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Coakley’s Titanic Ride
Democrats have run out of lifeboats.
When New York-23 House candidate Doug Hoffman surged in the polls, to knock pseudo Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the race, the White House and the Democratic National Committee asked AFL-CIO and SEIU officials to carpet bomb the upstate New York district in get out the vote efforts on behalf of their candidate, and the eventual winner of the race, Bill Owens.
Labor did its job in New York, and last week, the White House — Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod — and the DNC made a similar request to their labor friends on behalf of Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley.
“We really don’t have any other formula to fall back on,” says a DNC political consultant. “There is no grassroots enthusiasm for Coakley up there, but we have to create the appearance of making the effort. Labor is all we have. For a period now, we’re just going to have take our lumps for the sins of our leadership.”
Enthusiasm is so low for Coakley that even pulling President Barack Obama into the race didn’t help. When Obama appeared at Northeastern University on Sunday night, the hall was less than two-thirds filled, and according to state Democrat party sources, it required promises of transportation, food, and refreshments to entice about 600 out of town Democrats into the hall.
“There was a very large segment inside the DNC that did not advocate for the President to get into the middle of this. We’re looking at a Titanic level disaster here, I think,” says the DNC consultant. “Someone on the Republican side is going to write a very popular analysis of this race that says [GOP candidate Scott] Brown cracked the code to beat us. And you know what? They might be right.”
Brown, who just a couple of months ago was 30 points down, when he pulled a Fred Thompson, got into a truck and traveled the state to build name ID and grassroots support. The other key, say Brown advisers: he’s an electable Republican in a northeastern state. Brown was not a cookie-cutter conservative candidate who didn’t fit the mold of a Massachusetts political candidate.
“You know what scares our people more than the fact that they lost Ted Kennedy’s seat and the Obama mystique may take a huge hit [today]?” says the DNC adviser. “The fact that Democrats and the media can no longer make the tea party types out to be irrational, inflexible ideologues who are supporting nothing but extreme right-wing candidates. The tea party movement supported Brown, raised millions for him and worked for him, and he is not necessarily their kind of guy. Brown proves the tea party movement can be tapped politically for Republican candidates anywhere in the country if they are basically sound on taxes and small government. That is huge.”
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drudge ette obama| 1.19.10 @ 6:24AM
Maybe what the people of Massachusetts will do today is clean their house.
While it may be a little early for some good Puritan Spring Cleaning, perhaps too much Kennedy corruption and control over almost a century may beg for a premature bleaching of the grime known as Kennedy.
I can say this having been born in Plymouth County, Mass. to a beautiful Irish Catholic mother. She taught me that we don't believe in kings, especially corrupt ones.
So, I was especially pleased to send some bucks to Scott Brown so to be able to influence my home state's special election today.
Good luck and keep clean.
drudge ette obama| 1.20.10 @ 6:01AM
Mom, you were right. There are no kings in America.
Thank you Massachusetts for joining the fight.
Ret. Marine| 1.19.10 @ 6:27AM
Well, well, well a DNC rep "for a period now, we are just going to have to take our lumps for the sins of our leadership" someone from the DNC admitting their leadership less than desirable for the good of the Nation. This is huge. Golly gee, sins, no say it isn't so. The realiztion that the American folks are hard-wired for life, liberty, freedom, capital markets and the pursuite of hapiness is something these people failed to understand when the bought their way into the Peoples house. Lets pray for a massacre against coakley for the sake of the Brown candidate otherwise they might get in over their heads buying up too many names to dead people.
Appleby| 1.19.10 @ 7:16AM
What it has always taken to get Americans to wake up and take charge is someone with the courage and the persistence to keep on pointing out that the Emperor is nekkid. And then for people to start saying to each other, *He is saying what everyone is thinking.* And finally to get to admitting *He is saying what I am thinking.*
If Massachusetts has reached that point, you know the rest of the country reached it long ago and now are ready for another Gettysburg.
Speed the day.
clay barham| 1.20.10 @ 1:06PM
The battle in America between the Old and New World traditions are seen in our two main political parties. The Republican Party is the older of the two if we take it back to Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay, to Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Nelson Rockefeller and John McCain. Republicans are elite meddlers believing the national government should manage the industry and affairs of the American People. They stumbled in the 1960’s with Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. They left the party with people who do not accept original GOP policies.
The Democrat Party was the libertarian, state’s rights, individual freedom and local government party, following Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe to Jackson and Cleveland. They made the biggest swing from their policies at the turn of the century, adopting the Old World policies of Rousseau and Marx. The GOP, except for the Goldwater-Reagan moments, held fast to their better-than-thou beliefs from its origin. In the life of our Republic, the only political party that held fast to the ideals of America, which made her free and prosperous, was the 19th century Democrat Party. If we are to regain America, it looks like the GOP is the party to grab. claysamerica.com
Dennis Bergendorf| 1.19.10 @ 7:43AM
I am writing this as the polls open in Massachusetts, but this has been on my mind for a few days. I believe Coakley may win, despite the "public" polls. The reason is that I have not seen the usual "R-I-P GOP" columns this past week. Prior to the last special elections, EJ Dionne and at least five others wrote columns that stated emphatically that the Republican Party was dead ("DOA," as one writer put it. Another wrote "would the last person to leave the GOP turn off the lights?"). To me, that signalled a desperation attempt by the Dems to discourage Republican turnout.
The "public" polls showed their gubernatorial candidates winning in New Jersey and Virginia and New York's 23rd congressional district. But INTERNAL Demo polls must have fortold the impending disaster, so they had to call out the dogs.
But the dogs aren't barking this time (as far as I can tell), which may be a bad sign for the GOP.
mikey| 1.19.10 @ 9:29AM
Wishfull thinking?
loulou| 1.19.10 @ 10:47AM
No, magical thinking.
RustyG| 1.19.10 @ 7:46AM
"You know what scares our people more than the fact that they lost Ted Kennedy's seat and the Obama mystique may take a huge hit [today]?" says the DNC adviser. "The fact that Democrats and the media can no longer make the tea party types out to be irrational, inflexible ideologues who are supporting nothing but extreme right-wing candidates."
I hate to inform the DNC advisor that the only people who believed that were DNC operatives and the media.
Alan Brooks| 1.19.10 @ 7:46AM
You'll give us another Gingrich next year (5 years of blarney about space) then another Bush in 2017.
R Martin| 1.19.10 @ 7:58AM
Compared with the hack political leftists the Democrats have already given us, your speculation sounds downright appealing.
JP| 1.19.10 @ 8:14AM
No Alan, the GOP will give us John Boehner. And Gingrich looks like Henry Clay in comparison. And I think the cupboard is dry as far as the Bush family is concerned. At least we can be happy about that.
Alan Brooks| 1.19.10 @ 11:09AM
Progress is finished.
Sam Vaughn| 1.19.10 @ 11:28AM
Sad but funny. The Liberal definition of progress is the loss of freedom and individual achievment in the pursuit of the "good of the collective" as defined by those who consider themselves above us all.
David Williams| 1.19.10 @ 11:43AM
Well said and spot on. Since the likes of Mr. Brooks favor unlimited abortion, may I suggest a variation on that theme in his particular case: retroactive abortion.
SoCon| 1.19.10 @ 5:20PM
Alan's really not that bad--just confused. His parents were crazy liberals, and he's still suffering the after-effects of his upbringing.
brutus6| 1.20.10 @ 12:00PM
Speaking of abortion and crazy liberals, or 'progressives' as Mr Brooks would like to call them, those liberals' actions bring about their own demise: AlGore would have beaten GW in 2000 but for Roe v. Wade.
Late in George W's 1st term, I found a story linked to Drudge stating that AlGore would have been elected president if abortion had remained illegal. The author said most children grow up to think, and vote, like their parents, as Mr. Brooks and his 'crazy liberal parents' have proven. And because most aborted children since Rove v. Wade would have otherwise been born to liberal parents, the unintended consequence is that the libs have been literally killing off their own voters. Enough aborted children would have reached voting age by 2000 to easily put AlGore over the top in Florida.
Bohred| 1.19.10 @ 7:08PM
How about a Palin-Brown ticket in '12.
Don't lie, you know you were thinking it!
victor| 1.19.10 @ 10:43PM
I said that to my wife at dinner, while eating a killer lasagna.
Just about 7:08 or so.
Say it Loud!
Palin-Brown 2012!
Just the ticket to drive the libs and neo-libs mad.
And alan brooks too.
TomB| 1.19.10 @ 11:46PM
Why rely on Palin? By 2012 Brown will have 2 years in the US Senate, several in MA senate and assembly. If he can make the case that a career in the national guard is as good as being a community organizer then he belongs at the top of the ticket.
I mean, that's the standard, right?
