[Sosfbay-discuss] Judgement Day in Massachusetts

[Andrea Dorey]

MAYBE THE GREENS (and other third parties) CAN MAKE SOME HEADWAY WITH  
THIS POLITICAL MESS HANDED TO US ON A SILVER PLATTER?

Or have too many of us been so protective of the Democratic party  
that we think like the so-called "liberal" segment of the "bewildered  
herd?"  If we can't get significant numbers of Greens elected in  
these "interesting times," shame on us.
Andrea

On Jan 19, 2010, at 7:38 AM, alexcathy at aol.com wrote:

> 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's win  
> Democrats are in disarray and  the GOP is totally insane.  Do we  
> need any more evidence the tiresome Republicans vs. Democrats game  
> is dysfunctional?
>
>
> Alex Walker
>
>
> =  =  =  =  =  =  =  =  =  =
> URL: http://tinyurl.com/ygr4dmb
>
> 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’s likely to be cast as his first major judgment at the hands  
> of an unsettled electorate. The special election that Massachusetts  
> is holding today in order to replace the late Sen. Ted  
> Kennedywasn’t even supposed to be competitive. Now it threatens to  
> derail the agenda of the 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. Coakley had been  
> elected statewide already, and had a strong reputation. She was  
> exactly the kind of candidate who wins Senate races easily.
>
> Meanwhile, the GOP overwhelmingly voted for Scott Brown, one of  
> just five Republicans in the state Senate. It was clear from the  
> start that he 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 went  
> AWOL for a period, and when she came back, she was suddenly gaffe- 
> prone; among other things, she inexplicably dismissed Boston Red  
> Sox legend Curt Schilling, who got involved in the race on the  
> Republican 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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