Scott Brown and Martha Coakley Vie for Votes
President Obama to the Rescue?
Jon Keller, the author of 'The Bluest State', put it best in the pages of the Wall Street Journal. "Are we in for another shot heard 'round the world? Perhaps. More likely, listen for the sound of horse hooves on the pavement, and a modern-day version of Paul Revere's historic warning-the backlash is coming."
Sunday's day of campaigning was somewhat typical of Scott Brown's well oiled, juggernaut of a campaign and Martha Coaxley's dysfunctional shadow of a campaign. First, a look at the Democrat.
Martha Coaxley brought in some big guns to try to salvage her candidacy, but they seemed to have misfired.
President Barack Obama flew up to Boston and gave a speech to a half filled hall at Northeastern University that was half passionate (a hint of the old Obama from the campaign) and half confused and chaotic. At one point President Obama seemed to forget which state he was in. At another point, the speech was interrupted for several minutes by a father and son team of anti-abortion hecklers. The crowd seemed ugly and rambunctious.
Patrick Kennedy, the son of the late Teddy and a Congressman from nearby Rhode Island, showed up to give his support for Coakley's bid to become Teddy Kennedy's heir. But he seemed a little confused about whom he was talking about, referring to several times to someone named "Marcia Coakley." Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.
While President Obama and Patrick Kennedy were trying to whip up the party faithful, Scott Brown was in the town Worcester where an enthusiastic crowd of 3,200 people lined Main Street to greet him. Scott Brown addressed a capacity crowd inside Mechanics Hall to ask for their vote, along with "Local celebrities, including former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling (not a Yankees fan), former football star Doug Flutie and actor John Ratzenberger (of 'Cheers fame'), worked the crowd before Mr. Brown took the stage. It was the biggest campaign event yet."
Virtually every poll shows Scott Brown surging ahead. CNN is reporting that the White House has already concluded that Martha Coakley is going to be defeated. If that is the case in tomorrow's election, it will be called, as it already is by some, the "Scott heard round the world."
Sources: The Backlash Is Coming! The Backlash Is Coming!. Jon Keller, Wall Street Journal, January 15th, 2010
Hecklers Pester President Obama During Coakley Senate Election Speech, Joe Coscarelli, Mediaite, January 17th, 2010
After Obama Rally, Dems Pin Blame On Bush, Felicia Sonmez, Hot Line, Janiary 17th, 2010
Brown backers converge on city, Priyanka Dayal, UK Telegram, January 17th, 2010
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2 Comments
Post a CommentIt's all Bush's fault !
What gives ? Blaming Bush always worked before.....
There is a bell shaped curve for voters you know. So it's not surprising that Democrats, Republicans and Independents share similar space under the curve when the bell is rung and the issues resonate. What I'm hearing from Massachusetts is a collective outcry that the buck stops and starts again with the People and then it is passed to our leadership, even as a baton is passed in any great race. The exchange that occurred last November has hopefully taught us a great lesson: The People cannot loosen their grip before handing over. It must be firmly given and firmly taken.