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  • The Purpling of Massachusetts

    07/30/2022 5:33:23 AM PDT · by DoodleBob · 27 replies
    Boston Magazine ^ | July 26, 2022 | Jon Keller
    .. Yet Massachusetts political elites should instead see (These stories of alienation and angst) as a flashing neon warning sign that our ultra-blue political culture is bleeding purple at the grassroots—a slow-but-steady drip, drip, drip that seems likely to be accelerated by fallout from the pandemic and economic pressures....And in a state with only 460,000 registered Republicans, Donald Trump won more than a million votes—twice. ... There’s also been backlash among parents against long-standing efforts to bring sexual health education to public schools, a topic that began bubbling up again after Boston and Worcester adopted new curricula last year. Mayra...
  • Former Mass. GOP Chair: Diehl Defeating Baker In Potential Primary Would Be ‘End Of The Republican Party In Massachusetts’

    11/01/2021 6:10:50 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 35 replies
    msn.com ^ | 10/31/21
    Jennifer Nassour, the former Mass GOP chair, said it would be the “end of the Republican party in Massachusetts” if Geoff Diehl defeats Gov. Charlie Baker in a potential primary election. Nassour joined WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller to discuss the state of the Republican party in Massachusetts and other topics. Nassour was critical of current Mass GOP chair Jim Lyons. “You are all one family and you support your family. You see that over and over again with the Democratic party in Massachusetts. Even though they might battle it out and fight, they do support their own,” she said....
  • State truly a ‘blue’ print for disaster (MA: all Dem, all the time)

    09/06/2007 11:17:24 AM PDT · by raccoonradio · 16 replies · 767+ views
    Boston Herald ^ | 9/6/07 | Margery Eagan
    Talk radio had a field day yesterday with Lawrence Schools Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy, the one who took the required English proficiency test not once, twice, three times - but four times - before he passed. The latest: In a broadcast interview about new high school uniforms, heavily accented Laboy, whose first language is Spanish, said he “axed” the students about them. He meant to say, “asked.” Now there are two ways you can look at this. No. 1: It goes to show how nutty we’ve grown around here. Why would anyone hire a superintendent of schools with such troubles with...