Mo Cowan appointed to US Senate
theGRIO REPORT - Gov. Deval Patrick (D) will appoint his former chief of staff, Mo Cowan, to be the interim pick to fill the state's vacated U.S. Senate seat...
Dems win GOP seats in Indiana, Massachusetts
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats closed in on keeping their majority in the Senate, swiping Republican-held Senate seats in Indiana and Massachusetts on Tuesday and keeping a once vulnerable seat in Missouri...
Scott Brown pays homeless $8 an hour to campaign in the hood
theGRIO REPORT - Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown is under fire for a racially tinged campaign tactic in his contentious 2012 U.S. Senate race...
Mayor Setti Warren challenging Scott Brown in 2012
On paper, Warren is an impressive -- if little known -- candidate...
Deval Patrick's win provides a blueprint for Obama
OPINION - What remains to be seen is not whether Obama is capable of leadership, but more poignantly, that he is capable of recovery...
Finish line in sight for US financial overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) - While Obama would have preferred an earlier conclusion for the bill, its passage less than four months from the general election is as good as it can get politically...
Senate breaks impasse on financial regulation bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barely breaking a logjam, the Senate ended debate on a massive financial regulation bill, clearing the way for final passage of a top Obama administration priority...
Three reasons why Obama should take small steps to save jobs
OPINION - By creating bills with manageable price tags, the president can deviate from the Congressional gridlock of 2009...
Democratic jobs bill advances past GOP filibuster
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan jobs bill cleared a GOP filibuster on Monday with critical momentum provided by the Senate's newest Republican, Scott Brown of Massachusetts...
Geneologists say Obama, Mas. Sen.-elect Brown are related
BOSTON (AP) - Whether or not they find any common political ground, President Obama and Massachusetts' newly elected senator, Republican Scott Brown, will always have their family ties...
