I’ve been saving that title for quite some time. And now there it is, big as life—because Scott Brown, the Republican Senator-elect from Massachusetts, has gone to Washington today. Flying coach. As John McCain said, “Sen. Brown represents the dreams … Continue reading →
[NOTE: for those who weren’t around back then, the slogan on the T-shirt refers to the following: in the 1972 election, Massachusetts was the only state (along with DC) that didn’t vote for Nixon, but went instead for McGovern. During … Continue reading →
It’s election day and there’s light snow in New England, but certainly not enough to keep the hardy and the motivated citizens of Massachusetts away from the polls. Just three short weeks ago I didn’t think Scott Brown had a … Continue reading →
All around the blogosphere I’ve seen variations on the following theme: if Massachusetts is such a deep blue state, why so many independents (close to half of the registered voters) there? I believe the answer may lie in the rules … Continue reading →
The Brown phenomenon continues to surprise. For example, yesterday I went to Firedoglake, a lberal/lefty blog, and saw a post entitled, “Progressives, please help to defeat Coakley.” Once I recovered from my astonishment, and had finished reading the piece and … Continue reading →
In the heat of a campaign, politicians often shade the truth or at least partially misrepresent their opponents’ positions. But for height, depth, breadth, and pure poisonous brazenness of lie, the Coakley campaign’s latest is hard to equal. The Washington … Continue reading →
Since most of us weren’t paying a whole lot of attention to the Massachusetts Senate race during the build up to the primary, or in the early days of the post-primary campaign, many people might be wondering how it was … Continue reading →
Just for a moment, forget about how compelling a candidate Scott Brown is. And forget about how nice it would be to have a Republican senator from Massachusetts, and a 41st vote against Obamacare. Forget? Why? Because, even if those … Continue reading →
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 →