Overconfidence that MA wouldn't go red is my guess. Oi.
~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > They said on the news that Coakley ran a sloppy campaign. In a state that > was mostly democrats how could the democrat candidate lose? Obviously she > was asleep at the wheel... > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> >> Aw damn....well, I guess this may be a wakeup call for some of the Dems >> who were still fighting the Prez in stuff like health care. >> Damn... >> >> ************************************* >> >> http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/19/massachusetts.senate/index.html?hpt=T1 >> >> *Boston, Massachusetts (CNN) * -- Republican Scott Brown has won >> Tuesday's special election for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by liberal >> Democrat Ted Kennedy, CNN projects based on actual results. * * >> >> Brown, a Massachusetts state senator, had 52 percent of the vote to 47 >> percent for state Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Democratic contender, >> with over 69 percent of precincts reporting in results from the National >> Election Pool, a consortium of media organizations including CNN. >> Independent candidate Joseph Kennedy, a libertarian who is not related to >> the Kennedy political family of Massachusetts, had 1 percent. >> >> At stake was President Obama's domestic agenda, including health care >> reform. >> >> >> If Brown upsets Coakley, Republicans will strip Democrats of the 60-seat >> Senate supermajority needed to overcome GOP filibusters against future >> Senate action on a broad range of White House priorities. >> >> Final numbers on election turnout are expected "to be pretty good" despite >> the wintry weather, said Brian McNiff, a spokesman for the office of >> Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin. >> >> >> "I don't think weather is going to impede too many people" from coming out >> to vote, McNiff said Tuesday. "I think the interest in this election will >> trump any bad weather." >> >> >> Galvin predicted Monday as many 2.2 million of the state's 4.5 million >> registered voters would vote -- at least double the turnout from December's >> primary. In one sign of high interest, more than 100,000 absentee ballots >> were requested ahead of the election, according to McNiff. >> >> iReport: Send us your thoughts on the special >> election<http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=24330> >> >> Coakley was initially expected to easily win the race to replace Sen. Ted >> Kennedy, known as the "liberal lion" of the Senate who made health care >> reform the centerpiece of his nearly 47-year Senate career. Kennedy died of >> brain cancer in August. >> >> Until recently, Brown was underfunded and unknown statewide. In addition, >> no Republican has won a U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts since 1972, and >> Democrats control the governorship, both houses of the state legislature, >> and the state's entire congressional delegation. >> >> The latest poll, however, showed Brown leading Coakley by 7 points, 52 to >> 45 percent. The American Research Group survey, taken Friday through Sunday, >> had a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. No polls released >> in the past few days showed Coakley ahead. >> >> >> In a sign of the high stakes involved, the Coakley campaign held an >> afternoon news conference Tuesday to complain that voters in three places >> received ballots already marked for Brown. >> >> McNiff confirmed that the secretary of state's offices received two >> reports of voters saying they got pre-marked ballots. The suspect ballots >> were invalidated and the voters received new ballots, McNiff said. >> >> Kevin Conroy, the Coakley campaign manager, said the "disturbing >> incidents" raised questions about the integrity of the election. In >> response, the Brown campaign issued a statement criticizing Coakley's team. >> >> >> "Reports that the Coakley campaign is making reckless accusations >> regarding the integrity of today's election is a reminder that they are a >> desperate campaign," Daniel B. Winslow, the counsel for the Brown campaign, >> said in the statement. >> >> >> Obama has been both "surprised and frustrated" by the race, White House >> Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday. Obama and former President Bill >> Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to >> save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by >> complacency and missteps. >> >> Obama crushed Sen. John McCain in Massachusetts in 2008, beating the GOP >> presidential nominee by 26 points. >> >> >> "If you were fired up in the last election, I need you more fired up in >> this election," Obama urged a crowd at a Coakley campaign rally on Sunday. >> >> >> Vicki Kennedy, the senator's widow, called on state Democrats to turn out >> to save her husband's legacy. >> >> "We need your help. We need your support. We need you to get out there and >> vote on Tuesday," Kennedy said. "We need you to bring your neighbors. We >> need you to bring your friends." >> >> Brown, who has trumpeted his 30 years of service in the National Guard, >> hewed to traditional GOP themes at the end of the campaign. He promised at a >> rally Sunday that, if elected, he would back tax cuts and be tougher on >> terrorists than Coakley. >> >> He also repeated a pledge to oppose Obama's health care reform effort. >> >> "Massachusetts wants real reform and not this trillion-dollar Obama health >> care that is being forced on the American people," he said. "As the 41st >> [Republican] senator I will make sure that we do it better." >> >> Forty-four percent of Massachusetts voters cited the economy and jobs as >> their top concern in a recent 7 News/Suffolk University poll. Thirty-eight >> percent mentioned health care as their top concern. >> >> Voters more concerned with the economy were split almost evenly between >> the two candidates; voters more worried about health care narrowly supported >> Coakley. >> >> Brown's surprising strength came in part because some independents and >> conservatives who have supported Democrats in the past were having second >> thoughts. >> >> Democrats far outnumber Republicans in Massachusetts, but there are more >> independents than Democrats and Republicans combined. >> >> >> Several Democratic sources said multiple Obama advisers have told the >> party they believe Coakley is going to lose. The sources said they still >> hoped Obama's weekend visit to the state, coupled with a late push by party >> activists, could tip the balance in her favor, but Obama aides have grown >> increasingly pessimistic since Friday. >> >> Facing the possibility of Coakley's defeat, Democrats were trying to >> figure out if they could pass health care reform without that crucial 60th >> Senate vote. But top White House aides publicly insisted they are not >> engaging in any talk of contingency plans, because they believe Coakley will >> come out on top Tuesday. >> >> The seat is currently held by former Kennedy aide and longtime friend Paul >> Kirk, who was appointed to the seat on an interim basis. >> >> >> Galvin, the Democratic secretary of state, said last week that certifying >> Tuesday's election results could take more than two weeks -- potentially >> enough time to allow congressional Democrats to pass a final health care >> bill before Brown is seated, if he should win. >> >> But multiple Democratic sources said this is unlikely. Even if House and >> Senate Democrats could reach a deal to meld their bills and pass them in the >> next couple of weeks, there would be a huge outcry from not only >> Republicans, but also an increasingly distrustful public if they appeared to >> be rushing it through. >> >> Two Democratic sources in close contact with the White House told CNN on >> Monday they've urged the administration, in the event of a Brown victory, to >> push House Democrats to pass the Senate's health care bill as currently >> written. Doing so would prevent the plan from having to be taken up by the >> Senate again. >> >> "I think the Senate bill clearly is better than nothing," House Majority >> Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, said Tuesday. >> >> >> A third option would be for Democrats to revisit the idea of trying to >> push health care through the Senate with only 51 votes -- a simple majority. >> >> But to do that Democrats would have to use a process known as >> reconciliation, which presents technical and procedural issues that would >> delay the process for a long time. A number of Democrats are eager to put >> the health care debate behind them and move on to economic issues such as >> job creation as soon as possible this election year. >> >> Senate Democrats could also try again to get moderate GOP Sen. Olympia >> Snowe of Maine to vote for a compromise health reform plan. Multiple >> Democratic sources, however, have said they believe that is unlikely now. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > >
