As inevitably as death and taxes, the Boston Globe has come out for Martha Coakley for Senator from Massachusetts. What’s far more interesting than the completely expected endorsement is the way the paper did it: tepidly. The editors could barely … Continue reading →
[UPDATE: I got word from a commenter that Kennedy’s campaign manager, Dave Galusi, had written back to him that Kennedy is forbidden by law to drop out. Perhaps a better tack, then, would be to write to Galusi (dave@joekennedyforsenate.com) asking … Continue reading →
If Sarah Palin had said what Martha Coakley did, it would be headline news everywhere, and Saturday Night Live would devote at least one program to it, maybe several. Here’s the quote from Coakley’s debate with Brown: “I think we … Continue reading →
An interesting contrast in approaches. First Coakley, in traditional negative-ad style: Nothing in there about why Coakley is good, only about why she thinks Brown would be bad. Coakley doesn’t even appear in the ad, nor do we hear her … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote about the wide disparity in poll results for next week’s special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s Massachusetts Senate seat. I wanted to add this link, which attempts to explain some of the differences between the polls, as … Continue reading →
So, which Brown/Coakley poll is closer to reality? This one, which says the Massachusetts Senate race is a dead heat? Or this one, which has Coakley up by 15? Dunno. However, the all-important details of the demographics of the second … Continue reading →
This is shocking news: This needs to go viral ”” everyone you know needs to read this. Democrats have admitted to a scheme to ram through the Healthcare Rationing vote before Scott Brown can be sworn in as Senator, should … Continue reading →
And a fascinating one it is. Ever since I’ve heard of this race, I’d been searching and searching for a poll, but nada so far until today. Rasmussen says that the results are 50% Coakley to 41% Brown, which doesn’t … Continue reading →
Scott Brown, you ask? Who’s that? Or maybe you already know who Brown is, because you’re such a bunch of political junkies. Right now he’s the best (although perhaps least-known) hope of throwing a wrench into the Obamacare works. Brown … Continue reading →
…so goes the nation? Maine and Massachusetts are two of the most liberal states in New England—indeed, in the case of Massachusetts, in the nation. I’ve written before about the difficulties Massachusetts has faced (and been unable to solve) in … Continue reading →
New England used to be fairly solidly Republican, with the exception of Massachusetts, and even Massachusetts retained a periodic tendency to vote for Republican governors. But the New England brand of Republican was always a combination of fiscal conservative and … Continue reading →
Olympia Snowe, RINO of Maine, is engaged in brokering a compromise deal with Obama on health care. The idea is that if she comes on board, other balking moderates will join and the bill will be passed. This is exactly … Continue reading →