WHITE HOUSE BRACING FOR SHATTERING LOSS IN MA (mucho Dem political stupidity needed to lose MA)

1/18/10

[Liz]

George Stephanopoulous reports this evening to ABC-TV News anchor, Diane Sawyer, that the Obama White House is bracing for a shatterng loss in MA. Obama had not planned to campaign for Coakley, then thought it best to make an appearance,. Now she is running ads from that appearance. But the White House tacitly acknowledges that the Republican Scott Brown will take the blue, blue, blue state of MA by storm.

Brown, a state Senator, has been enthusiastically endorsed by organized, vociferous Tea Partiers who have cheered him on around the state at each campaign stop. A Brown win would blow ObamaCare out of the political waters.

THE BOSTON HERALD NAILS IT:
1/18/2010, By Michael Graham
FR Posted by goldstategop

No matter what happens at the ballot box tomorrow, one thing is certain: Martha Coakley is a loser. Even if Bill Clinton and Barack Obama can somehow rescue her candidacy, Coakley will never recover from the self-inflicted damage of the worst political campaign in recent history.

Win or lose, she will forever be Martha the Blind - the woman who couldn’t see terrorists in Afghanistan, or a staffer giving a beatdown to a reporter right before her eyes. She’s Sen. Spellcheck, forced to pull one ad because her campaign misspelled Massachusetts, then another because it superimposed Scott Brown’s image in front of the World Trade Center. Given the incompetence of her campaign, she was lucky it was a pre-9/11 photo of the towers.

In the Democratic primary, Coakley ran on the one thing she couldn’t get wrong: being a woman. It’s been downhill ever since. Right after losing the primary, Rep. Michael Capuano was asked what he learned on the campaign trail. “You’re screwed,” he told his Democratic colleagues. Everyone wondered what he meant. Now we know.

While Scott Brown was wearing out a set of truck tires on retail politics, Coakley sniffed at the idea of “standing outside Fenway Park [map], in the cold, shaking hands.”

She certainly didn’t waste time explaining her positions on health care or national security to the voters, in part because when she tried, it became painfully clear she didn’t understand them herself. Coakley’s arrogant assumption of victory was so strong that midway through the brief campaign season, she simply disappeared off the campaign trail for days.

When independent voters and moderate Democrats were wondering if Coakley was out of touch, she answered by jetting off to Washington for a big-dollar lobbyist fundraiser. Why didn’t she just stop by AIG and present them with a bonus check while she was at it?

Then suddenly she found herself in a competitive political race. And how did Coakley respond? She threw a political tantrum. Voters were deluged with Coakley’s attack ads - so many they could barely fit in the commercial breaks. Dark, ominous and ugly, Coakley’s media message was the polar opposite to that offered by smiling Scott Brown.

In the end, Coakley spent millions on TV ads that actually drove her own numbers down. And then, as though to prove she couldn’t do anything right, she held a fundraiser starring the UN envoy to Haiti. What was Coakley thinking, having Bill Clinton at a $2,400-per-person fundraiser at the Fairmont Copley while crying Haitian families were clawing through the rubble looking for loved ones? Is rescuing a desperately incompetent Democrat really more important than saving the starving of Haiti?

This is the kind of political stupidity it takes for a Democrat to lose a Senate race in Massachusetts. You can’t just run a weak campaign, or commit a gaffe or two. You’ve got to run an absolute disaster of a campaign to lose to a Republican here. And that’s what Coakley delivered.

It wasn’t the Hindenburg or the Titanic. It was the Hindenburg crashing into the Titanic. She may end up in the Senate yet, but Martha Coakley will never recover.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Scott Brown is a solid center-right Republican from the most liberal state in the nation.

On all the major issues, he is conservative: WOT, homo marriage, taxes and spending, foreign policy.

He is libertarian on abortion - No taxpayer funding, supports restrictions, etc.

If he does go RINO, we can always vote him out in 2012.

Don't let the haters get to you. These people bashing Brown would rather "stand on principle" which won't get them anywhere except the East Coast version of Barbara Boxer.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

his official position is that abortion should always be legally available.

As long as there's no TAXPAYER FUNDING of it and/or abortion restrictions, then it's a logical stand from a first-step perspective, and from someone who represents an ultra-liberal state.

I am pro-life, but I'm also a realist. Abortion is not going to be overturned overnight. Brown will vote against Obamacare which contains massive funding for abortion. Brown will support further restrictions and he will vote against pro-abortion judges.

Let's not kid ourselves here. Too much is at stake to start nitpicking. The alternative is a pro-abortion Marxist who'll continue the slaughter. Brown is a victory for life.

[tanknetter]

Then suddenly she found herself in a competitive political race. And how did Coakley respond? She threw a political tantrum. Voters were deluged with Coakley’s attack ads - so many they could barely fit in the commercial breaks. Dark, ominous and ugly, Coakley’s media message was the polar opposite to that offered by smiling Scott Brown.

IOW, Deeds vs. McDonnell all over again. Morons didn't learn the lessons from THAT race, while Scott Brown apparently did.

The GOP resurgency is being fueled by the grassroots and the Tea Party Movement - which is commons-sense Conservative and rooted in the values of small government and fiscal restraint, and appeals to people across the political spectrum.

You start attacking that sort of thing by calling it "astroturf" and "extremism" and the result is a group (a GROWING group) of angry but extremely well-motivated political activists. That kind of backing is what EVERY campaign manager dreams of, and apparently the Dem's have completely lost sight of (since it was exactly this sort of thing that propelled Obama to the Dem nomination two years ago).

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

I am not against Brown by any means but there is no need to paint him as a conservative pro lifer when it is clear that he is not. Someone up thread said he was pro life and that he was basically playing semantics. Saying that it should always be kept legal is not playing semantics.

I agree that he isn’t all or nothing. He does support restrictions on abortion and that is better than the death loving liberals.

[TXnMA]

"Good looking family."

Indeed. Of course, Gail (AKA "Gail Huff") is a Boston TV personality, and Ayla is on American Idol...

Last time we and the Browns ate out at the same place, our daughters were in college, and the Brown girls were in elementary/middle school -- and the girls hit it off famously!. The four girls moved to their own table, while we adults yakked about -- whatever..

The Browns are not only "good looking", they are genuinely nice and friendly folks.

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FWIW, I just called my son, who still lives in MA, and he said (before I asked), "We are looking forward to voting for Brown tomorrow." Then he shared how impressed he was when Scott (a National Guard JAG LTC) visited his MassNG unit to help them with legal issues...

[Magic Fingers]

“These people bashing Brown would rather “stand on principle” which won’t get them anywhere except the East Coast version of Barbara Boxer.”

Can’t say that often enough!

[MortMan]

I’d want to know a hell of a lot more about his political viewpoint before I tout him for the executive branch. At this point, he is less known than Sarah Palin was when she was selected as VP candidate.

[copwife]

One handsome man!!!!

[TXnMA]

Also, as Scott volunteered when we first met, "I'm an officer in the Army National Guard -- and I carry."... (Strong 2nd Amendment supporter).

[P-Marlowe]

Did you ever vote for George HW Bush? He was pro-abortion until Reagan phoned him in 1980.

David Souter.

[OldDeckHand]

"I’d want to know a hell of a lot more about his political viewpoint before I tout him for the executive branch"

I'm not "touting" him, so much as I am recognizing a political reality. If you're charismatic enough to compete in a state as liberal and Democrat as Massachusetts, then your political future is bright. It's one thing for a conservative Republican to win in a conservative state, it's quite something else for a conservative to win in Massachusetts.

[wmfights]

God told Jeremiah: “Before you were formed in the womb I knew you...”

Pastor you're right, but if I was in MA I would vote for him. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, until I can find a real friend. I know, it's pragmatic but looking into the abyss of obamanation I will support the lesser of two evils to stop it.

[Salvation]

Go Scott, Go!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I am not against Brown by any means but there is no need to paint him as a conservative pro lifer

I never said he was or portrayed him as a true pro-lifer.
He is libertarian on abortion which is a mainstream position and the logical first step in ending all abortions.

We should support Brown strategically. He is the stop-gap that will stop the Obama leftist agenda and will usher in more conservatives who will respect life.

[TexasNative2000]

It wasn’t the Hindenburg or the Titanic. It was the Hindenburg crashing into the Titanic.

Damn near the funniest line I've read in a long time.

[Richard Kimball]

Hey if he has no skeletons we could have someone here!

According to Cosmopolitan, he's got nothing to hide.

[Liz]

......as Scott volunteered when we first met, "I'm an officer in the Army National Guard -- and I carry."... (Strong 2nd Amendment supporter).........

Thanks for contributing that to this thread -- I saw that on another thread, and I kept obsessing that I HAD to add it to the list when I got the chance.

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Here are some of Scott Brown’s positions:

He opposes partial-birth abortion,

He opposes federal funding for abortion,

He supports strong parental notification laws.

He favors the death penalty.

He is against gay marriage.

He questions whether global warming is man-made or natural.

In favor of a strong military.

He's a Lieut Colonel in the Army National Guard.

A strong 2nd Amendment supporter.

[Liz]

Heavy breathing.

[Liz]

I was a little skeptical when Brown surged onto the scene. But, after doing some research, I find he's not a RINO. While he may not score a 100 from the ACU, he's a solid Republican and a fairly conventional conservative, which makes his showing in MA all the more surprising. He is NOT cut from the same cloth as Collins, Snowe or Graham, to say the least.

Hope you will allow me to quote you in future threads.

[Liz]

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