This is Martha yesterday on the voters she says are wrong: “I think they’re gonna send someone to Massachusetts who has a proven record.â€
That would be you, Martha. You’ll be the one we “send†to Massachusetts. Scott Brown we’ll send to Washington.
Honest mistakes’: Martha Coakley failed to disclose all assets
By Jessica Van Sack | Friday, November 13, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics
Attorney General Martha Coakley acknowledged yesterday she overlooked more than $200,000 in savings when she mistakenly claimed to have zero personal assets in a financial disclosure required of candidates for U.S. Senate.
Democrats can stop hoping at this point.
I can see no alternative scenario but a huge - staggeringly huge - victory for the FNC/RNC machine tomorrow. They crafted a strategy of total oppositionism to anything Obama proposed a year ago. Remember they gave him zero votes on even the stimulus in his first weeks. They saw health insurance reform as Obama's Waterloo, and, thanks in part to the dithering Democrats, they beat him on that hill. They have successfully channeled all the rage at the massive debt and recession the president inherited on Obama after just one year. If they can do that already, against the massive evidence against them, they have the power to wield populism to destroy any attempt by government to address any actual problems.
Can't sleep - will vote on my way back from dropping my son off at school. I am voting for history today folks. Please God let him win.
Thanks Frank for starting this thread. It is going to be a LONG day.
Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said THIS about Ted Kennedy's Senate seat...“Why would you hand the keys to the car back to the same guys whose policies drove the economy into the ditch and then walked away from the scene of the accident?†“For the Republicans to say vote for us and bring back the guys who got us into this mess in the first place, I don’t think it’s a winner.â€
Democrats can stop hoping at this point.
I can see no alternative scenario but a huge - staggeringly huge - victory for the FNC/RNC machine tomorrow. They crafted a strategy of total oppositionism to anything Obama proposed a year ago. Remember they gave him zero votes on even the stimulus in his first weeks. They saw health insurance reform as Obama's Waterloo, and, thanks in part to the dithering Democrats, they beat him on that hill. They have successfully channeled all the rage at the massive debt and recession the president inherited on Obama after just one year. If they can do that already, against the massive evidence against them, they have the power to wield populism to destroy any attempt by government to address any actual problems.
“Why would you hand the keys to the car back to the same guys whose policies drove the economy into the ditch and then walked away from the scene of the accident?â€
http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1211553&format=text
We got one of these for the DUmpster forum?
A collection of special threads and posts as they watch.
I'm looking for a live thread on Skins's island.Hopefully the moles will help us out.
But given that a lock-down's anticipated later today, if I find it, I wonder if it's going to be possible to follow.
Live thread here, with many anecdotal observations of the turnout, by people actually on the spot:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2431940/posts?page=1
It's grown into a massive thread.
City of Mills (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-19-10 09:21 AM
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2. I'll make a report in a little bit
boston.com has poll reports, i'm seeing a lot of Brown voters, but probably because Dems actually work during the day. Let's check back later!
Can't connect. Wonder if FR still has a server down?
I just now checked my link to freerepublic.
It appears good; the thread came right up.
Maybe one of those millisecond computer quirks?
City of Mills (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-19-10 09:21 AM
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2. I'll make a report in a little bit
boston.com has poll reports, i'm seeing a lot of Brown voters, but probably because Dems actually work during the day. Let's check back later!
...It really looks like Scott Brown can win Ted Kennedy’s seat in the special election Tuesday. Here’s what to expect if that happens:read more here:
* A minor earthquake in Massachusetts due to Ted Kennedy’s buried corpse exploding.
* Numerous resignations, party-switching, and suicides of vulnerable Democrats.
* The Democrats will try to rush their Obamacare bill through the House, not even checking it for errors, and we’ll all wind up with free halth care.
* Obama locking himself in his office, and when he’s told the people want to hear from him, he’ll say, “I’m too awesome for the American people! They don’t deserve me!†This will be followed by loud weeping.
