If The Bellwethers Are Really Bellwethers, This Might Not Be Close (Looks like Brown up by 15 ?!?)

NRO ^ | 1/18/2010

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

I’d love to see them screaming for a recount after a nice 6-point loss in one of their strongholds. I can think of few things that would be more entertaining.

[Spartan79]

Mother Nature may be rolling in to boost Brown's margin. At AccuWeather:

In the wake of Monday's snowstorm that knocked out power in some communities, untreated wet and slushy areas will freeze tonight.

Already a new storm is heading toward the area.

This storm, an Alberta Clipper, will begin with snow showers Tuesday but may bring enough snow to shovel and plow by Tuesday night to much of New England and also parts of the central Appalachians.

Traditionally, bad weather helps the GOP in almost any election, as Republican voters are demonstrably more prone to vote regardless of the weather. Couple this with high enthusiam on the part of Brown supporters, and low enthusiasm on the part of Marcia's, and we see a blowout.

[Man50D]

I talked to a former Massachusetts resident who now lives in Colorado. It wouldn’t surprise me if we’ve called all 50 states!

[Ben Chad]

How’s the weather? Will it affect turnout?

[xp38]

I imagine there are some rumblings from a certain gravesite in Arlington where spinning will soon be the norm.

[Jmouse007]

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles! I just got off the phone with my 88 year-old father; a died in the wool, life-long democrat who was born in and has lived in Mass for over 70 years. HE HAS NEVER VOTED FOR A REPUBLICAN… NEVER. After polite chit chat about the NFL play off games I dared broach the subject and asked him if he was going to vote on Tuesday (every time “politics” have come up in the past he has berated me with tirades about those “evil republicans”). Well, he came right out and told me… “I AM going to vote on Tuesday and I am seriously thinking of voting for Scott Brown.” Needless to say I was and am totally ASTONISHED… ASTONISHED (I did not let him know in the least and kept my heart-felt joy and enthusiasm at his answer to my self so as to not “scare him off”)!

I tactfully asked him WHY he was going to vote for Brown and his answer was: “Because of the healthcare bill Obama is trying to pass.” I carefully agreed with him and reinforced the fact that Obama wants to gut Medicare/Medicaid by taking away 500 BILLION DOLLARS from the system and that if he adds 40 million people to the rolls, especially illegal aliens the health care system would collapse… I told him that Brown is an honorable man and that he is totally opposed to the “healthcare” bill and would vote against it… MY DAD AGREED! I was flabbergasted!

If my own father; a life-long Massachusetts FDR Democrat who has voted for EVERY Kennedy, Kerry/democrat to ever come down the pike, is going to vote for Scott Brown, a REPUBLICAN, BECAUSE OF HIS OPPOSITION TO Obama and his evil healthcare debacle then things are looking VERY promising for Scott Brown and we could all be in for an incredible victory on Tuesday. To this end I am fervently praying.

[raccoonradio]

I live a mile from Endicott, on same street

Patton Jr lived on Asbury St in Hamilton, a town or two away; the family has a farm stand, Green Meadow Farms. There is a Patton Park on Rt 1-A in that town, with a tank

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton_IV

>>George Smith Patton (formerly George Patton IV) (December 24, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts - June 27, 2004 in South Hamilton, Massachusetts) was a Major General in the United States Army and the son of World War II General George Patton.

[RJR_fan]

FWIW -- a wether is a castrated billy goat. The bellwether is the flock leader who wears a bell, so negligent herders can figure out where the flock is going.

[RJR_fan]

FWIW -- a wether is a castrated billy goat. The bellwether is the flock leader who wears a bell, so negligent herders can figure out where the flock is going.

[teddyballgame]

The weather has been light snow & sleet. Not great, but turn-out has been BIG. Scott Brown WILL WIN without a doubt. The energy and momentum is nothing like I’ve seen before.