THE MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN PARTY appears to have missed a crucial detail when it lambasted the state’s top elections official and suggested he had no business including Bill Weld on the Republican primary ballot. The party, run by firebrand chairman Jim Lyons, had proposed on Thursday that President Trump should appear alone on the March 3 […]
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Markey and Kennedy should agree to spending cap
AS REP. JOE KENNEDY III challenges incumbent US Sen. Ed Markey, Democrats cannot afford to lose sight of the bigger picture. There is little risk of the party losing Markey’s seat in the general election, but a fundraising free-for-all in the primary could divert funds from close contests elsewhere and reduce its chances of retaking […]
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Tiptoeing through the Trump era
WHILE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER staycations in Gloucester, his former boss clued everyone in on one reason why the popular moderate Republican is sitting out the biggest fight in politics right now. Bill Weld, who served roughly 1.5 terms as governor of Massachusetts two-plus decades ago, is challenging President Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary. […]
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Tiptoeing through the Trump era
While Gov. Charlie Baker staycations in Gloucester, his former boss clued everyone in on one reason why the popular moderate Republican is sitting out the biggest fight in politics right now. Bill Weld, who served roughly 1.5 terms as governor of Massachusetts two-plus decades ago, is challenging President Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary. […]
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Bill Weld’s longshot candidacy begins
THE PUBLIC MARVELED when Bill Weld dove into the Charles River in the summer of 1996. Now the two-time Massachusetts governor and former US attorney is plunging into an even more toxic stew. About three months after re-registering with his old party, Weld on Patriot’s Day announced his Republican candidacy for president. His campaign launch […]
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Bill Weld’s longshot candidacy begins
The public marveled when Bill Weld dove into the Charles River in the summer of 1996. Now the two-time Massachusetts governor and former US attorney is plunging into an even more toxic stew. About three months after re-registering with his old party, Weld on Patriot’s Day announced his Republican candidacy for president. His campaign launch […]
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Dukakis, Weld make last push for rail link
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNORS Michael Dukakis and William Weld made one more push for state officials to revisit their $12 billion cost estimates for a connector tunnel between South and North stations and reassess the feasibility of digging under Boston streets once again without the fear of repeating Big Dig history. “This study is preposterous,” Dukakis […]
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Bill Weld mastered the classics – and disruption of education status quo
MASSACHUSETTS’ 68TH GOVERNOR, Bill Weld, might be the only state executive in a century who dreams in ancient languages and can effortlessly connect lessons from 5th-century B.C. Greek historians with modern K-12 education policy. In paraphrasing Thucydides’ masterpiece, History of the Peloponnesian War, Weld described why he, Tom Birmingham, and Mark Roosevelt — architects of the […]
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The Codcast: The Libertarian team of Johnson and Weld
Bill Weld, the Libertarian candidate for vice president, showed he’s still got it during a CNN town hall Wednesday night. The former Massachusetts governor was clear, concise, and controversial. He called Republican Donald Trump a “huckster” and suggested Hillary Clinton was a pal. “Real bond. Life long. No kidding,” he said. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian […]
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Weld’s views ‘developing’ on criminal justice reform
WHEN HE RAN for governor in Massachusetts 26 years ago, Republican Bill Weld cut a more moderate profile on many social issues than his Democratic opponent, John Silber – a key factor, many believe, in his victory in liberal-leaning Massachusetts. When it came to criminal justice issues, however, there was nothing tempered about the former […]