Whistle Stop Weekend Begins
Two Presidential Hopefuls Stage Fundraisers This Weekend; Hillary Clinton Will Take Tabernacle Center Stage
By MIKE SECCOMBE
In the three-way contest for the hearts, minds and wallets of Democratic Party supporters on the Vineyard, Hillary Clinton, it is now clear, is way out in front.
Over the next six days, the three front runners for the party's Presidential nomination will hold events on the Island: John Edwards this evening, Mrs. Clinton on Saturday and Barack Obama next Wednesday.
Howard Dean Tells Democrats a New Day Is Coming in 2008
By MIKE SECCOMBE
It's scary what political parties know about you. Even Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee concedes that, although he relishes it too.
"We can tell you what magazines you read, what DVDs you watch, which restaurants you go to and what credit cards you use, et cetera, et cetera," he told a crowd gathered for a fundraiser at the East Chop home of Connie Borde last Thursday.
Island Plan Series Heads to Final Round With Wednesday Forum on Development
By MIKE SECCOMBE
After 18 months of research and meetings, benign intentions and utopian visions for future of the Vineyard, tomorrow will mark the point, predicted Jim Athearn, where the rubber really hits the road.
Wednesday evening is the final in the series of the Island Plan public forums - the big one, where motherhood intentions meet vested interests: development and growth. The forum begins at 7:30 p.m. in the new agricultural hall in West Tisbury.
Former Ambassador Says Iraq Pullout Is Inevitable
By MIKE SECCOMBE
You don't fix a watch with a hammer. And the force of blunt instruments is seldom any more effective in international relations.
That was the essence of Ambassador Dennis Ross's address at the Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute Wednesday night, as he drove home his message that America's diminished standing in the world would not be restored until it abandons its heavy-handed and faith-based approach to international problems and relearns the subtle art of statecraft.
Political Fundraisers Heat Up in August
Four Presidential Hopefuls Will Appear on the Island Over Next Three Weeks: Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Romney
By MIKE SECCOMBE
August, as everyone knows, is the high season of the fundraiser, particularly the political fundraiser, on the Vineyard, the time when those with party affiliations and deep pockets hobnob and write checks.
Ever since cultivation began on the Vineyard, farmers have tried to enrich the nutrient-poor soils of the Island's sandplain grassland.