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Will Women Fight Back?

Republicans trying to gut four decades of women’s progress have met with very little resistance — but that’s changing
Ominous headlines are dominating the news: revolution in the Middle East; surging gas prices; even a possible government shutdown. Getting less attention, but with equally dire implications, is the concerted war against women being waged by Republicans.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | March 02, 2011

Sifting for substance in Scott Brown's memoir

The Naked Senator
Brown's memoir, Against All Odds , tells the inspiring rags-to-riches tale of how one can rise from terrible circumstances to great power and influence, with just a little hard work, perseverance, supermodel good looks and world-class athletic ability.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | February 23, 2011

Mitt Rewrites Himself

A new Apology
When Mitt Romney's second book, No Apology , came out a year ago, it looked like he was moving away from the far-right demagoguery of his 2008 bid for the presidency, and toward a more moderate centrism for the 2012 election cycle. But times change, and so does Mitt.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | February 11, 2011

The GOP's top dog? It's T-Paw, not Mitt.

Pawlenty tops our list
Whatever the reason, the field of Republican presidential candidates is failing to form, just a year away now Iowa and New Hampshire voting in the nation's first presidential caucus and primary.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | February 05, 2011

Strange bedfellows: The right and left team up on criminal-justice reform

Away from the spotlight, criminal-justice-reform advocates are making progress - with the help of their new friends, the conservatives
The practical result of the new spirit of political civility is still an open question, but there is one area where small-government conservatives and do-gooder liberals might really be moving toward significant policy agreement, compromise, and action: criminal-justice reform.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 26, 2011

Desert Storm: How the GOP and the Sunset State nurture the lunatic fringe

Tragedy in Tucson re-opens the question of the GOP's dangerous embrace of extremists
Two days before Saturday's horrific shooting in Tucson, Arizona, which gravely wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and left six people dead, a woman disrupted the reading of the US Constitution on the floor of the US House of Representatives by loudly appealing to Jesus to intercede against the foreign-born usurper of the presidency, Barack Obama.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 12, 2011

Bernstein Brothers Handicap GOP 2012

Two takes on the GOP 2012 presidential run
Bernstein & Bernstein on Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, and the rest of the 2012 gang.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 07, 2011

The Road to 2012: The New New Hampshire

Mitt Romney and the rest of the GOP field are about to find a whole new set of players standing between them and first-in-the-nation primary victory
For Mitt Romney and other likely presidential contenders, 2011 will be a busy year of campaigning and preparation for the first caucuses and primaries of the nominating process in early 2012.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | December 29, 2010

Double-Secret Probation: 2010's biggest Boston political scandal

As the previous Beacon Hill scandals wind down, another — a potentially bigger one — emerged this year: political patronage
In a year that started with a former House Speaker under indictment, an open US Senate seat, and a governor seemingly headed to electoral defeat, the biggest political story of 2010 turned out to be the Beacon Hill probation patronage scandal. And, if past is prologue, that ongoing saga promises to continue in 2011.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | December 22, 2010

The new black

Can a new group of leaders help Boston finally shed its reputation as hostile territory for the black professional middle class?
When the Theater District's Cure Lounge ejected a group of black Harvard and Yale alums and grad students last month, many saw it as the latest confirmation of Boston's racist core.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | December 15, 2010

Republican congressional class drops out of Harvard

Too cool for school?
For most organizations, getting 26 members of Congress to show up at a soiree would be an impressive feat.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | December 01, 2010

Gen X Goes to Washington

It's the first major slacker-generation wave of congressmen — but are they Alex P. Keatons, or nihilistic cranks?
Alex P. Keaton, the self-centered, clean-cut, overachieving young sharpie played by Michael J. Fox on Family Ties is — figuratively speaking — going to Washington.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 23, 2010

Minority Blues

Massachusetts's Democratic Congressmen won their elections, but lost their power. What will they do in John Boehner's House?
The historic national Republican wave, which saw the GOP gain at least 64 seats in the US House of Representatives, seemed to skip Massachusetts, which elected Democrats in all 10 congressional districts.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 17, 2010

Ten Little Congressmen . . .

The outlook for each of Mass.'s Representatives
Each of Massachusetts's 10 congressmen — soon to be nine, following next year's redistricting — are looking at the House shakeup from their own career perspectives.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 17, 2010

Kids In The Hall

A growing batch of young, progressive City Councilors is making the much-derided body relevant again
Boston City Hall politics, normally a year-round spectator sport, was largely overshadowed this year by state and national campaigns. With the attention off, a surprising amount of activity has been going on — not in the mayor's office, but down the corridor in the Boston City Council.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 10, 2010

CHART: The couch potato’s guide to tracking the national election results

Election 2010: What to watch for, from the comfort of your living room
Wherever you turn for information on election night, you'll get plenty of punditry. But without a guide to the evening, it might be hard to keep track of what matters to you. With that in mind, we've compiled the following viewer's guide.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 01, 2010

Three-Fall

President Obama, Majority Leader Reid, and Speaker Pelosi have accomplished much — and are running for their political lives
In a less politically charged world, the triumvirate of Democratic political leaders in Washington — President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — might now be taking victory laps over one of the most productive two-year sessions in decades.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 20, 2010

Elephant in the Room?

Republicans are expected to take dozens of US House seats this year — some may even be in Massachusetts
The upcoming national midterm elections are shaping up as a big Republican wave.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 13, 2010

Transcript: The Phoenix interviews Charlie Baker

The Phoenix 's David S. Bernstein interviewed the Republican nominee for governor, Charlie Baker, on Saturday, October 2, outside Needham High School after a campaign rally.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 07, 2010

Charles in charge?

Republican Charlie Baker has been ready to be governor for years. But was he ready to be a candidate?
Voters should already have a good idea what they think about the candidates — which is why an increasing number of observers, across the political spectrum, are expressing surprise at how few Bay Staters like Charlie Baker.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 07, 2010

Can Patrick Hang On?

What Deval needs to do now
Massachusetts has a mixed record of re-electing governors.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | September 29, 2010

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