Massachusetts: John Walsh

Suggest this be an open thread.  Here are a few highlights:

The Platform Committee has five co-chairs - one of whom is David Kravitz, one of the BMG guys.

John Walsh, the chair of the State Democratic Committee announced that ANY Democrat who wants to organize a Platform Meeting may do so - the only requirement is that the State Democratic Committee be notified.  That is what I heard and wrote in my notes - someone please correct me if this is not accurate.  [It's accurate. -David]

The window is time-limited.  The printer's deadline for the final platform is April 27, 2009.  The first platform committee hearing is tomorrow [2/11/09] at the Portueguese Club in Hudson [Kate - what time?] - Platform  meetings must be completed and the results/consensus/comments e-mailed to the State Democratic Party not later than March 27, 2009 [I am not certain as to what the preferred e-mail address to use to do this is - can someone add that in the comments?]

If THAT is not a call to transparency - not to mention a "put up or shut up" - I do not know what is.

As we prepare to ring in the New Year, we here a PolitickerMA.com took a few moments to reflect on what has been an eventful 2008. After surveying several political insiders and observers, here is our breakdown of the Top 11 - cause we couldn't stop at 10 - political stories of the past year.

What did we leave out? The comments section awaits below.

Happy New Year.

Raymond Jordan, a former state representative, will lead Massachusetts' 12 Electoral College delegates on Monday when they cast their votes for President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden, according to the Massachusetts Democratic Party.

Jordan served 10 years in the state House of Representatives and was elected to be president of the delegation by the delegates at a recent informal meeting. He is the first African-American to hold that position in Massachusetts.

BOSTON - Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman John Walsh said the early returns for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. John Kerry's projected victory in his re-election race show that there is a bright future for grassroots politics.

"Looks like a good night across America for Barack Obama and Joe Biden," Walsh told Walsh told the crowd at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel in downtown Boston. "We know for sure it was a good night for Barack Obama and Joe Biden in Massachusetts."