"the green lights outnumbered the red, indicating passage of the good-government change. Then, House Speaker Bill Murphy said something that my source didn't catch, and enough votes suddenly changed to put the revolt down."

Stunning.

This is a rare public confirmation of what is usually only evident by the legislation passed (and the state of our economy): the leadership and too many members of the General Assembly are there to do their own business, not the people's business.

I applaud your fairness - you just put a couple of conservatives on the stooge list.
Please don't make Baldelli-Hunt and Gablinske disappear the way Murphy "disappeared" those votes against him.

Why should you be surprised at our fairness? The point of the Stooge List is that some votes are so ill-considered or slimy that they deserve demerits. There's no adjustment for ideology, and that approach is surely not inconsistent with our general approach.

Hi!
I am Chair of the House Republican District#38 Committee, all of Hopkinton and part of Westerly. If you know someone who wants to run as a Republican in this district all of Hopkinton and parts of Westerly let me know. Incumbent Brian Patrick Kennedy, (D),.
Also I am Vice Chair of the Hopkinton Republican Town Committee. Any candidate you know interested in running as a Republican in Hopkinton this year, have them contact me.
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