Oh, I'm GOING to VOTE and I'm going to ENJOY watching Democrats squirm Tuesday!!!!
Look, I'm not trying to be divisive at all, readers. I'm just TIRED of the DISRESPECT I have received from so many liberals for so many years. The smug self-righteousness is not a good quality.
It has reached the point where THEY are the ones who have to do the REACHING OUT now! They need to start seeing the truth -- not only on 9/11, but the whole picture.
"Hard-to-predict independents hold key to election outcome; Polls show Brown ahead of Coakley in that segment" by Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff | January 17, 2010
Independent voters in Massachusetts are an unpredictable breed and downright ornery when times are bad. On Tuesday, they will determine who will be the state’s next US senator in a race too close to call, capturing the nation’s attention because the fate of a national health care overhaul hangs in the balance.
Termed unenrolled voters because they are not affiliated with a party, independents constitute a majority of the registered voters in the state. Republicans, outnumbered by Democrats by more than 3 to 1, need to capture a huge majority of independents and a slice of moderate and conservative Democrats to win statewide elections.
Oh, right, I am a registered Repug here.
But I will be VOTING for an INDEPENDENT!!!
In a series of polls that show a range of different results between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown, independents were the key variable. In most of the polls, Brown leads Coakley among independents by at least 2 to 1.
Uh-oh! Those are NOT GOOD NUMBERS at ALL for the Democrat!
“There’s high intensity among independents, and that has not been the case in a lot of other elections,’’ said David Paleologos, who conducted a poll for Suffolk University last week that gave Brown a narrow edge.
Oh, I see why Democrats are SHITTING BRICKS!!!!
The trouble is, no one knows exactly how many independents will turn out in the first-ever statewide special election - in the dead of winter, no less....
Yeah, the Globe is NOW PRAYING the voters do NOT SHOW UP!!!
Difficult to predict is the effect of the late onslaught of attack ads, mostly aimed at Brown, on Tuesday’s turnout. Typically, they are designed to discourage supporters of the targeted candidate from showing up at the polls, particularly independents, who historically are less likely to vote than partisan Democrats and Republicans.
Oh, yeah, the Democrats WANT the VOTE to be SUPPRESSED or THEY WILL LOSE!!!
But in the volatile political atmosphere of this special election, they are also drawing more attention to the race and raising the stakes.
Translation: The ATTACK ADS NO LONGER WORK!
I sometimes wonder how Democrats win elections at all; it can only be because the canddiates Repuglicans put up are usually so bad Dems get the vote by default.
A poll in last Sunday’s Globe showed Coakley leading Brown by 15 points and a Mellman survey around the same time had her margin at 14.
That would be the "pollster Mark Mellman, president of Washington-based Mellman Group," the "longtime Democratic pollster, Mark Mellman?
Just checking, Globe.
But polls later in the week showed a much closer race, with three reflecting a dead heat or Brown holding a slight lead at the edge of the margin of error. The Globe poll was the only one of five in the past week in which Coakley was ahead among independents.
Gee, that sounds like a "partisan groups with an interest in the outcome," doesn't it?
Since the Globe survey, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, some of those independents have changed their opinion.
Is that how the Globe is explaining away their s*** poll?
Jeanette Saitta, a 72-year-old retiree from Stoneham, was recorded as undecided in the Globe survey but says she will now vote for Coakley, the attorney general, in part because of Brown’s opposition to the health care bills in Congress. “I was thinking of voting for Brown, but I listened to the last couple of debates and decided to vote for Coakley,’’ she said. “He’s going to be for what [former president George W.] Bush and those people stand for.’’
Pfffffft!
I really am sick of the "partisan groups with an interest in the outcome."
Tying Brown to Bush and other Republicans unpopular in the Bay State is the dominant theme of negative ads by the Coakley campaign and allied outside interest groups.
Yeah, but seeing as Obama has morphed into George Bush, liberal Democrats around here DON'T CARE!
BUSH is GONE! They THOUGHT they were getting CHANGE!
This election has NOTHING to do with BUSH!
