So, I took the time to read Obama's Speech today... -- The short version is they are losing.. BAD.
Why do I say this ?
His speech was about attempting to make Brown's message their message.
“There’s been a lot said in this race about how it’s not Ted Kennedy’s seat, it’s the people’s seat. Let me tell you the first person who would agree with that is Ted Kennedy.â€
“I’ve heard about some of the ads that Martha’s opponent’s running. He’s driving his truck around the Commonwealth. He said he gets you. That he’ll fight for you. That he’ll be an independent voice. I don’t know him. I don’t know his record. I don’t know whether he’s been fighting for you up until now. But here’s what I do know. I want a senator who’s independent too ... and here’s what I know: Martha will do so. She’s got a track record of doing so. I know there are things in which she and I disagree. She doesn’t just call herself independent. She has the character to be independent. I hear her opponent is calling himself independent. But you have to look under the hood.â€
At this time, team Coakley should have defined Brown and accentuated his negatives. At this time they should be sealing the deal, and showing with a positive message exactly why she is the best choice. Instead they have gone negative to the point of extreme on Brown, and are now claiming that they are Brown by attempting to cash in on the message they have been trying to derail far to late in the game for it to be successful.
Look what they did to Palin --
THATS how you ruin a candidate - start in about a millisecond after he/she is announced and keep them on the defense such that the candidate can never get their message across cleanly. Do not wait until after the opposing candidate has established their message, attack it in such an amateurish way that it appears to be sour grapes, then come in and lay claim to the established message that you have been trying to destroy as your own.
All this speech is going to do is inflame the already intense Brown supporters, and probably cause Coakley to hemorrhage more points. Frankly, I think Obama's speech may have been the equivalent of a professional execution. He blindfolded her, knelt her down, and placed one through the back of her head.
