First of all, I'm glad the Globe mentioned who this man is. Gee, I didn't know! I've lived in Mass. for all of my nearly 44 years and have had him as Senator since 1984. But I guess they still need to mention who he is. (At least they're not writing "John Kerry is the 44th President of the United States".)
Second, one-party rule...kind of like Massachusetts, where the legislature is about 90 per cent Democrat and both Senators and all 10 Congressmen are Democrats?