Torquemeda| 1.19.10 @ 8:04AM
Let's not get overconfident here. Note that no where do a significant number of the Mass. democrats are saying they will not continue to maintain their corrupt leaders (Frank, Kerry, Obama, Menino, Markely, Devil Patrick, etc.) they've just said their enthusiasm has dimmed. IF Brown decisively wins today. IF the recount and 'vote discovery' do not overturn him. AND, if there is no weeks long delay in certifying him (the last specially elected politician Nickey Tsongas - was sworn in within 24 hours) - it is possible that these robots have awakened. Otherwise, this is just a tantrum and some lucky timing for Scott. This is not the end of anything bad nor the beginning of anything good. It could be a good data point. It is nothing as yet.
loulou| 1.19.10 @ 10:53AM
Good point, Torquemeda.
Any electorate that can repeatedly elect a drunken murderer and a drooling, spitting pervert has a long way to go. (I say pervert because of his behavior, not his sexual orientation)
Pat Spooner| 1.19.10 @ 8:25AM
The democratic polls are showing Brown ahead slightly to assist in the mobilization of democratic voters. While I hope he wins convincenly, I suspect that we will see all sorts of things impede that from happening. Remember New Jersey's senatorial race of a few years ago (behind in ppolls just chnage the candiditae and damn the laws; Massachusetts changed their laws so that Romney couldn't appoint a successor to Kerry if he had won the presidential election in 2004; Franken recount in Minnesota) among others. Massachusetts is a haven for democratic politicics and funny stuff happens there. In the past two elections here, Massacusetts residents/students even come north of the border to vote in New Hampshire bacuse they don't have to show an ID and because they want their candidates to win.
Jocon307| 1.20.10 @ 12:32AM
CONGRATS TO SENATOR BROWN! A great day for America.
Now, regarding these empty seats and this law changing, I remember reading about some western state (sorry I forget which) that when a seat becomes vacant the gov. puts in the replacements but MUST name a person of the same party who held the seat previously. That seems fair to me, maybe other states should consider doing the same.
Of course, all went EXTREMELY well for my side today, so I've got no complaints.
Northern Rebel| 1.19.10 @ 10:35AM
Be careful not to get too excited, fellow conservatives:
These polls are still within the margin of A.C.O.R.N., and the Secretary of State is a liberal democrat.
The commonwealth has a higher prcentage of dead voters, than Illinois, and a significant amount of voters live in a different district than the one they are registered to vote in, leading to double dipping.
Brown will have to be up by 12-15, to overcome the criminal corruption of the Massachussetts democrat machine.
I'll bet Ted Kennedy votes at least three times.
tailgunner| 1.19.10 @ 6:19PM
I was born and raised in Massachusetts.
It's been a Democratic machine political state for so long I'll bet they've never HAD to steal an election.
I'll bet they don't have the infrastructure to do it. That's why the architect of Al Franken's Minnesota larceny is on the way there now.
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The American Spectator : Coakley's Titanic Ride links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
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The American Spectator : Coakley's Titanic Ride links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Radar in VA| 1.19.10 @ 11:27AM
The TEA PARTY is putting BOTH parties on notice. True the Dems are in trouble, but the Repubickan Establishment had beetter not ignore us. We are pissed and not going to take it any more from EITHER party.
JIM WHITTAKER, Hemet, CA| 1.19.10 @ 12:03PM
This presidency is effectively over.
Period...
martha| 1.19.10 @ 2:03PM
From your mouth to God's ears.......
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Today, We Can Kill the Teabagger Bogeyman in Massachusetts links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
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Exploding The ‘[Censored]‘ Myth « The Underground Conservative links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Northern Rebel| 1.19.10 @ 1:51PM
Alan Brooks:
I truly hope you are right, in that your kind of "progress", IS FINISHED!
DTCOFAZ| 1.19.10 @ 2:05PM
Scott Brown will be the winner. Slowly but surely.
The Dems will use all dirty tricks that they and their master can find to bring the election down to the mud. But Scott Brown still will be the winner - the 41st vote for NO SOCIALIST/COMMUNISM in the US.
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Right to Work Blog » Blog Archive » Big Labor for Coakley — It’s lonely out there! links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Sam| 1.19.10 @ 3:53PM
I generally tend to support Democratic candidates based on my view on social issues, but I reading about all the negative ads Coakley has put out about Scott Brown has made me furious. Plus, she thought Curt Schilling was a Yankees fan because he supported Scott Brown.
