 Comment
Pennsylvania and New Hampshire have been called for Sen. Barack Obama, by NBC News and other media outlets. Losing Pennsylvania is a huge negative for the McCain camp, he hoped to carry that state.‚ He has spent a lot of time there recently and his advisors said he’d made a lot of ground. He really [...]
Connecticut: Shays not looking good early
Nov. 4, 2008 Leave a Comment
New England’s lone republican congressman may be in a heap of trouble tonight. Chris Shays, 63, a veteran Fairfield County Republican is facing down the younger James Himes, 42, a feisty Democrat who may ride the Democratic tidal wave to Washington tonight. The early buzz coming out of Connecticut is that Shays has the fight [...]
Will Ferrell reprises Bush role
Oct. 24, 2008 1 Comment
Funnyman Will Ferrell returned to Saturday Night Live during the intro of one of SNL’s special Thursday updates. We stood beside Tina Fey’s Gov. Sarah Palin, making it the only time the two most highly-rated SNL parodies of all time appeared together. SNL regular Darrell Hammond’s reluctant John McCain later appeared in skit, where Farrell’s [...]