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Surprise coming in MA gubernatorial race?
Hotair ^

Posted on 08/29/2014 7:53:52 AM PDT by sunmars

After this week’s dreary news out of Kansas, we owe Hot Air readers a pleasant surprise, and this may be it. Martha Coakley, who lost a special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by the death of Ted Kennedy four years ago despite the near-total grip Democrats have on Massachusetts, may be in the process of losing another election. Republican gubernatorial nominee Charlie Baker took his first lead in the Boston Globe poll series, edging Coakley barely, while neither candidate looks to be catching fire:

Republican Charlie Baker has edged ahead of Democrat Martha Coakley in the race for governor, taking the lead by the slimmest of margins for the first time in the Globe’s weekly poll.

The survey found the hypothetical general election race in a statistical dead heat, with 38 percent of respondents saying they would support Baker for governor, a slight edge over the 37 percent who said they favor Coakley. Though Baker’s lead remains well within the margin of error, it shows movement in a race between the two likeliest candidates for the November election.

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To: GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj

Did you get a load of Miss Piggy in post 8? Is she a police chief or head of the Prussian Army?


41 posted on 08/30/2014 11:00:04 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Speaking of Brown, rat pollster PPP has him trailing by 6 50%-44%, confirming that race is tightening.


42 posted on 08/30/2014 11:06:45 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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To: Impy

Beulah Balbricker got a promotion.


43 posted on 08/30/2014 11:40:33 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy

DJ also makes some valid points.

But when your choices are 3 broken toes or an amputation of said leg, what do you do? I’ll take the toes and go from there...


44 posted on 08/31/2014 3:32:54 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj

“Policettes”: Nah, I won’t say anymore.

This one makes the one from “Fargo” look ok. And that’s kinda hard to do.


45 posted on 08/31/2014 3:35:11 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
They've used those uniforms since the early 1930s. There's nothing new about them. Link
46 posted on 08/31/2014 9:32:45 AM PDT by JerseyanExile
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To: ansel12

Technicaly Swift was never elected governor and thank heaven for that.

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47 posted on 08/31/2014 9:42:00 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Pining_4_TX

I thought his dying wish was to be buried in a barrel of Irish whiskey.


48 posted on 08/31/2014 5:01:56 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: Mears; GOPsterinMA; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj

You think she would have been worse than Mitt?


49 posted on 08/31/2014 5:11:44 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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To: Impy

“You think she would have been worse than Mitt?”

I think she was a walking,talking Peter Principle. He at least had strong leadership qualities.

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50 posted on 08/31/2014 5:17:08 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Impy; Mears; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj

Yes. Yes. She actually packed the courts full of completely unqualified judges on her way out the door.


51 posted on 08/31/2014 5:25:12 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: reg45

Ted Kennedy - a blonde in every pond!


52 posted on 08/31/2014 6:59:26 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Mears; Impy; GOPsterinMA

The only reason Swifty was run out was because she was on track to losing badly to an actual Democrat in 2002. Willard made it appear he was coming in to save the MA GOP. We all know how that went...


53 posted on 08/31/2014 9:23:37 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I remember reading a news article that wondered if Romney would “ride in” like a “White knight” or some sheet like that. Funny.


54 posted on 08/31/2014 9:30:43 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Willard

Who in their right mind would want to be gubernator of the massholes?

55 posted on 08/31/2014 9:40:02 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Impy

That’s exactly what I described it as back in 2002. At the time, knowing of his obvious Presidential ambitions (that he would run in 2008, delayed 12 years by his failure to defeat Ted Kennedy in 1994), I stated it would be curious to see how he did as Governor. My question was answered in short order. Took less than 2 years to confirm he was a total disaster and regarded the office as a “nuisance.” The last person claiming to be a Republican we needed as President.


56 posted on 08/31/2014 9:53:18 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” - Erasmus

Then again, since Ed King, the Guvs have pretty much been blind, too.


57 posted on 08/31/2014 9:55:46 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Mears; Impy

The Chazz Express is UNSTOPPABLE!!!

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/2014/08/nucci_stars_aligned_for_baker_in_gov_race


58 posted on 09/01/2014 5:31:44 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; Impy; BlackElk; Dr. Sivana; campaignPete R-CT; BillyBoy
"And Baker has convincingly run as a social moderate, maybe even a progressive, as well as a fiscal conservative … a potent combination."

An impossible combination, even. A Social leftist cannot be "fiscally Conservative" in any way. It costs money to fund social leftism.

59 posted on 09/01/2014 5:45:51 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Of course it’s gibberish!!!


60 posted on 09/01/2014 5:48:11 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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