Entries in MassPoliticsProfs by Maurice Cunningham

The "Democratic wing of the Democratic Party" is itching for someone to pick a fight with Republican Governor Charlie Baker. They may have found their champion in Congressman Seth Moulton.

In disagreeing with Governor Charlie Baker on the Syrian refugee issue, the Boston Globe Editorial Board lumps him in with Republicans Jeb Bush, Bobby Jindal, and Ted Cruz (but not with Democratic Governor Maggie Hassan). Oddly, the Editorial Board doesn't seem to have understood what Globe reporters quoted Baker as saying.

It had seemed that the "organized system of hatreds" was a quaint way to describe a happily lost era of Massachusetts politics. The system is having a revival in the ongoing efforts of prosecutors to prosecute pols.

Massachusetts United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz's relentless hunt of House Speaker Robert DeLeo recalls prior investigations of Speakers Finneran and Flaherty. It also resembles Ahab's obsessive chase of the white whale.

Ted Cruz blasted the media during the CNBC Republican presidential debate for providing bombast and trivia over issue substance. Could Cruz be right for once?

When he described debate hosts as our "media partners" Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus may have given a more accurate description than he intended.

There is plenty of debate punditry available today. Avert your eyes. We really want to see what is going in the Invisible Primary.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar; and sometimes a number is just a number - but not in politics.

Proposed legislation to allow Massachusetts liquor store owners to open on Thanksgiving encompasses capitalism and the rights of workers, as well as commerce and the sacred.

The sad news from the Boston Globe last week was of layoffs in the news room. The sadder news for all of us is the decline of real news coverage in favor of pseudo-news.