“Deval Patrick” on The Daily Caller

Tim Cahill’s former running mate this afternoon launched a blistering counterattack against him, accusing the state Treasurer and independent-party candidate of wheeling and dealing with his Democratic rival Deval Patrick’s top political consultant and being the “spoiler” that some political observers have pegged him. (more)

States across the USA are taking steps to deal with an armada of derelict boats abandoned by their owners in a tough economy: (more)

Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick may well be the least popular governor in the United States. (more)

Blood will be spilled and brains rattled. Body parts will be wrenched and battered, some damaged. (more)

BOSTON — “Are we fired up? Ready to go?” a woman yelled inside a steamy room here on the edge of Boston. (more)

National elected officials have been largely mum on the Cordoba House construction project, which would put a Muslim community center near the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. President Obama, for example, considers the matter one for local officials, according to White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. (more)

As a dedicated American Muslim activist, I have devoted my life to advocating for reforms against political Islam – the root cause of Islamist terrorism. To that end, I debated Bilal Kaleem, executive director of the Muslim American Society of Boston (MAS) at an April Ford Hall Forum in Boston. I focused on the threat of Islamism (political Islam and shar’iah) to the west, human rights, and freedom. When confronted, Mr. Kaleem feigned ignorance and dismissed the realities of political Islam staying lockstep with his employers. And why wouldn’t he when a coalition of local faith and political leaders continue to blindly give him and his Islamist associates an ideological pass? (more)

In a shot across the bow to the insurance industry Tuesday, President Obama warned companies facing higher costs in part because of his health care law not to hike their prices, saying “we’ll be watching closely.” (more)

The Massachusetts Governor signed a bill on Wednesday afternoon that saves the job of a retired Marine and public high school ROTC instructor who refused to pay teachers union fees. (more)

Governor Deval Patrick wants to place the state’s Probation Department under his control. Citing “separation of powers,’’ Senate President Therese Murray suggests that the agency’s problems should handled by the judiciary. And House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo says lawmakers should wait for the results of an investigation before doing anything. (more)

The future of US medicine under ObamaCare is already on display in Massachusetts. The top four health insurers there just posted first-quarter losses of more than $150 million. Most of them blamed the state’s decision to keep premiums at last year’s levels for individual and small-business policies, when they’d proposed double-digit hikes to match the soaring costs they’ve seen under the state’s universal-coverage law. (more)

Governor Deval Patrick, even as he decried partisanship in Washington, said today that Republican opposition to President Obama’s agenda has become so obstinate that it “is almost at the level of sedition.” (more)

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Kerry said today the Obama administration may render its verdict on a proposed wind farm off Cape Cod this week, and he will support it if Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar gives his approval. (more)

Michael Steele isn’t the only Republican who has had a rough time lately. (more)

Making good on Governor Deval Patrick’s promise to reject health insurance rate increases deemed excessive, the state Division of Insurance yesterday denied 235 of 274 increases proposed by insurers for plans covering individuals and small businesses. (more)

Highly touted Bay State job creation programs have stimulated a pile of pocket-padding overtime for state workers and detail pay for cops even as the unemployment rate continues to climb, a Herald payroll analysis shows. (more)

A new Suffolk University poll in Massachusetts finds a possible “Scott Brown effect” as Charlie Baker (R) jumps to within striking distance of Gov. Deval Patrick (D) in a tight, three-way gubernatorial race. (more)

Sen.-elect Scott Brown’s stunning upset of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has provoked a fascinating round of election-year self-examination for Democrats. (more)

The son of Martin Luther King Jr. this morning defended Democrat Attorney General Martha Coakley after her GOP U.S. Senate rival took a swipe at her for asking for votes during an annual breakfast honoring the slain civil rights leader. (more)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will display the lobsters he won in a “friendly wager” on football last weekend as a warning to the Indianapolis Colts. (more)