Well, they already did once.
"Democrats hold edge in two key House contests; But lead slim in 10th; GOP finds new vigor" by Alan Wirzbicki, Globe Staff | October 25, 2010
In the rest of the state, voters were asked generically if they planned to vote for their Democratic or Republican candidate for Congress. Forty-seven percent of likely voters said they will vote Democratic, and 33 percent say they will vote for a Republican. But among those voters who say they are excited about the election, Republicans lead, 46 percent to 33 percent.
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Related: Hub expects barely a ripple of GOP’s nationwide surge
I think they may be surprised!
"Bielat tops fund-raising in new report; Frank has more money on hand" by Alan Wirzbicki and Matt Viser, Globe Staff | October 16, 2010
Overall, the campaign finance filings paint a mixed picture for Massachusetts Republicans, who entered campaign season with hope of making big gains but remain far behind incumbent Democrats in fund-raising.
So what? Incumbency is a hamstring this year.
See: 65% Favor Getting Rid of Entire Congress and Starting Over
And around here?
US Representative Niki Tsongas, a Lowell Democrat, continues to have a significant financial advantage over her GOP opponent, Jon Golnik. Tsongas raised $252,000 in the latest reporting period, five times more than Golnik. She has $589,000 in her account, compared with $65,000 for Golnik.
Martin Lamb of Holliston, who is hoping to unseat James P. McGovern, raised $28,264 and had $24,059 on hand, far behind McGovern, who raised $146,000 and had $683,000 in the bank. Bill Hudak of Boxford raised $72,000 and had $94,000 left in his race against US Representative John F. Tierney, whose tally was not immediately available last night.
Related: Tierney's Time to Leave
That's one!
Representative Stephen F. Lynch of South Boston raised $68,000 and finished September with $738,000. Representative Richard Neal collected $197,000 and had $2.5 million.
But fund-raising by the candidates themselves is only one portion of the campaign activity this year, as an increasing number of outside groups spend money on races across the country....
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Also see: Barney Frank in the Fight of His Life
Barney survives -- much to the shame of Massachusetts voters!
"GOP rallies to candidates once seen as long shots; Tea Party may help turn tide for party" by Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff | October 19, 2010
Nationally, Republicans have voiced concern about the electability of their more unorthodox nominees: Witness strategist Karl Rove’s initial dismissal of the chances of Christine O’Donnell, the Delaware US Senate nominee, based on the “nutty things’’ she has said.
Related: Spiked Tea
O’Donnell Is Doable
The Debate in Delaware
Slow Saturday Special: Delaware Saves Democrats the Senate
Doesn't Karl Rove giving solace to Democrats raise red flags with them?
But here in Massachusetts, which still has less than 12 percent Republican registration, members of the GOP are treading carefully, wary of alienating candidates who just might turn out to have some traction in this uncertain political landscape....
I'm one of 'em.
Like O’Donnell, who has been mocked for saying she once dabbled in witchcraft, Sandi Martinez, a conservative who had already lost two challenges to the incumbent state Senator Susan C. Fargo, also has a lengthy history of television appearances that could haunt her.
Oh, OUR OWN Chrissy O'Donnell, Massachusetts!!!
On her cable access show in 2004, Martinez warned that trick-or-treating, Harry Potter books, and the “new age images’’ presented in 1980s-era programming such as “The Smurfs’’ and “The Care Bears’’ could destigmatize the occult and leave children vulnerable to the lure of witchcraft.
Better that than the lure of the military recruiter.
Related: Potter Alliance working its magic
Suit against ‘Harry Potter’ author to proceed
Sure are a lot of witches in the world.
Also see: Salem might set spooky and kooky record this weekend
Sunday Globe Trick or Treat
Always a trick.
“To me, that’s what the Harry Potter thing is doing, only in a much broader scale than the Smurfs ever did,’’ she said. “The children are going to remember those feelings that they had watching the movies and reading the books, and they’re going to be prime targets.’’
Like the war-drumming of the lying, agenda-pushing newspapers, huh?
But voters are not talking to her about social issues the way they are about jobs, the economy, taxes, health care, and illegal immigration, Martinez said. A Tea Partier before there was a Tea Party, she said she’s appealing to a broad spectrum with her small-government message.
See: Tea Party Refuses to Take the Pledge
Those are the TRUE TEA PARTY PEOPLE, world!
The GOOD PEOPLE of America who CARE about their country!
“My appeal is mainstream; it’s not outside the box,’’ she said. “People like to portray the Tea Party as some phenomenon that’s weird or different or radical and it’s not. It’s mainstream America.’’ She's been reading the newspaper again.
Related: Insurgents vs. Incumbents
And now Obama calls us his "enemies?"
That kind of mindset is FRIGHTENING from a leader, folks!
If I am YOUR POLICIES MADE ME THAT WAY, sir!!!!!!!!
After she won the primary, Eric Dahlberg, a Chelmsford selectman and health care consultant, who offended Martinez supporters when he was quoted in the Globe dismissing “lunatic social issues,’’ offered Martinez his support. And, these days, he is careful to note that he doesn’t consider Martinez or her fellow Tea Partiers crazy.
“It’s such an amazing phenomenon,’’ Dahlberg said. “I never would have imagined it would gain as much traction as it has.’’
You will FIND OUT TONIGHT, America!
