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Your Next Senator Will Be . . .

Your next senator will surely be (your guess here) and that will set things up for (who knows?) to be your next governor. There is a lot of speculation about how the next two years of politics will play out and it is this sort of expert attention that boosted the successes of Governor Tom Reilly and Senator Martha Coakley, as well as the inevitable re-election of the unbeatable Senator Scott Brown.

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Political knowledge quiz

In another post I suggested that when you are reading a political story and reach the words “A spokesman for (politician X) said” you may safely ignore whatever follows. That may seem out of character with my generally sunny regard for politicians and the folks who work so hard on their behalf (I really do like them). So in order to highlight the fine work done by spokespersons, I offer the following quiz.

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Money for nothing

Frank Phillips of the Boston Globe is reporting today in Liquor lobby gives $45,000 to treasurer  that the liquor industry, which is regulated by an agency overseen by the state treasurer, recently ponied up $45,000 at a fund raiser for Treasurer Steve Grossman.

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