President Obama's speech
The expectations were enormous--too high I think for anyone to meet--even as skilled a speech-maker as President Barack Obama.
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MLK's Dream Come True?
During the March on Washington 45 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his "I have a dream" speech, a turning point in race relations.
Obama and Patrick
When they're together, you can tell they're close. We are long time friends and allies, says the Governor. We trade ideas all the time, says the President-elect. They met more than a decade ago, when Patrick was in the U.S. Justice Department, and Obama was teaching at the University of Chicago:
State of the State
"This is not the time to lose either our will or our way, the grim economic forecasts notwithstanding," Governor Patrick said.
State of the City Address
No one has ever called Tom Menino an etymologist, which is a person who studies the history of words. But, tonight, you could learn a lot about the history of Boston by listening to the Mayor's words...
Bush's final press conference
Today President Bush put on a hat he rarely wears: Analyzer-in-Chief. Looking back on his eight years in office, Bush offered his version of his legacy, a version he hopes history will second...
Lessons for Obama
It was a meeting like no other. All three living ex-presidents, joined by President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama. Quite the power lunch. But tonight...We're taking a closer look at what President-elect Obama may have learned from the meeting. Political editor Andy Hiller gives us his instinct.
Speaker DiMasi's Election
Speaker of the House since 2004, a State Rep since 1980, Sal DiMasi's power and popularity among his colleagues are unquestioned. But, for months, his ethics have been: "I've acted appropriately in every situation here," Dimasi told me last year, and his spokesman says he'd say exactly the same thing today...word for word.
Chuck Turner
Government in Massachusetts is now exactly like the Stock Market: we don't trust it, we don't even want to look at it because we're afraid of what we'll see. And no one knows how low it will to go before it hits bottom.
Obama -- West Wing
"Historic" is the word most often used to describe Barack Obama's presidential election, but to many TV viewers with a memory, it may look more like a re-run:
New Hampshire Suffolk Poll
Maybe the fat lady doesn't sing until it's over...but our poll says you can already hear her in New Hampshire. And she's singing the blues.
Senator Dianne Wilkerson
Dianne Wilkerson was never "just" a State Senator...she was always something more: a symbol of progress and change, and, now, of abuse and betrayal.
7News/Suffolk Poll
So what's the mood of the voters here in the Bay State? An exclusive 7News/Suffolk University Poll released shows wide gaps between the candidates for president and U.S. Senate.
Peabody police 9/11 holiday
Sometimes, but not very often, something strikes me as being so senseless that to simply call it stupid is an insult to everything that is just "normally" stupid.
Gov. Patrick's Spending Cuts
For some people who lose jobs and opportunities, it will be an emergency. But even if all the cuts the governor proposed today are implemented, Beacon Hill will spend more this year than last.
Last Presidential Debate
If you don't remember all the way back to June, 2006 when this presidential race began...you ought to remember today's date, because tonight's debate may have effectively ended the campaign.
Candidates as Red Sox players
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls," the Fenway announcer says. With the crowd roaring, the Red Sox take the field in the race to the World Series...
Presidential Debate Preview
Tonight is the second of three presidential debates, which means it may be John McCain's next-to-last chance to shake up the race and change it.
Presidential Debate Winner
John McCain needed a clear win. Barack Obama could get by with a tie.
The 'not' debate
Before the debate even began, Sarah Palin was intent on keeping it informal: