Category Archives: National News

And the Hits Just Keep Coming

Posted on November 2, 2011 by billmanzi

Poor Mitt Romney. He has Rick Perry readying a major air assault with his multi-million dollar bankroll, and now he has a Super-Pac aligned with the President lobbing some artillery in to soften up the likely Republican nominee before the … Continue reading →

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Mitt's Tough Week

Posted on October 31, 2011 by billmanzi

Mitt Romney bumped into what I consider to be his first real turbulence this primary season during the past week, finally looking like a candidate that could be caught by another Republican. (Don’t ask who)Romney got all tangled up over … Continue reading →

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Leaving Iraq

Posted on October 22, 2011 by billmanzi

The President announced that U.S. troops would be leaving Iraq by the end of the year, and immediately after the announcement we had neo-con hand wringing and expressions of indignation. The ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. … Continue reading →

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Coburn on Telling the Truth

Posted on October 20, 2011 by billmanzi

Senator Tom Coburn has taken his share of lumps, from both left and right, including an ongoing dust-up with Grover Norquist. But when you listen to Coburn about the problems facing the U.S., and the lack of leadership emanating from … Continue reading →

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Romney Steps Closer

Posted on October 12, 2011 by billmanzi

Mitt Romney picked up the endorsement of Chris Christie yesterday, continuing his slow, methodical march towards the Republican nomination. The Christie endorsement is obviously a prize, coming from a man that last week had many Republicans begging him to run … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts in the National Spotlight

Posted on October 11, 2011 by billmanzi

The Massachusetts Senate race is drawing some real scrutiny from the national media, something that is likely to intensify in the coming months. Much commentary about clothing, or the lack thereof, and about campaign tactics and money. I guess we … Continue reading →

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Perry Launches

Posted on October 11, 2011 by billmanzi

Rick Perry launched a pretty hard attack on the Mittster yesterday, hitting him on the flip-flop issue, as well as on health care and the individual mandate. Should lead to an interesting Republican debate tonight at Dartmouth. Perry is sinking … Continue reading →

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More Spending, But Who Pays?

Posted on October 9, 2011 by billmanzi

Mitt Romney gave a foreign policy speech at The Citadel last week, advocating for a much more activist foreign policy. Aside from the buzzwords the Romney speech was woefully short of details. But maybe foreign policy can be discussed in … Continue reading →

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No Runs, No Hits, No Errors

Posted on October 5, 2011 by billmanzi

I watched the livestream of the Democratic debate at the University of Massachusetts Lowell last night and I was very impressed. I was happy to see a couple of Methuen students on the panel, including my friend Eunice Delice, who … Continue reading →

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Chris Christie Out

Posted on October 4, 2011 by billmanzi

The Washington Post is reporting that Chris Christie will announce this morning that he is not running for President. A new poll put out this morning showed Christie in fourth place in the Republican field, but that is academic now. … Continue reading →

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