Coakley reflects an increasingly inept and arrogant Democratic party and if the Democratic party is to return to their original mission (of being the change in Washington they promised), then it is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL that Scott Brown wins in order to shake the Dems out of their recent ineptitude and arrogance.
Ken (Old Texican)| 1.19.10 @ 4:27PM
Sam, I'm sorry.
This site is not blocked from children reading it, so I can't ask you "which" social issues you agree with.
heh.
I also take issue with your phrase that includes the word "recent".
I am so glad you are furious about non issues however. Your communists are hell bent on destroying the best about America, and your tizzy about a baseball player's attitude is sooooooo meaningful.
People,
Reading comments here, I sometimes just despair with the shallowness of our fellow citizens.
(I can deal with disaggreement, but not pure childishness. Sorry)
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 1.19.10 @ 6:50PM
Ken: I'm watching MSNBC right now, and the poor fools there, their eyes are popping out of their heads, and fire is pouring forth, from the empty sockets (and brains) within. I almost can't wait, for 2000 tonight, to watch Keith Olbermann, freaking out too. Great fun!!
Now, I've got to be up at 0530 in the morning, as always, but I'm not going to be able to go to sleep tonight, until Brown is declared the winner. This is a very late, and very great, Christmas present.
victor| 1.19.10 @ 11:32PM
Not only did you defend our freedoms, but now you did something I can never repay you for:
Watching Keith Olbermann and MSNBC.
Above and beyond the call of duty!
Thank you!
victor| 1.19.10 @ 10:48PM
Hey Ken,
"social issues" to democrats:
Legalize Pot
Legalize gay "marriage"
Abortion Today, Abortion Tomorrow, Abortion Forever!
Prostitution
Porn
Evolution
and the Freedom to say the "F" word
Matt| 1.19.10 @ 3:55PM
Also check out special election coverage on Walton's Wall @ http://waltonswall.com/2010/01.....-coverage/
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The American Spectator : Coakley's Titanic Ride links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
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The American Spectator : Coakley's Titanic Ride links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
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The Source For Scalp Hair Loss And How To Deal With It | Hair Care Beauty Wisdom links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Tex Expatriate| 1.19.10 @ 6:55PM
We'll all know in one hour and six minutes.
Tomas| 1.19.10 @ 8:44PM
If SEIU and Acorn are anywhere near this, then Coakley will squeak by. Mark my words.
Regardless of the results of tinight's vote, this baby will be far from finished. The Dems are already lining up their lawyers to contest the count. Don't be surprised if you hear a repeat of this classic from Franken's election steal: "Ooops, look what I found in my trunk..."
Term Limits and Tort Reform. Nothing will change until we have those.
Next time the Republicans hold a 60-seat majority in the Senate, they MUST pass a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional Term Limits. This will ensure an end to the Congressional Entitlement mentality, and it will be ratified by enough states to get it passed in a week, giving the GOP the moral high ground for the next two generations of voters.
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NavyBrat| 1.19.10 @ 11:02PM
Thomas. While I agree with you that there is the HUGE potential for fraud, given the circumstances for the Comiecrats, I think that they do so at their considerable peril. The people have spoken tonight. Especially considering where the people have decided to speak. If the shennanigans start, I believe, given the mood of the country, they will be comitting political sepuku. The good thing about sepuku though, is that, traditionally, it is to be done in front of the one who's vanquished you. In this case, the Dems would be comitting sepuku in full view of the public, regardless of the media spin. Media spin couldn't save their arses in MA, & it won't save them if they try any bullshat.
Silver Bear| 1.19.10 @ 11:32PM
Add to that list an amendment that ends the priviledge of "set-for-life" retirement salaries and forbids access to Congress via lobbying fo a minimum of ten years after leaving office...
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Sen.-Elect Scott Brown « The Underground Conservative links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
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Sen.-Elect Scott Brown - pdigaudio’s blog - RedState links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
victor| 1.19.10 @ 10:52PM
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY...
52% SCOTT BROWN (R) 1,153,808
47% MARTHA COAKLEY (D)D: 1,052,391
Happy Days are here again.
No Kennedys in Mass again,
Health Care is just as dead as Ted again,
Happy Days are here again!
Next stop:
Lexington and Concord,
Gather round my friends to hear,
"The Scott Heard 'Round the World!
Shamus| 1.19.10 @ 11:10PM
Hats off to the people of Massachusetts who have proven once again to be true American patriots.
Matt| 1.20.10 @ 2:40PM
Check out the post election run down on Walton's Wall too @
http://waltonswall.com/2010/01.....bay-state/
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