How can we go BACK to something we HAVEN'T LEFT YET!!!?
Ted Eggert, an 80-year-old retired financial analyst from Stoughton, was a Coakley supporter in the Globe poll, but said he is irked by how she conducts herself and her campaign, and has since decided to support a third candidate, independent Joseph L. Kennedy, as a “protest vote.’’
Hey, THAT is ME -- except I'm a REPUBLICAN and I'M PROTESTING Mr. Waterboard, Mr. "Al-CIA-Duh" is in our shopping malls Brown!
Others are holding firm.
Chuck Huyler, 60, a retired Teamster and Coast Guard reservist from Westport, is a solid supporter of Brown....
For Judy Desmarais, a retiree in Gloucester, Coakley’s support for a national health care overhaul is a major reason she will vote for her....
Of the state’s 4.1 million registered voters, more than 37 percent are Democrats, 11.4 percent are Republicans, and about 51 percent are unenrolled. A review of recent polls shows variability both in the voter samples, and in how the candidate fare among independents.
So if Brown is winning the independents by 2-to-1 (a little envelope math)..... Marty wins 55-45-- assuming no Democrat or Republican defections.
In the latest poll by Suffolk University, which had Brown up by 4 points, independents accounted for 45 percent of the sample, Democrats were 39 percent, and Republicans were 15 percent. Among independents, Brown led Coakley, 65 percent to 30 percent, Paleologos said.
Well, that is OVER 2-to-1, and THIS COULD GET INTERESTING!
In the Globe survey, conducted over five days early in the month, the sample by party registration was relatively similar, but Coakley held a 5-point lead over Brown among unenrolled voters; the margin dropped to 1 point among the smaller group who truly considered themselves independent.
Look at the Globe SKEW their results!!!
Of ALL the POLLS, the Globe's is the LEAST TRUSTWORTHY!!!
Andrew Smith, director of the UNH Survey Center, said “people who are truly independent are the least likely to vote,’’ and, in his poll, Democrats indicated they were less interested in the contest than Republicans, whom he described as “jazzed.’’
Oh, this bodes TERRIBLE for Coakley!
Independents are energized for BROWN, Democrats are dispirited (and they are counting on the UNRELIABLE YOUTH VOTE), and Republicans are excited!!
A poll released Jan. 9 by Public Policy Polling of North Carolina had Brown up by 1 percentage point in a sample that was 44 percent Democrats, 17 percent Republicans, and 39 percent independents. Among independents, Brown led 63 percent to 31 percent.
Again, NOT GOOD NUMBERS for the Democrats of Massachusetts.
The Coakley-Brown race began to take on increased national interest after New Jersey-based Rasmussen Reports published the results of the contest’s first public poll on Jan. 5, showing Coakley leading Brown by only 9 points. A follow-up poll a week later had her lead down to 2 points.
Now Rasmussen is a poll you can trust! Called here once!
Scott Rasmussen, president of the firm, said the sample consisted of 53 percent who identified themselves as Democrats, 21 percent who were Republicans, and 26 percent who described themselves as independents.
Woah! HIS POLL was WEIGHTED TOWARDS Democrats and SHE STILL LOST!!!
Brown led Coakley by better than 3 to 1 among independents.
Now if you do that calculus, it becomes a 49-49 dead heat -- with Brown having all the momentum!!!!
“In special elections, you cannot say that independents are leaning this way or that,’’ Rasmussen said. “What you can say is that those independents who say they are willing to show up are overwhelmingly in favor of Brown.’’
Oh, my.
Ted Kennedy is going to be REPLACED by a REPUBLICAN because of Democratic ineptitude and incompetence!
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Related: Breaking News: Massachusetts Senate Election Being Rigged
THIS TUESDAY should be VERY INTERESTING, readers!!!
And so should the DAY AFTER if BROWN WINS!!
Then we shall see if the Globe hollers stolen, huh?
Or if are they in on it, 'eh, Bay-Staters!??
Will they challenge the system to save their girl?
They didn't save John Kerry, Democrats.
