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In Massachusetts, Anxiety for Favored Democrat (MA Senate race)
NYT ^ | 1/7/10 | Abby Goodnough

Posted on 01/08/2010 2:39:32 AM PST by Daisyjane69

BOSTON — Martha M. Coakley, the Democrat running for Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts, had seemed so certain of winning the special election on Jan. 19 that she barely campaigned last month.

But the dynamic has changed in recent days. The news that two senior Democratic senators will retire this year in the face of bleak re-election prospects has created anxiety and, even in this bluest of states, a sense that the balance of power has shifted dramatically from just a year ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: coakley; ma2010; masenaterace; obamacare; scottbrown
Looks like the NYT is getting nervous!
1 posted on 01/08/2010 2:39:36 AM PST by Daisyjane69
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To: Daisyjane69

Let me know if the rest of the article is cut off at the link. I can post more of it, if need be.


2 posted on 01/08/2010 2:40:52 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: Daisyjane69

I would speculate that the best thing the GOP can do is to put together a SOLID group of election observers / judges to monitor for any irregular voting activity. I dont think that the left will let even one seat slip from their fingers without at least some kind of illegal activity.


3 posted on 01/08/2010 2:50:22 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: Daisyjane69

I would speculate that the best thing the GOP can do is to put together a SOLID group of election observers / judges to monitor for any irregular voting activity. I dont think that the left will let even one seat slip from their fingers without at least some kind of illegal activity.


4 posted on 01/08/2010 2:50:26 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: Daisyjane69

Ah yes... The royal appointment of Redcoat Coakley, by Bostons “betters”... Coat red from the blood of dead babies.

“You better, you’d better, you bet!”


5 posted on 01/08/2010 3:10:11 AM PST by DGHoodini (Iran Azadi!)
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To: Daisyjane69

I know it’s not a scientific poll, but as I drive around central Massachusetts you seen lots of Scott Brown signs and hardly a MC sign. In years past it was the opposite; signs for any republican candidate were a rare sight. I pray that for once Massachusetts (the rest of the state vs Boston area) will show up and vote for someone who will be good choice for the job.

Let us pray!


6 posted on 01/08/2010 3:22:48 AM PST by Mrs. B.S. Roberts
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To: Daisyjane69

Mitt could of had the seat, but he moved back to his home state of California...er..Utah, I mean Michigan. He would of been a perfect Senator. Vapid, clueless, bland. Ted Kennedy without the bluster.


7 posted on 01/08/2010 3:31:59 AM PST by Leisler (We don't need a third party we need a conservative second party.)
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To: Leisler

did the whole article come up at the link?

I can never tell, since I signed up (belly of the beast and all that) in order to get their entire articles. When I wasn’t signed up, I didn’t always get whole essays.


8 posted on 01/08/2010 3:46:45 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: Daisyjane69

The whole piece came up for me.


9 posted on 01/08/2010 3:59:52 AM PST by Tawiskaro
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To: Tawiskaro

good deal. Thanks :)


10 posted on 01/08/2010 4:06:07 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: Daisyjane69

DONATE TO BROWN! DO IT FOR TEDDY!


11 posted on 01/08/2010 4:08:15 AM PST by tanuki (The only color of a leader that should matter is the color of his spine.)
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To: tanuki

Donated $300 in memory of the great white whale.


12 posted on 01/08/2010 4:16:45 AM PST by Reagan69 (The only thing SHOVEL-READY since BO's stimulus has been MICHAEL JACKSON (tammy bruce))
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To: Daisyjane69

I havent heard a word from the Republicans in backing Brown.

If ever there were an oportunity to use their funds to get someone elected this is it, and yet I have read nor heard not one republican speak for brown.


13 posted on 01/08/2010 4:42:57 AM PST by Venturer
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I was listening to a late night talk show and the host asked the question “ Did the endorsment by some of the Kennedys encourage you to vote for Coakley?”
I heard only one person, a woman, say she was voting for her. One caller after the other was voting for Brown. The host leans to the right and, frankly, he was a little shocked.


14 posted on 01/08/2010 5:31:34 AM PST by surrey
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To: Venturer

Thursday, January 07, 2010
Steele, RNC Raising Money For Scott Brown
New in email - not finding a link for it at GOP dot com. Full text below.

On January 19th, Republicans have our best opportunity in 48 years to take back what Democrats call “Ted Kennedy’s seat.”

Our Republican candidate, State Senator Scott Brown, is running a fierce grassroots campaign for what is really “the people’s seat.”

You have an opportunity right now to help get our country back on the path to fiscal discipline and limited government by playing an active part in the special election for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.

Scott Brown’s common-sense message to cut taxes, lower spending and shrink the size of government is resonating with voters.

This week a Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters in Massachusetts reported that Scott Brown is closing in on liberal Democrat Martha Coakley to within single digits! One of the most compelling metrics of this survey is that Scott Brown leads Martha Coakley 65% to 21% among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties. This is a str ong statement in Massachusetts where over 51% of the voters are Independents.

Scott Brown is exactly the type of Republican we need to elect to begin the process of restoring fiscal sanity in Washington, D.C. He will stand up to Barack Obama’s left-wing tax-and-spend agenda and fight for grassroots Americans like you.

But to win this important election, it is vital we get Republican and like-minded Independent voters to the polls on January 19th. Your support is crucial to Scott’s get-out-the-vote operation.

Please visit Scott Brown’s website today www.brownforussenate.com/ and make a donation of $50, $100 or even $150 — the maximum amount you can contribute is $2,400. Whatever amount you contribute, please do so now.

The special election is less than 12 days away. I hope to hear from you today.

Sincerely,

Michael Steele
Chairman, Republican National Committee

P.S. The special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts is the first step in breaking the Democrats’ stranglehold on power in Congress. Please help send Scott Brown to Washington, D.C. to fight for you by making a donation to his campaign today. Thank you.

http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2010/01/steele-rnc-raising-money-for-scott-brown.html

Let’s hope!


15 posted on 01/08/2010 5:39:40 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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The poll that suggested Ms. Coakley’s lead was narrowing, which was conducted by Rasmussen Reports and does not meet the polling standards of The New York Times...

The New York Times has standards? Who knew?

16 posted on 01/08/2010 5:42:10 AM PST by mort56 (He who would sacrifice freedom for security deserves neither. - Ben Franklin)
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To: mort56

I laughed when I saw that, too!

;)


17 posted on 01/08/2010 5:43:52 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: taxcontrol
I would speculate...

That, and pray for about a foot of snow.

18 posted on 01/08/2010 6:10:58 AM PST by wbill
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