Martha Coakley
Posted on 01/15/2010 4:37:01 PM PST by GOP_Lady
People in Massachusetts think they're at the leading edge of politics. That's not good news for Democrats.
With characteristic hubris, people in this state like to think they've been at the leading edge of American politics since the "shot heard 'round the world" in 1775. And in the past few years, we've given the nation a preview of Barack Obama's presidential campaign with Deval Patrick's successful 2006 bid for governor; provided a critical boost for Mr. Obama's candidacy in the form of an endorsement by Edward Kennedy; and enacted a health-care law that is a template for ObamaCare.
But hubris has yielded to shock here at the possibility that the next political trend the Bay State might foreshadow is a voter backlash against the Democratic Party.
After Kennedy's death in August, few imagined there would be any problem replacing him with another Democrat in the U.S. Senate. It's been 16 years since Massachusetts elected a Republican to a congressional seat, 31 years since the last Republican senator left office. Gov. Patrick appointed a former Kennedy aide as the interim senator, and Democratic primary voters chose the well-regarded state Attorney General Martha Coakley as their nominee for the special election.
That election, which will be held on Tuesday, was widely seen as a formality. Ms. Coakley coasted through the holiday season while the GOP challenger, little-known state Sen. Scott Brown, scrambled for traction.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
The place is Toryland. They love Europe more than America
Patty Murray sans specs.
What needs to be done is a pact for the GOP to repeal any Healthcare legislation and no healthcare for retiring members, no more golden parachutes, make them live under the laws they pass.
“...make them live under the laws they pass.”
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Why were they allowed special privileges anyway?
Why were they allowed special privileges anyway?
Because they pass the laws giving themselves special privileges and we, yes WE, forget come election time.
That Coakley is “well regarded” in Massachusetts says something about Mass citizens’ attitude toward the most egregious of witch hunts as with the Amiraults. But Massachusetts kind of defined that legal practice for the US of A a few centuries ago, no?
I would much rather see pics of Scott! :)
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The author of the WSJ article, Jon Keller, is a political commentator for a Boston TV station, so he’s picking up accurate vibes.
More by Jon:
http://pod08.prospero.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=WBZ_Keller\
Shock and Awe! ;)
'Shock and awe, technically known as rapid dominance, is a military doctrine based on the use of overwhelming power, dominant battlefield awareness, dominant maneuvers, and spectacular displays of force to paralyze an adversary's perception of the battlefield and destroy its will to fight.'
GOP is working on the son of the "1994 Contract with America" for the 2010 Election cycle.
Me thinks that they need only couple things to make it happened;...part time legislation and "The Congress will live under the laws they passed since 1950 on".The Congress (House and Senate) will have the same Health Care that regular Joe is offered on the Federal Level.
I hope the GOP finds his spine (if it ever had one)to come up with some totally radical changes the electorate would like to see.
what kind of animal is that on that guy's head?
That is why Obama is going to Massachusetts. Even if he thinks it will look really bad if Brown wins, he has everything to lose in this election.
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