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Related: GOP pushes for votes to the last
Keating, Perry dash to the finish line
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Also see: Historic backlash looms for Obama as Democrats face worst rout at polls in 68 years
Endangered Democrat: 'Turnout isn't where we need it to be'
Why Charlie Baker Wins
Bad news for Democrats here in Massachusetts!
And they are SHOOTING THEMSELVES in the FOOT they are so scared!
"Democrats mount broad ground effort" by Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff | November 2, 2010
Staggered by the uprising that sent Republican Scott Brown to the US Senate in January, Massachusetts Democrats are unleashing a massive, aggressive, and potentially risky effort to get voters to the polls today.
Democrats are targeting not only their urban strongholds, such as Boston, Cambridge, Worcester, and Springfield, but also areas of great Republican strength along the South Shore and on Cape Cod, the battleground for the open 10th Congressional District seat.
Related: Tea Party in the Tenth
Make that TWO HOuse seats going RED in Massachsuetts!!
Moreover, Democratic candidates are pooling their lists of supporters for a unified get-out-the-vote push, which means that they could be sending a voter to the polls who supports a local Democrat for a legislative office but opposes the party’s standard-bearer.
“We will definitely be pulling out split-ticket voters,’’ said John Walsh, chairman of the state Democratic Party. “If a police officer in a town likes a Democratic candidate for some offices but isn’t crazy about Deval Patrick, we’ll be on his doorstep urging him to vote.’’
Unless the machines have been rigged BAKER WINS in an UPSET TONIGHT!!
State Democrats are SO SCARED they are THROWING Patrick under the bus!!
The majority party has for months been trying to overcome an enthusiasm gap that threatens its political monopoly on Beacon Hill and all-Democratic delegation in the US House.
They FAILED!
How well voters respond to Democrats’ unusual get-out-the-vote strategy could very well determine the fate of Governor Deval Patrick’s reelection bid.
The governor’s race is the marquee contest on a day that features no shortage of spirited races. Patrick has suffered from dismal job approval ratings, but has managed to cling to a small lead over Republican challenger Charles D. Baker in every public poll.
This is the same paper that predicted a double-digit win for Marty Coakley on election day.
See: Boston Globe Still in its Liberal Bubble
Boston Globe Bubble Will Not Burst
Yeah, it is sad.
Complicating matters for both major party candidates is the presence on the ballot of state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, who is running as an independent, and Green-Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein.
Yes, the establishment press thinks anyone challenging the establishment is "complicating" things.
Contests in nine of the state’s 10 congressional districts are likely to boost turnout and have forced Democrats, who are not used to worrying about those races, to reconfigure their field operation. Also arousing voter interest are too-close-to-call races for state treasurer and auditor and battles for many open seats in the Legislature.
And they DO NOT KNOW HOW to REACT!
Democrats, who enjoy a more than 3-to-1 registration advantage, have struggled to awaken the sleeping giant that snoozed through the special election in January when Brown upset Attorney General Martha Coakley to capture the seat long held by Edward M. Kennedy....
It's a DEEP SLUMBER! Depression will do that to you.
Secretary of State William F. Galvin has predicted a high turnout today, perhaps even a record.
Let the Democratic fraud begin!
Galvin said he expects 2.4 million registered voters, a turnout that has not been seen in a nonpresidential year since 1990, when the state faced a similar economic and political climate....
When Massachusetts LAST ELECTED a REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR (we dumped Dukakis and the Democrats for Weld and a veto-proof state Senate)!
A flood of energized voters, particularly independents, could erode the election-day ground superiority of Democrats and their allies in organized labor, whose dependability became suspect in January when a majority of union members backed Brown over Coakley, according to a poll done for the AFL-CIO.
YUP!!
Democrats were also severely hurt by depressed turnout in many cities. Roughly the same number of voters cast ballots statewide in January as they did in 2006, when Patrick was elected in a landslide. But turnout in several heavily Democratic cities was at least 10 percentage points lower in the special Senate election than it was in 2006.
Which means MORE REPUBLICANS and INDEPENDENTS VOTING REPUBLICAN turned out!!!
What makes you think anything has changed over 9 months?
Neither the state, country, or Congress has!
In Boston, Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s field organization, the largest and most efficient in the state, is fully engaged on behalf of Patrick and the Democratic ticket....
So there is going to be massive fraud in Boston, huh?
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So how will we know how the state broke?
"Town has a knack for picking winners" by Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff | November 2, 2010
ASHLAND —Tonight, after the campaigning has stopped and as the votes in Ashland begin trickling in, the candidates and their supporters will look for signs of how they fared....
Ashland’s demographics may not make it an exact microcosm of the state’s electorate; its school population is more than 85 percent white, compared with the state’s 69 percent, for example. But it may well be a barometer of what a majority of voters are thinking, judging by the town’s recent electoral history....
Are they trying to imply we are racists?
Historically, Democrats do very well in the state’s big cities, while Republicans win in the towns, said Paul Watanabe, professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
I live in a town, readers.
“What gives the Republicans a shot is that the population has been moving outward from the city,’’ Watanabe said....
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Yes, I DO BELIEVE Republicans can win in Massachusetts.
Related: The Perils of One-Party Politics: The Problem
The Perils of One-Party Politics: The Ruling Party
The Perils of One-Party Politics: Massachusetts' Democracy
Let's HOPE SO, anyway!
Update:
"Voters in Boston suburbs continued surging to the polls this evening, driven in part by hotly contested Congressional races, according to the Secretary of State's office. High suburban turnout could be a good sign for Republican Charles D. Baker's bid for governor."
Yes we can!
