MASSACHUSETTS IS AMONG the bellwether states for its Affordable Care Act insurance coverage. But can our state lead in fixing the brutal challenges for many residents who must do battle to keep ACA coverage, once they have it? This intractable puzzle is on our minds now as we delve into ACA open enrollment season for […]
Mitt Romney
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Kellyanne Conway is right
Many would view Mitt Romney’s selection as secretary of state as a betrayal. Sure, bringing the former GOP presidential nominee and Massachusetts governor into the Trump cabinet could be a way to help heal divisions within the Republican Party. But, as Kellyanne Conway has said, it would be seen as an act of betrayal by […]
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Mitt out of luck
It turns out the third time isn’t charm after all. Or, if it is, we’ll never know. After flirting for a couple of weeks with another run for president, our erstwhile governor, one-time Belmont resident, and owner of mega-manses in many states said on Friday that he won’t enter the 2016 Republican contest. The idea […]
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Romney, Boston 2024, and the White House
Can Boston host an event that’s the equivalent of “20 Super Bowls at once?” Mitt Romney thought so two years ago. Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston 2024 chairman Dan O’Connell told the Boston Herald this week that they would dearly love to have Romney sign on as the city’s key Olympic advisor. But how does the city […]
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A Romney redux?
If you take Elizabeth Warren at her (admittedly present-tense) word, that she is not running for president, it seemed as if our modest little Commonwealth could finally prepare for a presidential election in which we’d be a non-factor, with no Massachusetts names in the mix and our paltry 11 electoral votes a lock for whoever […]