* Left-wing blogs will break down into even more rage and incoherence such that posts will just be made by the bloggers angrily bashing their keyboards with their tiny fists....
QuoteCity of Mills (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-19-10 09:21 AM
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2. I'll make a report in a little bit
boston.com has poll reports, i'm seeing a lot of Brown voters, but probably because Dems actually work during the day. Let's check back later!
Oh dear GAWD. I spit my coffee on that one. REALLY???
Democrats Strangely Uninterested In Voting For Coakleyhttp://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/
Somehow, this doesn't shock me: "A Democratic operative familiar with Martha Coakley and the DSCC's massive get-out-the-vote operation says that outreach workers in and around Boston have been stunned by the number of Democrats and Obama supporters who are waving them off, saying they'll vote for Scott Brown."
I may have been too cautious in my prediction below.
I noted in today's piece on the homepage that the classic Boston/Massachusetts politicians always had great charisma, sense of humor, and retail politics skills — the Kennedys, Tip O'Neill, Joe Moakley. Even if you didn't agree with their positions, they seemed like good guys to have a beer with and always seemed eager to engage with every voter they encountered. In this race, Scott Brown has that quality by the bucketful, and Martha Coakley simply doesn't. And among a decent number of Democrats, that counts for a lot.
QuoteDemocrats Strangely Uninterested In Voting For Coakley
Somehow, this doesn't shock me: "A Democratic operative familiar with Martha Coakley and the DSCC's massive get-out-the-vote operation says that outreach workers in and around Boston have been stunned by the number of Democrats and Obama supporters who are waving them off, saying they'll vote for Scott Brown."
I may have been too cautious in my prediction below.
I noted in today's piece on the homepage that the classic Boston/Massachusetts politicians always had great charisma, sense of humor, and retail politics skills — the Kennedys, Tip O'Neill, Joe Moakley. Even if you didn't agree with their positions, they seemed like good guys to have a beer with and always seemed eager to engage with every voter they encountered. In this race, Scott Brown has that quality by the bucketful, and Martha Coakley simply doesn't. And among a decent number of Democrats, that counts for a lot.
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/
NRO is on the ground in MA.
Bill219 (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-19-10 12:58 PM
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What is going on with the Boston Globe today?
They had a page up on their website calling the race for Coakley
http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/201...
This shit is just going to fuel the teabaggers complaints of election fraud if she wins
WTF is this????? Globe already has numbers?
http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2010/senate/results.html
They removed all those numbers. I should have screen capped that shit. The DUmmies are right ..... if she wins and those numbers come back up there is going to be a shit storm!
KC
The blog listed by the DUmmie had pictures of the map. http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2010/01/19/boston-globe-calls-election-for-martha-coakley.aspx
(http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/blogs/talkingpolitics/Coakley_3.jpg)
(http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/blogs/talkingpolitics/Coakley_01.jpg)
Fail. Martha Coakley’s Husband Rejected By Cop at Polling Station (Video)
Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 1:38 PM
Jim Hoft
Martha Coakley and her husband, Thomas F. O’Connor, Jr., went to vote this morning in Medford, Massachusetts.
Martha Coakley extended her hand to the police officer at the door and he complied rather unenthusiastically. When her husband, who is a former cop, extended his hand and the officer misses and makes no effort to “reconnectâ€.
Fail.
2.2 million votes at 2pm? There's only 6-1/2 million people in the entire state.
Damn, you'd think they could hide their masturbation material a little better..
I wouldn't be too surprised if that is what was "certified".
.
Boston Herald (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2432310/posts)
Brown will lose, real close and Marcia will get the seat she was destined for
Apparently right as the polls close circa 7:00 p.m. central time, 6:00 p.m. mountain time, "Greta"--I don't know the channel--is having Karl Rove and Sarah Palin with her, to discuss the results.
Too bad they couldn't get Richard Cheney, too--for those three, I'd run to Wal-Mart to get a television set.
