I'm sure that Jabba the hut is already on the radio celebrating. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Adrianne Brennan < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Me and the other 47% will be cringing and wailing in horror. It's already > started... > > ~ "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 11:46 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net > > wrote: > >> >> >> Thank you for your effort... :( >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Adrianne Brennan" <adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:07:21 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Brown Projected for Upset Win in >> Massachusetts >> >> >> >> As a Massachusetts resident, all I can say is that I got into that voting >> booth and voted Coakley. She wasn't perfect but dammit, everyone who voted >> third party essentially got Brown into office. >> >> ~ "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 9:38 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/
