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Vicki Kennedy’s nod may have hurt Martha Coakley
Boston Herald ^ | 01/14/10 | Jessica van Sack

Posted on 01/14/2010 8:25:21 PM PST by freespirited

Big-name Kennedy endorsements for Martha Coakley appear to have been little help to the Democrat in the U.S. Senate race - and may have even hurt her with some voters, a new Suffolk University/7News poll shows.

The late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s widow, Vicki, and nephew Joseph Kennedy II gave the attorney general their official blessing last week.

But of the 500 voters surveyed, only 20 percent said the Kennedy family nod made them more likely to vote for Coakley, and 27 percent said the endorsement made them less likely to support her.

More than half of voters - 52 percent - said the endorsements had no effect, and 2 percent were undecided or refused to answer.

“For independents, it doesn’t appear to have a positive effect. In fact, it may have had a negative effect,” said David Paleologis, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center.

The Jan. 7 endorsement featured Kennedy’s widow as well as former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy II at a widely-covered news conference.

“It might have convinced some undecided Dems to come home, but the bigger picture block of voters is the independents,” said the Suffolk pollster.

Democrats were clamoring during the primary for the Kennedy endorsements. But waiting until less than two weeks before voters go to the polls - and with their only other option a Republican - the nod rang hollow with voters, Paleologos said.

Today, former President Bill Clinton hits the trail for Coakley. He is viewed favorably by 59 percent of voters, according to the poll, compared to 34 percent who view him unfavorably and 8 percent who remain undecided.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 2010endorsements; backfire; coakley; kennedyfamily; ma2010; marthacoakley; scottbrown; vickikennedy
Sometimes the news warms the cockles of my jaded heart.
1 posted on 01/14/2010 8:25:23 PM PST by freespirited
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To: freespirited

Maybe people are ready to end the Kennedy crime spree.?.


2 posted on 01/14/2010 8:29:26 PM PST by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: freespirited

Bill Clinton hits the trail for coakley, what he is head honco in charge of Haiti!!! goes to show the politics are more important than this disaster


3 posted on 01/14/2010 8:29:36 PM PST by JoanneSD
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To: freespirited
"Today, former President Bill Clinton hits the trail for Coakley. "

Is she going to bring him coffee (and cigars) too? Oooo, I hope he doesn't slip up and call her "Monica" instead of "Martha".

Billybob trying to make up his coffee gaff to owe-bama?
4 posted on 01/14/2010 8:29:51 PM PST by FrankR (There will be no jobs until it is profitable for employers to hire people....PERIOD.)
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To: freespirited

Maybe people are ready to end the Kennedy crime spree.?.


5 posted on 01/14/2010 8:30:34 PM PST by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: freespirited

Brown’s line about it NOT Being Kennedy’s Senate SEAT was genius!


6 posted on 01/14/2010 8:30:43 PM PST by PizzaDriver ( on)
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To: samadams2000

That would be a nice side effect of winning. The Kennedy crime brand would be finished.


7 posted on 01/14/2010 8:41:00 PM PST by omega4179 (Marco2010)
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To: freespirited

Nice to think so, but I’m not sure I believe this. I think Martha Coakley has done this to herself. She is about as bad a candidate as they could have found. Apparently she’s incapable of getting up and talking to a crowd even with a teleprompter. And she sure isn’t very good with reporters, either.


8 posted on 01/14/2010 8:45:52 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Perhaps it started when the Kennedys trotted the wee bairn up on the altar to plead for grandpa’s health care during his funeral. Or maybe it started when one of the Kennedy lasses flipped the bird to people along the roadside waving to them. Who knows?


9 posted on 01/14/2010 8:53:18 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (doctrine matters)
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To: freespirited
Personal endorsements don't matter.
Nobody cares.

Group endorsements, like prolife, NRA, pro business groups and of course, the liberal interest groups, all matter.

However, most of us expect the Party to stay together, at General election time, and we ignore individual endorsements.

10 posted on 01/14/2010 8:56:34 PM PST by Kansas58
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To: FrankR

Billybobs trying to sabotage her because 0 goes where she goes.


11 posted on 01/14/2010 9:02:40 PM PST by omega4179 (Marco2010)
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To: freespirited
Today, former President Bill Clinton hits the trail for Coakley

Where? Isn't he supposed to be headed to Haiti?

12 posted on 01/14/2010 9:04:06 PM PST by McGavin999
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To: freespirited
Today, former President Bill Clinton hits the trail for Coakley.

Keep an eye on Coakley the next few days to see if she wears a blue dress.

13 posted on 01/14/2010 9:11:39 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Gasoline is up 100% since the election of Barack Hussein Obama. Thanks, Democrats!)
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To: McGavin999

Bubba will be in Worcester and Boston today (Friday).


14 posted on 01/14/2010 9:28:09 PM PST by freespirited (People talk about "too big to fail." Our government is too big to succeed. --Chris Chocola)
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Bubba is telling all of us to send money to “his fund” for Haiti. Give me a break. Why doesn’t he donate from his treasure chest and go there! He is the “envoy” afterall.

I actually know people who know missionaries down there. Her perspective is that we cannot paint a broad brush of the people down there. There are good people down there, and they are now trapped. If I give any money, it will go to the organization where my friend is connected. I know it will do some good there.


15 posted on 01/14/2010 9:39:08 PM PST by del4hope (They aren't even bright enough to say, "I will look like an incompetent idiot if I say that".)
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To: freespirited
Today, former President Bill Clinton hits the trail for Coakley. He is viewed favorably by 59 percent of voters, according to the poll, compared to 34 percent who view him unfavorably and 8 percent who remain undecided.

Heck, I view Rodeo Clowns favorably. But I don't take advice from them...

16 posted on 01/15/2010 5:15:31 AM PST by Haiku Guy ("I don't give them Hell / I tell the truth about them / And they think it's Hell" -- Harry Truman)
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To: freespirited

He was president for eight years, and still, 8% of those polled are “undecided” about him.


17 posted on 01/15/2010 5:20:50 AM PST by Rocky (Obama's ego: The "I's" have it.)
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