Rasmussen is apparently doing exit polling on his own for it, I expect Fox will be having him on.
There will be no [exit polls] tonight from Massachusetts, disappointing journalists and political scientists alike. As Mike Allen of Politico.com reports, the consortium of news outlets that normally organizes such surveys didn't bother when the race was expected to be a blowout and now "wasn't confident a reliable system could be built so fast."
Another casualty of the expectation that the race would be a cakewalk for the Democrat will be an absence of absentee ballot fraud, the preferred method of putting an illegal thumb on the scale in a close race. Applications for absentee ballots had to be submitted by last Friday, providing little opportunity for those with ill intent to organize such an effort once they realized the race had tightened up . . . Both parties have concerns about vote fraud or intimidation in today's election. Hundreds of lawyers and observers have been deployed at key polling places. But it's likely to be a relatively quiet election from a litigation angle unless the final margin is razor-thin. The Brown surge came so suddenly there was no time to plan anything devious beyond the usual negative commercials — which in this race ran everywhere, including, for the first time in anyone's memory, The Weather Channel.
http://www.nationalreview.com/baystate/post/?q=Nzg1NDBjY2Y3NmJkOTlmNWE3YzkzM2MzNWRiMGMxNzQ=
6:00 PM
WTKK 96.9 just anounced Brown internals have Scott up by 10!!!!!!
--picked up at freerepublic.
If Brown wins, can someone record and Youtube Sissy Matthews', Keef Overbite's and Rachel Madcow's heads exploding?
I'll be in class and don't want to miss it. :-)
6:00 PM
WTKK 96.9 just anounced Brown internals have Scott up by 10!!!!!!
--picked up at freerepublic.
WaPo's Quinn: Scott Brown Success Due to '80s Semi-Nude Photo Shoot
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/01/19/wapos-quinn-scott-brown-success-due-80s-semi-nude-photo-shoot#ixzz0d6iI1U3p
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2432480/posts
Yeah there were saying that this morning which caused the panel on Fox to bust a gut laughing.
Michael Graham [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
is calling the race:
If Scott Brown doesn't win, it will be the first time I've ever seen a race where a candidate won the money war, the message war, and the momentum war...and still lost.
But that's not why I'm calling this race.
Based on the six years I spent as a GOP consultant and flak, I called this race as soon as I found out about the Coakley CYA memo leaked to Politico.
Sorry, Democrats, but the White House and the Coakley campaign have both seen the internal polling. And by lunchtime today they were both blaming each other for losing the race.
This isn't a CYA move. It's a consultant concession speech.
My Escape Clause: Given that the Coakley campaign has clearly been run by idiots, they could be so stupid they think they've lost a race that they've won.
Polls close in half an hour. Do you have your popcorn ready?
and the polls are closed ! :popcorn:
and the polls are closed ! :popcorn:
Where can I find the results? The MA secstate site wasn't showing anything
I can't find any either. I understand Ted Kennedy voted early this morning ... around lunch time ... and just before the polls closed.
If you search for "MA election results (http://www.google.com/search?q=MA+election+results&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)", Google has added a real-time news feed in their search results.
8:18 p.m. EST: Just spoke to a campaign worker who seemed to be looking for a noose. He just got a call from Winthrop, a traditionally Democratic stronghold. According to his source, which was someone else in the campaign, Brown won every Winthrop district.
William Rivers Pitt
Brown 2,307; Coakley 1,029 in my town.HA HA!
HA HA!
I can't get to the Boston Globe's website. They seem to be having problems.
Drudge...22% of dems vote for Brown...
