Faster horses said:It is just plain SCARY! :shock:
BOSTON -- The candidates for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts are turning into weekend warriors.
The race between republican Scott Brown and democrat Martha Coakley got even tighter after the exclusive 7NEWS/Suffolk University Poll showed Brown leading Coakley by a 50 to 46 margin.
The poll shocked the political world and forced democrats to bring big names in to the Bay State. On Friday, former President Bill Clinton appeared with Coakley, and on Sunday, President Barack Obama is expected to stump for Coakley and speak at Northeastern University.
Martha Coakley, dogged by polls showing a tight race, but energized by enthusiastic crowds, worked into the night.
“I feel really good about this. If we get our vote out, which I believe we will, we’re going to win this race,” Coakley said.
Coakley told supporters that Scott Brown is not the candidate to follow former Sen. Ted Kennedy.
“It would be devastating for Massachusetts to lose a democratic vote in the Senate,” said Coakley supporter Anne Eastersmith.
Early in Newburyport on Saturday, the Coakley team was thrilled to see welcoming supporters, who remained resolute, especially since the winner could decide the fate of the president's healthcare plan.
“We need her so desperately, I can’t even tell you, because we need healthcare. We need help for people,” said Coakley supporter Beverly Andrews-Potry.
GOP candidate Scott Brown has said he wants to be the deciding vote defeating the bold healthcare plan, saying that it's just too expensive.
On Saturday, Brown campaigned in the communities south of Boston, bringing his Bold New Leadership Bus Tour through Quincy and Plymouth. While the 7NEWS/Suffolk University Poll may show Brown with a lead, he's not taking anything for granted.
“Well, we’re working hard, and we’re going to continue to work until January 19th at 8:01,” said Brown.
Brown said the Coakley campaign has turned toxic, going so far as to claim he protects rapists. Brown denies the accusation, as he voted to give catholic hospitals the option to send rape victims to other facilities for emergency contraception.
“It’s abhorrent, and shame on Martha. People in Massachusetts deserve better when it comes to learning about the issues. And to go down the gutter like that, I am disappointed and so are many, many other people,” Brown said.
Asked whether her campaign has gone too negative and showed her desperation, Coakley disagreed.
“Absolutely, I don’t agree with either of those premises,” said Coakley.
Later Saturday, Coakley campaigned in Boston and points north, appearing with Sen. Kennedy’s widow, Vicki.
“Martha Coakley is about that march for progress. Make no mistake about it, we are in a fight for the march for progress,” said Vicki Kennedy.
The special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts is on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
Massachusetts: 'Bottom has fallen out' of Coakley's polls; Dems prepare to explain defeat, protect Obama
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
01/15/10 7:10 AM EST
Democratic candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Here in Massachusetts, as well as in Washington, a growing sense of gloom is setting in among Democrats about the fortunes of Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley. "I have heard that in the last two days the bottom has fallen out of her poll numbers," says one well-connected Democratic strategist. In her own polling, Coakley is said to be around five points behind Republican Scott Brown. "If she's not six or eight ahead going into the election, all the intensity is on the other side in terms of turnout," the Democrat says. "So right now, she is destined to lose."
Intensifying the gloom, the Democrat says, is the fact that the same polls showing Coakley falling behind also show President Obama with a healthy approval rating in the state. "With Obama at 60 percent in Massachusetts, this shouldn't be happening, but it is," the Democrat says.
Given those numbers, some Democrats, eager to distance Obama from any electoral failure, are beginning to compare Coakley to Creigh Deeds, the losing Democratic candidate in the Virginia governor's race last year. Deeds ran such a lackluster campaign, Democrats say, that his defeat could be solely attributed to his own shortcomings, and should not be seen as a referendum on President Obama's policies or those of the national Democratic party.
The same sort of thinking is emerging in Massachusetts. "This is a Creigh Deeds situation," the Democrat says. "I don't think it says that the Obama agenda is a problem. I think it says, 1) that she's a terrible candidate, 2) that she ran a terrible campaign, 3) that the climate is difficult but she should have been able to overcome it, and 4) that Democrats beware -- you better run good campaigns, or you're going to lose."
With the election still four days away, Democrats are still hoping that "something could happen" to change the dynamics of the race. But until that thing happens, the situation as it exists today explains Barack Obama's decision not to travel to Massachusetts to campaign for Coakley. "If the White House thinks she can win, Obama will be there," the Democrat says. "If they don't think she can win, he won't be there." For national Democrats, the task is now to insulate Obama against any suggestion that a Coakley defeat would be a judgment on the president's agenda and performance in office.
The private talk among Democrats is also reflected in some public polling on the race. Late Thursday, we learned the results of a Suffolk University poll showing Brown in the lead by four points, 50 percent to 46 percent. That poll showed Obama with a 55 percent approval rating. Also on Thursday, two of Washington's leading political analysts, Stuart Rothenberg and Charlie Cook, each changed their assessment of the Brown/Coakley race from a narrow advantage for Coakley to a toss-up.
Tam said:Massachusetts: 'Bottom has fallen out' of Coakley's polls; Dems prepare to explain defeat, protect Obama
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
01/15/10 7:10 AM EST
Democratic candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Here in Massachusetts, as well as in Washington, a growing sense of gloom is setting in among Democrats about the fortunes of Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley. "I have heard that in the last two days the bottom has fallen out of her poll numbers," says one well-connected Democratic strategist. In her own polling, Coakley is said to be around five points behind Republican Scott Brown. "If she's not six or eight ahead going into the election, all the intensity is on the other side in terms of turnout," the Democrat says. "So right now, she is destined to lose."
