This state is 3-to-1 Democrat and Brown is leading in the polls?
"Brown’s run may be model for GOP; Tapping discord on health bills" by Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff | January 15, 2010
WASHINGTON - National GOP strategists say that the unexpected tightening in the Massachusetts Senate race has demonstrated the potency of the electorate’s antipathy for the Democratic health care legislation, and that Republican Scott Brown’s campaign could become a template for Republican challengers across the country in this year’s midterm elections.
“He’s making health care a front-and-center issue in the most liberal state in the country, and it’s working for him,’’ said Whit Ayres, who cofounded Resurgent Republic, a group of conservative pollsters and strategists formed to shape the national debate. “That’s the major message - that this bill is an albatross around the necks of the Democrats, and if it works this well in Massachusetts, just imagine how well it will work in less liberal states.’’
Say goodbye to the Congress, DemocraPs.
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Even some Republicans who had been predicting big gains in the 2010 elections can scarcely believe the seat that was once occupied by US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a revered liberal who held it for 47 years and called universal health insurance “the cause of my life,’’ is suddenly vulnerable.
Not me. This state is just as furious as the rest!
This in a state whose landmark 2006 health care law became a model for the federal legislation under discussion, a law that remains popular today.
But it should me more popular, readers.
Brown is right on this one; you do not want the Massachusetts model.
Also see: The Massachusetts Model: Padding Insurer Profits
Coakley has thrown her support behind the Democratic effort....
Brown is tapping into a general dissatisfaction about the state of the country and what many view as the Democrats’ misplaced response to its problems, said Stuart Rothenberg, editor and publisher of the Rothenberg Political Report, a nonpartisan newsletter covering national politics and campaigns. “I think the focus on health care has been so heavy for so long, and the public looks around at all these other problems and says, ‘Why the heck don’t you do something about jobs?’ ’’ he said.
They are; they are waving as they watch them go overseas.
“It may not be Obama’s fault that the economy hasn’t rebounded, but politicians are held responsible for how people feel. I think you’ll see Republican candidates around the country just taking advantage of all this.’’
One lesson GOP challengers nationwide might take from the Brown campaign, analysts say, is....
Brown has avoided the battle cries of last summer’s Tea Parties about a Canadian-style government takeover of health care or so-called death panels, which would probably not resonate as well in a traditionally liberal state like Massachusetts....
I guess I'm not a Tea-Partier, huh, readers?
I don't like CONTROLLED-OPPOSITION OUTFITS, folks!
Brown has also localized the health care issue, arguing it will effectively force Massachusetts taxpayers to subsidize health care in other states.
Hey, we take enough TAX LOOT from them!
And that is only one example.
Brown has a unique advantage in that Massachusetts already has near-universal health insurance, so Coakley has little opportunity to base her appeals for the bill on helping the uninsured in her home state.
At the same time, Brown has played up the “special deals’’ that Senate leaders doled out to win votes, such as guaranteeing additional Medicaid money for the home states of Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, and Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana. “It is broken,’’ Brown said in his final debate with Coakley. “The backroom deals in Nebraska and Louisiana we know all about.’’
You forgot about Bernie Sanders' deal!
"Brown, Coakley accentuate stances on terrorism, economy; Race for Senate is getting hotter" by Stephanie Ebbert and Matt Viser, Globe Staff | January 15, 2010
It remains unclear whether Obama would visit Massachusetts on her behalf this weekend, but he recorded a Web video asking voters to rally behind Coakley’s campaign and lauds her work taking on “Wall Street schemes, insurance company abuses, and big polluters.’’
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The possibility that a Republican could claim the seat held by Edward M. Kennedy for 47 years has energized both campaigns. Outside groups have been pouring money into negative television ads on behalf of their candidates.
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WASHINGTON - If Obama visits Massachusetts and Coakley loses, it would signal that Obama’s ability to motivate rank-and-file Democrats has slipped. It would buoy Republican efforts to take back the House and Senate this fall. And it could fuel criticism that he made a political trip while pressing issues awaited in Washington....
