[Sosfbay-discuss] Judgement Day in Massachusetts

[alexcathy at aol.com]

Dear Green Friends, 

Cathy Deppe and I lived in the Massachusetts of Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barney Frank, and Joe Kennedy in 90s.  Republicans may win in the special election to succeed Ted.  One year after Obama'swin Democrats are in disarray and  the GOP is totally insane.  Do weneed any more evidence the tiresome Republicans vs. Democrats game isdysfunctional? 


Alex Walker


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Posted on Salon.com, Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Election, and Judgement Day in Massachusetts
by Gabriel Winant

364 days after Barack Obama was sworn in as president, he faces what’slikely to be cast as his first major judgment at the hands of anunsettled electorate. The special election that Massachusetts isholding today in order to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedywasn’t evensupposed to be competitive. Now it threatens to derail the agenda ofthe president and his party for the foreseeable future.

The Democratic nomination for Senate, ostensibly a plum spot in the country’s most liberal state, was won by state Attorney General Martha Coakley in a competitive December primary. Coakleyhad been elected statewide already, and had a strong reputation. Shewas exactly the kind of candidate who wins Senate races easily.

Meanwhile, the GOP overwhelmingly voted for Scott Brown, one of justfive Republicans in the state Senate. It was clear from the start thathe was a good candidate, but being a good candidateisn’t supposed to be enough for a Republican in Massachusetts. 

It’s a been six tough weeks for the Democrats, though. Coakley wentAWOL for a period, and when she came back, she was suddenlygaffe-prone; among other things, she inexplicably dismissed Boston RedSox legend Curt Schilling, who got involved in the race on theRepublican side, as "another Yankees fan." Brown’s screwed up some too, but the results speak for themselves: It’s election day, and the Republican appears to be solidly ahead. . .



 


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