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How Old Is Jill Stein?
By Stephanie Schorow - Politics DailyOne of the closest races in the country is the four-way contest for governor of Massachusetts. Jill Stein, who is running on the Green-Rainbow ticket, is facing off against incumbent Democrat Deval L. Patrick, the Republican challenger Charles D. Baker and state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill (running as an independent). As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Stein's prepolitical life. How old is Jill Stein? Stein is 60 years old. When was Jill Stein born? Stein was born in 1950. ...
Is Jill Stein Married?
By Stephanie Schorow - Politics DailyOne of the closest races in the country is the four-way contest for governor of Massachusetts. Jill Stein, who is running on the Green-Rainbow ticket, is facing off against incumbent Democrat Deval L. Patrick, the Republican challenger Charles D. Baker and state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill (running as an independent). As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Stein's prepolitical life. Is Jill Stein Married? Yes. Who is Jill Stein's husband? Stein is married to Dr. Richard Rohrer. ...
Is Charlie Baker Married?
By Stephanie Schorow - Politics DailyOne of the closest races in the country is the four-way contest for governor of Massachusetts. Charles D. Baker, the Republican nominee, faces off against the incumbent Democrat, Deval L. Patrick; State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill (running as an independent); and Jill Stein, who is running on the Green-Rainbow ticket. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Baker's pre-political life. Is Charlie Baker married? Yes. Who is Charlie Baker's wife? Baker is married to Lauren Schadt ...
How Old Is Charlie Baker?
By Stephanie Schorow - Politics DailyOne of the closest races in the country is the four-way contest for governor of Massachusetts. Charles D. Baker, the Republican nominee, faces off against the incumbent Democrat, Deval L. Patrick; State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill (running as an independent); and Jill Stein, who is running on the Green-Rainbow ticket. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Baker's pre-political life. How old is Charlie Baker? Baker is 53 years old. When was Charlie Baker born? Baker was born Nov. ...
Is Tim Cahill Married?
By Stephanie Schorow - Politics DailyOne of the closest races in the country is the four-way contest for governor of Massachusetts. State treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, running as an independent, faces off against the incumbent Democrat, Deval L. Patrick, Republican challenger Charles D. Baker, and Jill Stein, who is running on the Green-Rainbow ticket. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about Cahill's pre-political life. Is Tim Cahill married? Yes. Who is Tim Cahill's wife? Cahill is married to Tina Cahill. How old is ...
As Federal Debt Spirals, States May Not Be Able to Count on U.S. Help
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyWhen he was faced with conflicting fiscal assessments, Ronald Reagan often quipped that if all the economists were laid end to end they wouldn't reach a conclusion. Nor was he the first president to question such equivocation. Harry Truman supposedly asked aides to provide him with a one-armed economist "because economists are always saying, 'On the one hand, on the other. . .' " The Truman story is likely apocryphal, but it reflected a frustration of the time of chief executives -- namely that economists tended to hedge their bets. No longer. Today, economists are offering President Barack ...
Deval Patrick's Political Fortunes on the Upswing in Massachusetts
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyMassachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick may be pulling himself out of his political tailspin, widening his margin over two of his challengers, Republican Charlie Baker and Democrat-turned-independent Tim Cahill, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted May 10. Patrick leads Baker, a former health insurance executive who won the GOP nomination last month, by 45 percent to 31 percent with Cahill, the state's treasurer, fading to 14 percent, with 10 percent undecided. In early April, Patrick led Baker by 35 percent to 27 percent with Cahill at 23 percent. Even more starkly, Baker had trailed ...
Barack Obama and Deval Patrick: Hope, Change and the Politics of Luck
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyLOWELL, Mass. – President Obama and Gov. Deval Patrick have long been linked by friendship, their status as path-breaking African-American politicians, and their campaign themes of hope and change. Now the two have something else in common: lucky breaks. In 2004, when Obama ran for the Senate in Illinois, he was the beneficiary of two opponents who flamed out in marital controversies and a Republican nominee, Alan Keyes, who lived in Maryland. This year, Patrick has not one but two opponents, and so far they are drawing mostly from the same pool of conservatives and independents. That ...
'Ominous Numbers' for Democrat Patrick in Mass. Governor's Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyGov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts has a small lead over independent Tim Cahill and Republican Charlie Baker in the state's three-way gubernatorial race, according to a Western New England College Polling Institute survey conducted April 11-15. Patrick polls 34 percent. Cahill, the state treasurer who is a Democrat-turned-independent, gets 29 percent and Baker, who was chief executive of one of the state's largest health insurers, has the support of 27 percent. Ten percent are undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Patrick and Baker get the support of about two-thirds of members of ...
Deval Patrick Stays on Top in Three-Way Mass. Governor's Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Gov. Deval Patrick still maintains a modest lead in Massachusetts' three-way gubernatorial contest, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 5. In a race against former health care executive Charlie Baker, one of the contenders for the GOP nomination, and state Treasurer Tim Cahill, a longtime Democrat running as an independent, Patrick leads with 35 percent followed by Baker at 27 percent and Cahill at 23 percent, with 15 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Cahill dropped out of the Democratic Party last summer saying he had become unhappy with its ...
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