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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Brown and Warren: Is It Just Politics As Usual?

It’s been an interesting week in the U.S. Senate Race between Democrat Elizabeth Warren and incumbent Republican Scott Brown.

First it was revealed that Harvard University once touted Warren’s marginal Native American heritage as proof of their faculty’s diversity. That story was followed up with another revealing one that Warren had listed herself as a minority professor between 1986 and 1995 in the Association of American Law Schools desk book, a major reference for legal professors. On Tuesday it was revealed that Brown, who ran for office vowing to kill President Obama’s health care law (and who has since voted three times to repeal it) took advantage of a key provision in it: the provision that allows him to keep his elder daughter on his congressional health insurance plan. Meanwhile, both candidates downplayed their wealth this week as they revealed their …

Friday, March 2, 2012

Readers Weigh In On Scott Brown's 'Kennedy' Ad

The vote in our unscientific poll showed a near even split between those who thought Brown was right and those who thought he was wrong to air the ad.

We asked if Scott Brown should stop running radio ads that compare his views with the late Senator Ted Kennedy? And your response was nearly split, with 249 saying yes, and 267 saying no (as of 12:50 p.m. Friday, March 3, 2012). Brown recently came under fire for running radio ads that contend that Kennedy would have agreed with him that employers and insurers should be able to exclude health care coverage of drugs and procedures that go against their moral views. Ted Kennedy's son, Patrick, asked Brown to stop running the ads in which he says, “Like Ted Kennedy before me, I support a conscience exemption in health care for Catholics and other people of faith.”  In the ads Brown was voicing his support for an amendment to a bill that would…

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

POLL: Should Brown Stop Comparing Himself to Ted Kennedy?

What do you make of the latest controversy in the U.S. Senate race?

Should Scott Brown stop running radio ads that compare his views with the late Senator Ted Kennedy?  Brown recently came under fire for running radio ads that contend that Kennedy would have agreed with him that employers and insurers should be able to exclude health care coverage of drugs and procedures that go against their moral views. Ted Kennedy's son, Patrick, asked Brown to stop running the ads in which he says, “Like Ted Kennedy before me, I support a conscience exemption in health care for Catholics and other people of faith.”  However, a look at bills that Ted Kennedy sponsored in the 1990s and 2000s show that Kennedy would have required all employers who offer prescription drug coverage to include contraception coverage, …

david mokal

3:45 pm on Saturday, June 9, 2012

Anne I totally agree he's being a grave robber by doing that. Im independent but Warren will get my vote. She's down to earth and self made and a family person. Brown just another blowhard and has done nothing for the working class. Mouth Moves says nothin. Yup and I voted for him too. He says "LIKE TED KENNEDY" meaning I'm like...Should have said Ted Kennedy said or did.   more ›

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Poll: Most Important U.S. Senate Race Issue?

Democratic frontrunner Elizabeth Warren is expected to challenge Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown.

In less than three weeks Massachusetts voters will vote in the March 6 Super Tuesday primary, and, while much focus is deservedly upon the upcoming presidential race, we decided to take a look ahead to the Sept. 6 Democratic senate primary. Democrats will have three choices for someone to challenge Republican Senator Scott Brown: frontrunner and Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren, immigration lawyer Marisa DeFranco, and corporate lawyer James Coyne King. Each of the candidates list what they believe are the most important issues in this race on their campaign websites: Scott Brown on the issues; Elizabeth Warren on the issues; Marisa DeFranco on the issues; James Coyne King on the issues. But we want to know what you think is the most …

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Diana

3:00 pm on Monday, February 20, 2012

Heh. No worries. Also yes, given how broad Axis II is. :) That said, although I admit to being a language nazi, I wasn't picking on Dan's grammar or sentence structure. I was picking on him for not only using a cheap rhetorical stunt, but using it incorrectly. Repeatedly. Until it made me twitch. I'm all for everyone posting and a lively discussion, but I refuse to pretend that all opinions or …   more ›

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