“a no-win either way.... an Obama visit “cuts both ways.’’
The White House said there were no plans for an Obama trip. And despite the closeness of the race, the current sense is that the situation is not critical enough to warrant a presidential visit, several party sources said.Even with Brown now leading in the polls?
Btw, STAY in Washington! I'd rather you SAVE US the CARBON FOOTPRINT, if you know what I mean! Your presence isn't going to do s*** except tie up traffic.
Obama has marshaled the forces of Organizing for America, a wing of the Democratic National Committee, to get out the vote for Coakley. He also released a video yesterday urging his supporters to “put on your walking shoes again, knock on doors, call, e-mail, text, and Twitter’’ to get out the vote.
The Massachusetts seat is mathematically critical to Obama, who needs 60 votes in the Senate to stop GOP filibusters and pass a health care bill, as well as big-tickets items such as a Wall Street regulatory overhaul. But the Bay State race carries a powerful emotional impact as well.
That's why I think Coakley wins, even if the machines have to be jiggered. NO WAY Scott Brown knocks Joe the Jew from being the Zionist Gatekeeper of the Senate.
The open seat was held for 47 years by Edward M. Kennedy, whose early endorsement of Obama gave the young, then-Illinois senator the institutional stamp of approval Obama needed to win the nomination. Swapping Kennedy’s old seat for a Republican pledging to undo the Democratic agenda would be an unusually harsh blow to the president.
I won't vote for him; however, if my fellow citizens elect him, so be it.
It would be kind of cool to see, especially Globe reaction!
Obama already has a packed schedule this weekend, juggling health care and the crisis in Haiti, but several knowledgeable Democratic officials said the president could change gears and head to Massachusetts if it appeared his presence was needed.
Prediction: He will make a surprise trip here over the weekend!
Factors that must be weighed include whether or not the help to the candidate outweighs the expense of flying the president into the state, and the distraction to her campaign from crucial organizational operations, said a Democratic official who is familiar with the issues facing presidential travel for other campaigns.
Yeah, for which TAXPAYERS will be picking up the COST and CARBON FOOTPRINT!
STAY HOME, Obomber, we don't want you here!
Coakley now appears to be weathering the “bumps,’’ the official said, but a change in that condition could provoke an 11th-hour visit by the president....
You mean, like a 5-POINT DEFICIT in the POLL?
If Obama does go to Massachusetts, and Coakley loses, he risks being called weak. But Democratic lawmakers and operatives note that the Coakley-Brown race has become so nationalized, Obama will be given credit or blame whether or not he makes the trip.
A Coakley loss would be “bad news, no matter what happens...., ’’ said US Representative James McGovern, Democrat of Worcester.
The visit today of former president Clinton also takes the pressure off Obama to campaign in person for Coakley, several Democratic congressmen said. Clinton is very popular in Massachusetts, a state his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, won in her primary campaign against Obama. “There’s a great reservoir of support Bill Clinton has always had in Massachusetts,’’ and his visit could spur disinterested Democrats, said US Representative Richard Neal, of Springfield.
So what? Get that womanizing old fart out of here!
“Bill Clinton is a rock star in Massachusetts,’’ said US Representative Edward Markey, Democrat of Malden, predicting that the last-minute surge of national Democratic help will seal the election for Coakley. “The Democratic base now has the activating fluid’’ to get out the vote, he said. “ The Democratic activists are now up and working, energized, and ready to go.’’
Translation: The Democrats in this state are SHITTING THEIR PANTS!!!!!
Ed, this SHOULDN'T EVEN be a CONTEST!!
And we are all a bunch of airheads out here, huh? All impressed with a ROCK STAR?!
Well, WE DON'T VOTE for ROCK STARS or CELEBRITIES out here so I hope it doesn't BACKFIRE on you!
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Update: Obama to campaign for Coakley on Sunday
I'm sick of being RIGHT, readers!!!
And the arrogant Democrats of this state REALLY ARE SHITTING BRICKS now!!!!
