Sometimes asking for advice from someone not involved can be good, right?
"Voter ire evident in Mass. Senate race
By LIZ SIDOTI, AP National Political Writer
WASHINGTON – The ill winds of an angry electorate are blowing against Democrats, the warning signs clear in a closer-than-expected Massachusetts Senate race that may doom President Barack Obama's health care agenda and foreshadow the party's election prospects this fall.
Yeah, they blew it! They did NOTHING we wanted them to, and what we got was not what we wanted.
Anti-incumbent, anti-establishment sentiment is rampant. Independents are leaving Obama. Republicans are energized. Democrats are subdued. None of it bodes well for the party in power.
Howard Dean, the Democratic Party chairman in the 2006 and 2008 elections when the party took control of the White House and Congress, told The Associated Press in an interview:
"It's going to be a hard November for Democrats. Our base is demoralized."
While he praised Obama as a good president, Dean said the Democrat hasn't turned out to be the "change agent" the party thought it elected, and voters who supported Democrats in back-to-back elections now are turned off....
Yeah, when I was naive fool I busted my but to make sure Bush and the Repugs didn't steal 2006. Didn't matter.
Heard all about this evil filibuster, and wondered why Democrats never used it.
This blog was begun to keep McCain from stealing it, but no worries; the power-brokers had already selected Obama and McCain tossed in the towel when he picked the bubble-headed bimbo for VP. The recession news hitting us in Oct 2008 after the MSM concealed it for 10 months was another signal
Just how much voters have soured since Obama took over a country in chaos is reflected in the president's late-game decision to rush to Massachusetts on Sunday to try to stave off an extraordinary Republican upset in the race for a Senate seat held by Democrats for more than half a century....
Yeah, thanks for the taxpayer-funded, carbon-spewing footprint of a trip for politics, Obama. Hypocrite.
Once heavily favored to cruise to victory, Coakley is in a tight fight with Republican Scott Brown, a little-known state senator, for the race to fill the seat left vacant when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died....
Coakley, the state's attorney general, comes right out of the establishment and has embraced her stature within the party. She has run a Rose Garden strategy, largely shunned retail politics, and dashed to Washington for an oh-so-insider fundraiser.
Yes, she has run one of the WORST CAMPAIGNS in WORLD HISTORY, folks!
The ARROGANT Democrats of this state thought “she was a shoo-in’’ after winning the primary!
Truth is, they really DESERVE to LOSE because THEY JUST DON'T GET IT in this ONE-PARTY STATE!
Now, with the race tight in its final days, Coakley's trying to appeal to an anti-Washington, pro-populism electorate by seizing the fight-for-the-little-guy mantle in hopes of thwarting a Republican victory....
And don't think we all are not seeing through that!!
Losing the race would cost the Democrats their 60-vote coalition in the Senate. The president has been relying on that big edge to stop Republican filibusters and pass not only his health care overhaul but also the rest of his legislative agenda heading into the first elections since he took office.
A Suffolk University poll released late Thursday showed Brown with 50 percent of the vote and Coakley with 46 percent. The survey indicated that Brown's supporters — a mix of disaffected Democrats, a large number of Republicans and a majority of independents — are far more enthusiastic than Coakley's backers.
Especially because they are COUNTING on the NOTORIOUSLY UNDEPENDABLE YOUTH VOTE who you know, voted for Obama, job done.
Voters are down on Washington. They are deeply divided over the health care plan in Congress and a majority thinks the country is on the wrong track.
I don't know what deeply divided is:
"National polls have shown dismal support for the House and Senate health care bills, which Democratic leaders are racing to merge in talks this week. A CNN poll conducted Jan. 8-10 found 57 percent of respondents opposed to the proposals and 40 percent in favor."
That doesn't look divided to me: WE HATE IT!
Liberals and single-payer people despise it, and the is anathema to Republicans.
Nearly all remain anxious about the prolonged recession even though there are signs of recovery. Only about half approve of Obama's job performance. Excessive spending and big government irk them. They've lost faith in institutions.
They found me!
