The Cruelty Primary
Peter had a nice post the other day on the passing of former Republican U.S. Senator Charles Percy as a sort of metaphor for the demise of moderate Republicanism. As Peter noted we have had our share...
View ArticleCountdown to Iowa
MassPoliticsProfs contributor Peter Ubertaccio gives his thoughts to NECN on the Countdown to Iowa.
View ArticleOn Workhorses and Reelection
The last two times there was an open Senate race in Massachusetts, 1984 and 2010, a member of Congress jumped into the race. Ditto the last time (1978!) the Democrats overtook a Republican Senate...
View ArticleOne week to Polipalooza
MassPoliProfs contributor Professor Ubertaccio appeared on NECN’s Morning Show one week before the Iowa Caucus to size up the field in Election 2012.
View ArticleThe Expectations Game
Nate Silver over at Five Thirty Eight Politics always has great stuff and yesterday he set the expectations for the candidates within a range of exceptional to poor performances. So now that we know...
View ArticleThe GOP Nominee
Greetings from the Land of the Eternal Spring. My trip to Guatemala with 20 Stonehill students was to be the subject of an earlier post but WiFi access in most places here has been limiting (yes, I...
View ArticleGratitude to Super PAC Givers
Our democracy is illegitimate unless based upon the consent of the governed and one way we can all participate is to contribute $1 million or $10 million of our own money to a Super PAC. Just as we...
View ArticleMPP on GOP Caucuses at CommonWealth Magazine
The surprise at the Massachusetts Republican Party caucuses to elect delegates to the national convention was that the Ron Paul forces won half the slots, defeating some prominent Mitt Romney backers....
View ArticlePaul’s Delegates to Tampa Bay
What’s crazier: the idea that some Ron Paul delegates believe their candidate should have a prime time speaking role at the Tampa Bay Convention or the Massachusetts Republican Party’s response to the...
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Memo to Mass GOP: Quite Acting Like a Majority Party with Nothing to Lose
There are times when it might just be a really good strategy for the Massachusetts Republican Party to remember that they are one step removed from being totally insignificant here. Acting like a...
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