http://bostonist.com/2006/10/27/enough_griping_about_a_oneparty_state.php All comments for Enough Griping About a One-Party State! en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2006/10/27/enough_griping_about_a_oneparty_state.php#comment-548837 http://bostonist.com/2006/10/27/enough_griping_about_a_oneparty_state.php#comment-548837 Comments Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:49:32 -0500 <p>Actually, the two party system in MA is Boston vs. anyone who isn't in Boston</p> http://bostonist.com/2006/10/27/enough_griping_about_a_oneparty_state.php#comment-543245 http://bostonist.com/2006/10/27/enough_griping_about_a_oneparty_state.php#comment-543245 Comments Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:22:44 -0500 <p>I think one of the things that people forget is that, while we are a one-party state on the surface, the Democrats on Beacon Hill vary so wildly in their positions that we STILL can have gridlock on issues because not all Mass-Dems will rubber stamp issues for the sake of it. What we WON'T have, however, is Bible thumping right wing freaks who are socially regressive. The word Republican is so unpallatible in this state that we have a defacto Republican party... we call them un-enrolled (or Independent in other states). We really need Left, Center and Center-right Democratic differentiations because that's what we already have in practice.</p>