Jan
20
2010
America is a centrist nation. It some areas it leans center left and in others center right. In strange pockets knitted together by gerrymandering there are instances of far right and far left cults. But these are false images of America – as we just saw in Massachusetts yesterday. America has a comfort zone and […]
Jan
19
2010
It’s over – Brown is the next Senator of Massachusetts! It is We The People’s Day!!!! UPDATE: Tweets reporting Coakley CONCEDES!!! Update T+80 min: 69% reporting and Brown still leads 53-46% Update T+70 min: 65% 60% reporting, Brown up by 7, Patrick Ruffini calls it for BROWN! Update T+60 min: Gardner, another bell weather location, […]
Jan
19
2010
After a year of Americans feeling economically vulnerable and insecure, and after the Senate made good on the liberal threat to remake all our health care policies (which 70% of us are just fine with), it is a interesting but not surprising to hear from both camps in the MA Special Election that the Christmas […]
Jan
19
2010
Mary Katherine Hamm shares some observations which don’t bode well for Coakley. This waiting for real data is killing me. Update: The MA Sec of State is confirming turnout is ‘brisk’ more so in the suburban and rural areas (Brown), he expects the cities to see a late wave (Coakley). Seems Coakley just doesn’t have […]
Jan
19
2010
Looks like the vaunted Dem GOTV is getting Brown voters out to the polls, Geraghty’s sources say the Brown canvassers are seeing the same thing. Coakley cannot win if she loses 20-25% of Dems, 60+% of Indies and her side is in the doldrums. In fact, she can’t avoid a stunning defeat. I still doubt […]
Jan
19
2010
Today in Massachusetts our friends, neighbors, family members and fellow Americans from that great state will have their say for all of us. The Political Industrial Complex (PIC) – inhabited by the two parties’ top politicians along with all those career staffers, lobbyists, consultants, news media cronies and talking heads – has been pounding us […]
Jan
18
2010
How many ‘dots’ do liberals need to connect to get a clue? Another hour, another poll showing Brown way out in front: According to the survey conducted Sunday evening, Brown leads the Democratic attorney general 52 percent to 43 percent. … Brown holds a 15-point lead among males and crushes Coakley by 41 points among […]
Jan
18
2010
ARG is out with their final poll in MA: Massachusetts US Senate 1/17/2010 Brown Coakley Kennedy Undecided Likely voters 52% 45% 2% 2% Registration: Democrats (42%) 23% 73% 2% 2% Republicans (15%) 97% 1% – 2% Unenrolled/ Other (43%) 64% 32% 2% 2% Sex: Men (48%) 58% 39% 1% 2% Women (52%) 46% 50% 2% […]
Jan
18
2010
If the MA bell weather cities are any indication then Brown will win in a landslide (as I predicted): The bellwether polling, conducted Saturday, Jan. 16, and Sunday, Jan. 17, shows: • Brown (55 percent) leads Coakley (40 percent) by 15 points in Gardner. Independent candidate Joseph L. Kennedy polls 2 percent, while 3 percent […]
Jan
18
2010
This is just surreal – even for me (since I predicted a Brown win and a Brown blow out) Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy We surely live in interesting times. I bet a lot of liberals are getting a warm tingle down their legs today – as they […]