It was that same brew that helped Republican Chris Christie topple Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine in New Jersey, and Republican Bob McDonnell overtake Democrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia. Those victories coupled with Tuesday's vote in Massachusetts have Republicans and Democrats alike predicting a good GOP year in 2010 and a tough one for Democrats.
Related: Taking the Pulse of the American People
Democrats are likely to be punished more because they hold power. But the GOP also is feeling the effects, as seen in the "tea party" movement whose followers are challenging establishment candidates in primaries nationwide....
I'm not a controlled-opposition tea-bagger! I'm me!
In the country at large, a new Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor survey found that the public's yearslong shift against institutions is in overdrive, fueling anti-establishment sentiment.
Yes, TURN OUT ALL INCUMBENTS NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE!!!
SEND the MESSAGE LOUD and CLEAR!!!!
It also showed that Obama has lost his luster — his job performance rating is at 47 percent — amid a belief that his administration's response to the recession has favored the wealthy and powerful over the middle class and average families.
Yeah, WE SEE that he is the THIRD TERM of George W. Bush, and none of us are happy about it at all!
And we are NOT HAPPY with the Globe LYING TO US again, either!
"American voters overall approve of Obama with 54 percent"
Used to it, though, and that's why I will never again trust a skewed, self-serving, Boston Globe poll.
The survey showed that people have little trust in any institution.
Well, THAT is what is going to happen when they ALL LIE to YOU!!
They gave bottom-barrel ratings to government, major corporations, and financial entities.
And MEDIA, Liz!!! Don't forget that one!
Many people say the country is heading the wrong way, levels similar to those during the George W. Bush years.
That's because the CHANGE has BEEN for the WORSE!
All that adds up to a warning for Democratic candidates — for politicians of any stripes, for that matter....
Yeah, but WILL THEY HEAR US?
So far, the answer appears to be NO!
And I knew I never saw something in my paper.
I used to call them Invisible Inks, but I can no longer keep up with Globe censorship, and care even less.
"Coakley underestimated Brown in Senate race
After Attorney General Martha Coakley sailed largely unscathed through the Democratic Senate primary, her aides set a course for the general election that fit her status as the perceived front-runner: protect her statewide popularity, and ignore the little-known Republican opponent.
It turned out to be a major miscalculation.
With Democrats around the country now panicked about a neck-and-neck race with Republican Scott Brown, Coakley's campaign has suddenly been forced to tear up that strategy. She has pivoted into attack mode, targeting Brown and his record in TV ads, at events, and in news releases and interviews. She has expanded her presence on the campaign trail. And she has called in national Democrats to bail her out.
That is just making things worse.
''They should have been prepared for this,'' said Michael Shea, a Democratic media strategist who worked for US Representative Michael Capuano, whom Coakley beat in the primary. ''You don't let someone creep up on you like he has.''
So what happened?
Insiders in the Coakley campaign -- none of whom would agree to talk strategy for the record -- say they were convinced that Brown faced too many hurdles to be a viable challenger in the race to replace Edward M. Kennedy. His political profile signaled no threat. They felt he was too conservative for Massachusetts, and that his legislative career had been unremarkable.
Translation: They were WAY OVERCONFIDENT and THAT'S BAD!!
Those "teams" get BEAT on SUNDAYS!!!!
Some in Coakley's inner circle say it was mere complacency....
caught flat-footed....
And you usually never recover, folks!!!
And she thinks she ran a good campaign?
"A Suffolk poll two months ago showed Coakley, the state’s attorney general, holding a commanding 31-point lead.... She is happy with the way her campaign has been run"
I guess she has to say the lie, huh?
Updates:
MORE BAD NEWS for DEMOCRATS!!
"Brown Supporters: The Most Motivated Voters Ever?
In a typical campaign, the hardest part is getting people to actually do things—show up at events, make phone calls, etc. They all talk a good game, but what you usually end up with is a hard core group of activists begging folks just to put a sign in their yards. That’s why money is so important—so campaigns can pay people to do the work. Even Obama had to use money to get his “community activist” campaign off the ground in early 2008.
Scott Brown is having the opposite problem. People are begging for stuff to do, and the campaign can’t keep up with the demand. On Saturday, driving between Ashland and Littleton, I saw more people displaying home made signs than printed ones."