SCOTT BROWN (R) 53%
MARTHA COAKLEY (D) 46%
CBS: If Scott Brown Wins, ‘It’s Going to Get Uglier’ in Washington
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2010/01/19/cbs-if-scott-brown-wins-it-s-going-get-uglier-washington#ixzz0d71acrVc
CBS: If Scott Brown Wins, ‘It’s Going to Get Uglier’ in Washington
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2010/01/19/cbs-if-scott-brown-wins-it-s-going-get-uglier-washington#ixzz0d71acrVc
22% of Dems voted for Brown... its over
R - 280,138
D - 248,516
Brown by 31,622
Jeez. They just don't get it. Do they?
Clinton, to his credit, did. Obama just is completely misssing it. Why?
Fingers crossed for a call for Brown before 10:00. :cheersmate:
Where's that animation of the stick-figure guy typint in a rage until his hands fall off, then bashing his head against the keyboard?(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i310/ReeW/ragepost.gif)
:lmao:
If a candidate delivers a concession speech, is the state required to certify the other candidate as the winner?
Not certify, but I believe the temporary Senator no longer is Senator, and in the absence of a challenge, things move along.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7511377
rox63 (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-19-10 08:51 PM
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F***, f***, f***
That is all...
Drudge is getting hammered...
63 percent in.
Legs. Toast.
Some local media outlets in the state are beginning to call it for Brown.
With butter and jelly!!??And sprinkled with the delicious tears of all the DUmmies, Kommies, and the Mainstream Myrmidons.
Earth to Howard Dean: The voters are angry at people like you, and #MASen is proof! 35 seconds ago reply
jkoo Snap election led to a failure for a proper vetting in the Dem primary. Dems could've had a Rep. that's won 4 elections (Capuano). #MASen 29 seconds ago reply
marklainer Sad that ConservaDems, like Bayh, will think #masen means voters are rejecting progressiveness. They're not. This is an unmotivated base. 22 seconds ago
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/#ixzz0d7AnNOxz
She's apparently conceded.
When was the last time that Massachusetts had a Republican senator?I think one the 50s sometime, and before then it was one in the 20s.
When was the last time that Massachusetts had a Republican senator?
Any bets on the Dems trying to get Obama to sign the Healthcare bill tonight?
There had been chatter on the news over the weekend that the Senate would force the House to accept the Senate bill and no further debate or vote would be needed...just Obama's signature.
This time last year I'd have thought it was a tinfoil kook idea.
Not anymore.
Charles Krauthammer said tonight on Fox that if Brown wins, unless the Dems can switch a Republican vote......the health Care Bill is dead..........and with it pretty much the rest of Obamas agenda......
doc
Juan Williams actually said with a straight face...that Obama still has a huge amount of political capital on the healthcare issue and that he should continue to push forward to get this bill done.
They just showed a live shot of the Coakley event and a hobbling John Kerry making his way on stage.
Gotta ask.
From what I've heard and read of this lady, she was horrible. Did the Dem's throw this like the GOP did with McCain?
Gotta ask.
From what I've heard and read of this lady, she was horrible. Did the Dem's throw this like the GOP did with McCain?
No she believed what the media said that the seat was hers. She ran her election like it was a formality...Brown ran like he intended to win.
Perfect example...she's supposed to be making a concession speech and she's hitting talking points from her campaign speech.
Juan Williams actually said with a straight face...that Obama still has a huge amount of political capital on the healthcare issue and that he should continue to push forward to get this bill done.
Juan Williams actually said with a straight face...that Obama still has a huge amount of political capital on the healthcare issue and that he should continue to push forward to get this bill done.
Whistling past the graveyard.
He was joined minutes later by Willie Brown providing harmony.
Perhaps you heard of MA? small blue state in the NE? Kennedys, Camelot?
ring any bells?
Greta van Facelift is doing everything she can to take the blame for this loss off of Coakley and right at the feet of the Obama administration.
Coakley making concession speech right now......
doc
Brown making acceptance speech......"Now the independent voters of Mass. have spoken........."
The country has just heard that this is the peoples seat......"
doc
So... don't want to answer the question?
Andrew Sullivan is in a rage. lol
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/from-depression-to-rage.html