Either that or a lot of people didn't go to the voting booth.
~ "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 11:09 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > They said that MA is 3/4 democrat. That means there were a LOT of people > that flipped. > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Adrianne Brennan < > adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> 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/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > >
