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Mass Dems

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Woburn Activist to Help Mass Dems Draft 2013 Platform

The Massachusetts Democratic Committee Platform Chair named the Platform Drafting Committee last week.

  As the Massachusetts Democratic Committee works to put together its 2013 Platform, local communities will be well-represented on the party's Platform Drafting Committee.  Woburn resident and activist Kathleen Walker was named last week as a member of the committee and will focus on the area of economic growth, according to a press release issued last week by the Mass. Democratic Committee.  Newton Mayor Setti Warren is the chair of this year's Massachusetts Democratic Party Platform Committee and made the nominations for the 40-person committee.  “Our platform is a set a values and statement of what we believe as Democrats,” Mayor Warren said in the press release. “Over the course of the next months, the Platform Committee will …

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Brown-Warren: Do You Believe There's a War on Women?

Trailing in the latest polls, Elizabeth Warren charged Scott Brown is part of a Republican war on women. Do you agree, or is this just a stunt?

Senator Scott Brown has opened up a lead over challenger Elizabeth Warren in a new poll released Tuesday. Public Policy Polling has Brown over Warren by five points.  On the stump, however, Warren's on the offensive, saying Brown and the Republican party are waging a war on women. She's pointed to comments by Missouri Senate hopeful Todd Akin as the latest evidence of that war. Akin has been roundly condemned by liberals and conservatives alike for his statement that it's rare for women to become pregnant after a "legitimate rape." Akin has apologized and attempted to clarify his statement, saying he meant "forcible rape." Brown has publicly called on Akin to drop out of the race, and asked that the Republican party soften its stance on …

Katy G.

8:28 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012

Ms. Gritter, I'm sorry to hear that you, of all of the people I disagree with are leaving the discussion. You do respond with reasoned, fact based, responses. Even if we don't see eye to eye, I'm sorry to hear that someone is being so rude to you. We have caller ID so that we know who is calling. I agree with Mr. Beeches, for once. Call the police and let them deal with it. Making threatening …   more ›

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