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Tierney troubles may give jolt to Hudak
Incredible political news from the North Shore tonight. Patrice Tierney, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Tierney, D-Salem, will plead guilty to federal tax charges in U.S. District Court tomorrow. According...
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For Democrats, a couple of taxing situations
When the word came down Tuesday night that Patrice Tierney, wife of U.S. Rep. John Tierney, would plead guilty to federal tax-fraud charges, many of us political junkies were dumbstruck. With exotic...
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Tim Cahill’s wacky yet serious lawsuit
Tim Cahill Tim Cahill’s lawsuit against his former political consultants is the craziest Massachusetts political story since — oh, since U.S. Rep. John Tierney’s wife pled guilty to federal tax-fraud...
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Tierney versus Hudak on Fox 25
U.S. Rep. John Tierney, D-Salem, faced off against his Republican challenger, William Hudak of Boxford, in a nine-minute debate last night on WFXT-TV (Channel 25). As you will see, Tierney was sharp...
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Brown endorses Hudak, a man he once shunned
Scott Brown Nine months after just-elected U.S. Sen. Scott Brown scrambled to disassociate himself from extremist Republican congressional candidate William Hudak, Brown has endorsed Hudak as part of a...
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Hudak’s new venture hits an amusing snag
Blast from the past: the Hudakmobile, circa 2009 Far-right Republican politico William Hudak’s recent announcement that he was abandoning a congressional race in order to get involved in a multi-level...
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What’s at stake in the Tierney-Tisei race
Richard Tisei As David Filipov puts it in his front-page Boston Globe story today, “It was a good week to be Richard R. Tisei.” Indeed. U.S. Rep. John Tierney, a Salem Democrat, is in meltdown mode...
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Tierney, Tisei and a defense of party-line voting
John Tierney We all live in Nate Silver’s world, so there were no real surprises on Election Day. Except one: Republican congressional candidate Richard Tisei’s failure to topple U.S. Rep. John...
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Predictions are futile, but here are two
I missed the chance to predict Seth Moulton’s victory over John Tierney. Wish I’d said something. I did think it would be a lot closer. So let me go on the record with two predictions right now. 1. An...
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Whom will the Globe endorse for governor?
Sometime this evening, I imagine, we’ll learn whom The Boston Globe has endorsed for governor. So today we can play a parlor game and try to figure out the choice. I thought Martha Coakley’s chances...
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