Intensifying the gloom, the Democrat says, is the fact that the same polls showing Coakley falling behind also show President Obama with a healthy approval rating in the state. "With Obama at 60 percent in Massachusetts, this shouldn't be happening, but it is," the Democrat says.
Given those numbers, some Democrats, eager to distance Obama from any electoral failure, are beginning to compare Coakley to Creigh Deeds, the losing Democratic candidate in the Virginia governor's race last year. Deeds ran such a lackluster campaign, Democrats say, that his defeat could be solely attributed to his own shortcomings, and should not be seen as a referendum on President Obama's policies or those of the national Democratic party.
The same sort of thinking is emerging in Massachusetts. "This is a Creigh Deeds situation," the Democrat says. "I don't think it says that the Obama agenda is a problem. I think it says, 1) that she's a terrible candidate, 2) that she ran a terrible campaign, 3) that the climate is difficult but she should have been able to overcome it, and 4) that Democrats beware -- you better run good campaigns, or you're going to lose."
With the election still four days away, Democrats are still hoping that "something could happen" to change the dynamics of the race. But until that thing happens, the situation as it exists today explains Barack Obama's decision not to travel to Massachusetts to campaign for Coakley. "If the White House thinks she can win, Obama will be there," the Democrat says. "If they don't think she can win, he won't be there." For national Democrats, the task is now to insulate Obama against any suggestion that a Coakley defeat would be a judgment on the president's agenda and performance in office.
The private talk among Democrats is also reflected in some public polling on the race. Late Thursday, we learned the results of a Suffolk University poll showing Brown in the lead by four points, 50 percent to 46 percent. That poll showed Obama with a 55 percent approval rating. Also on Thursday, two of Washington's leading political analysts, Stuart Rothenberg and Charlie Cook, each changed their assessment of the Brown/Coakley race from a narrow advantage for Coakley to a toss-up.
She is 4 points down and Obama is going to campaign for her what does this say about how desparate he is to save that deciding vote? Notice the 5 point drop in Obama's poll rating in a very Democrat state?
And what did I say about if she looses? It will be all her fault and nothing to do with Obama's policies. :wink:
Pig Farmer said:Coakley Senate Candidate Husband's Union Endorses Scott Brown Latest Poll
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Cambridge, MA- Martha Coakley's latest setback in the Senate Special Election comes from her husbands union. The Cambridge Police Patrol Officers have voted overwhelmingly to back Senate Candidate Scott Brown.
Coakley's husband's union, a retired Cambridge Police Officer, has provided their endorsement to Scott Brown.
Find full text of the endorsement from the Massachusetts Municipal Police Coalition Website: www.massmpc.com
Members of our Association have inquired and requested that we endorse Scott Brown in the upcoming election against Martha Coakley. Ms. Coakley along with some of her campaign workers have talked publicly about how her husband is a retired Cambridge Police Officer, giving appearances that she is being endorsed by the Cambridge Police. This may be an innocent insinuation but most do take this as our giving her our support and endorsement. Yesterday, the CPPOA Executive Board voted to endorse State Senator Scott Brown in the upcoming election for US Senate. In an 11 to 2 vote, the Executive Board voted overwhelmingly in favor of the endorsement. We do not endorse anyone who advocates changes in the health care that take away any bargaining rights or increases our cost along with our contributions. Senator Brown does not support the Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Bill and promises to be the 41st vote to ensure its defeat. The current leadership at the state house, as we all know and have seen over the past two years, have an agenda to dismantle all of our hard earned bargained benefits and they will continue to dismantle these until there is a complete change from the top down. Martha Coakley is part of this Massachusetts leadership and she will continue with this agenda, only now it will be at the capital level and we need to stop it. So today, we the members of the Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association endorse Scott Brown for the senate seat vacated by Senator Kennedy.
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Tam said:Pig Farmer said:Coakley Senate Candidate Husband's Union Endorses Scott Brown Latest Poll
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Contributed by Anonymous on Fri Jan 15 2010 20:53:34 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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Cambridge, MA- Martha Coakley's latest setback in the Senate Special Election comes from her husbands union. The Cambridge Police Patrol Officers have voted overwhelmingly to back Senate Candidate Scott Brown.
Coakley's husband's union, a retired Cambridge Police Officer, has provided their endorsement to Scott Brown.
Find full text of the endorsement from the Massachusetts Municipal Police Coalition Website: www.massmpc.com
Members of our Association have inquired and requested that we endorse Scott Brown in the upcoming election against Martha Coakley. Ms. Coakley along with some of her campaign workers have talked publicly about how her husband is a retired Cambridge Police Officer, giving appearances that she is being endorsed by the Cambridge Police. This may be an innocent insinuation but most do take this as our giving her our support and endorsement. Yesterday, the CPPOA Executive Board voted to endorse State Senator Scott Brown in the upcoming election for US Senate. In an 11 to 2 vote, the Executive Board voted overwhelmingly in favor of the endorsement. We do not endorse anyone who advocates changes in the health care that take away any bargaining rights or increases our cost along with our contributions. Senator Brown does not support the Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Bill and promises to be the 41st vote to ensure its defeat. The current leadership at the state house, as we all know and have seen over the past two years, have an agenda to dismantle all of our hard earned bargained benefits and they will continue to dismantle these until there is a complete change from the top down. Martha Coakley is part of this Massachusetts leadership and she will continue with this agenda, only now it will be at the capital level and we need to stop it. So today, we the members of the Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association endorse Scott Brown for the senate seat vacated by Senator Kennedy.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZYsW_PxWAM
Can we say the Cambridge Police are not ACTING STUPIDLY now. :wink: :lol: :lol: