Deval Patrick

Massachusetts Senate Expands Gay Marriage Rights To Out-Of-State Couples

AP | STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


BOSTON — Out-of-state gay couples got one step closer to a Massachusetts wedding Tuesday when the state Senate voted to repeal a 1913 law that h...

I am White, Male, 52 Years Old

Dave Winer | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics


Dave Winer

Like everyone else I feel that people always find a way to push me to the side, to objectify me, to react to my body as opposed to my ideas, and to use me as a screen to project their fears and doubts on.

Plagiarism: The Other Shoe Drops

Harry Shearer | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media


Harry Shearer

An Indiana blogger exposes a serial plagiarist in an interesting locale: the White House. The offender has already copped to the most recent offense.

Cash-rich Obama Buys Yahoo

Andy Borowitz | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics


Andy Borowitz

The news of Sen. Obama's $48 billion offer for Yahoo sent a shudder through Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign, which for the past six weeks has been subsisting on Ramen noodles.

I'm Just Sayin': The Common Good -- Obama's Words Past and Future

Phil Trounstine | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


Phil Trounstine

Obama use of Deval Patrick's lines is no more plagiarism than when Hillary Clinton uses the same quotation from Isaiah that her husband used in the past.

Waking Up From History

Jeff Chang | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


Jeff Chang

MLK, Jr. has been forgiven his own plagiarism because the moment demanded "I Have A Dream," whether or not the three words were arranged by Republican Archibald Carey.

It's the Sincerity, Stupid!

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics


Ian Gurvitz

On occasion, Hillary can do sincerity. Obama is sincere. And that's what people are responding to.

Chess. Not Boxing.

Dylan Loewe | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics


Dylan Loewe

While Mark Penn was boxing, David Axelrod was playing chess. His decisions have been made within a long-term strategic framework, designed with a focus, three, four, sometimes five moves ahead.

Jason Linkins

Campaign AdWatch: I Can Has Specifics?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Hey, kids! Are you all strung out on that Hope that Democratic candidate/pusherman Barack Obama has been selling? Heading into the long, dark, teati...

Jason Linkins

MoDo Manages To Diminish The 'Plagiarism' Discourse Even Further

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


No matter where you might stand on the issue of Barack Obama and Deval Patrick sharing choice bon mots with one another, it's likely that everyone can...

Clinton Lies About Plagiarism Attack

Ari Melber | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

The Clinton campaign's attack on Obama's use of the line "just words" was widely panned as a baseless and desperate ploy. Her cover-up might go over even worse.

Clay Feet

Robin Gerber | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics


Robin Gerber

There are no perfect politicians, or people either. Obama supporters need to stop pretending that he can cast the first stone.

Republican Slime Machine Goes After Obama with New Plagiarism Charges

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics


Blake Fleetwood

It's as if they were just waiting for Obama to become the frontrunner. Following the "Just Words" borrowing from Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA), the Repu...

"Just Words", "Just Words" - Is that the Obama Story?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics


Blake Fleetwood

If Obama's words are somebody else's, and do not spring from his own inspirational story, then they become as irrelevant and hollow as a Super Bowl Budweiser feel-good commercial.

The Chink In Obama's Armor

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics


Jeffrey Feldman

The Clinton campaign's plagiarism accusation shows that Obama is not quite as unique, not quite as historic, and not nearly as anti-politics-as- usual as his campaign rhetoric claims him to be.

Barack Obama Busted for Stolen Rhetoric

Bob Franken | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics


Bob Franken

Perhaps Barack Obama will now include a new phrase in his speeches which goes "...and I quote."

Barack and Deval's Plagiarism Seesaw

John R. Bohrer | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


John R. Bohrer

I'd like to put Hillary Clinton's 2008 attacks on Obama's rhetoric next to that of Patrick's 2006 Republican opponent, Kerry Healey. Might find some "plagiarism" there, too.

Jason Linkins

John McCain Is Apparently A Plagiarist, Too

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


If you remember, coming out of the Potomac Primaries, the Clinton campaign promised an increase focus on specifics over speeches, which is why they ha...

Jason Linkins

Obama, Patrick Collaboration Noted Specifically By Globe Back In April 2007

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


Fresh accusations of plagiarism are being hurled at Barack Obama for his use of language on the stump that directly mirrors speeches given by Massachu...

The Wolfson Plagiarism Attack Is Ridiculous

Bob Cesca | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


Bob Cesca

What's the next attack? Obama stole his haircut from whoever? Obama's gestures are lifted from what's his name? Seriously, is this what Howard Wolfson and Mark Penn have been reduced to?

'I Have a Dream' Becomes Obama's 'I Have a Con'

Taylor Marsh | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


Taylor Marsh

Obama's played his supporters for suckers. They bought into the hope hype, sucking up this stuff with a straw, only to find out Obama's not an original, he's a knock off, of a governor, no less.

Obama's Secret Speechwriter

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

If politics is sports, then Obama's rhetoric is like a filthy fastball that opposing hitters haven't managed to hit yet. He keeps running it out there until someone connects off of him.

Obama Borrowing Speech Lines From Mass. Gov.

NY Times | Jeff Zeleny | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


Senator Barack Obama adapted one of his signature arguments -- that his oratory amounts to more than inspiring words -- from speeches given by Gov. De...

Wal-Mart Pays $208,678 For High Price Lobbyists in Massachusetts

Al Norman | Posted 02.02.2008 | Business


Al Norman

Arkansas Retailer Boosts Lobbying Spending by Five Times Previous Year BOSTON--Forget everyday low prices. Wal-Mart has been paying high-priced lobby...

Joe Klein On Debate: Romney Did Well 'If You're An Android'

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 01.06.2008 | Home


Matthew and Peter Slutsky

After the debates were finished we spent time in the nearby spin room tracking down surrogates to get their impressions on the debate. Here are some ...


 

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