Results tagged “arlenspecter”

• Arlen Specter went blue. [CNN]
• In a cost-cutting measure, the MBTA cut down trees and started to reconstruct an expensive sidewalk. If by cost-cutting we mean cost-wasting. [Herald]
• T cops arrested a man who spat on a bus driver. Maybe he was mad about the sidewalk? [Herald]

--A possible idea for Banditos Misteriosos? It might beat No Pants 2K8, if only for the reason that your bare thighs wouldn't have to touch any part of an MBTA car. [b0st0n LiveJournal] more ›

Scanning the interweb this morning, Bostonist saw that U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will testify today before a Congressional committee investigating the legality of the President's "I'm-above-the-law" theory of constitutional interpretation. While commentators have suggested that the hearings themselves are a testament to the shaky ground the President is on (since it was Republican Arlen Specter who called for the inquiry), we can't help but see the whole thing as a testament to the skill... more ›

Bostonist has been saying for a while that Mitt Romney, eyes firmly focused on the District of Columbia, has given up trying to please Massachusetts so as to curry favor out of state. What we've been wondering, though, is whether the conservative Republican powers that be will embrace his new-found conservatism or find it suspiciously opportunistic. Won't they look at his history here in Mass., we ask ourselves, and doubt his commitment to the cause? Maybe not: it seems like when people look at Mitt from Washington, they just don't notice his meandering ideological record here in Massachusetts. Case in point: No sooner has the Atlantic Monthly announced its departure from Boston for the warmer climes of D.C. than it produces an article that practically gushes about Romney's presidential chances. more ›