The attorney general says she learned from the 2010 senate race loss.
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Anatomy of Anger
I was struck by this passage in the Washington Post story about its poll of Massachusetts voters, because it so closely tracks what I was seeing up there anecdotally:
The Scott Heard Round The World
Here’s the story I did on Scott Brown and the Massachusetts election for the new issue of the magazine.
The Massachusetts Senate Result
Here’s my report from last night for TIME.com.
Massachusetts Senate Race: Election Night
6: 32 p.m.: I’m set up in the ballroom where the Scott Brown campaign will be holding their election night party, and am happy to report the wi-fi is working just fine. What to watch for tonight? There won’t be any exit polls, so people will be counting the ballots the old-fashioned way. It could be a very late night. Or maybe not. …
Massachusetts Senate Race: Election Day
NOTE: I’ll be updating this post throughout the day.
I’ve been up here for only a day, but it’s hard to detect anything that looks good for Democratic nominee Martha Coakley, the state’s Attorney General.
Her election-eve rally at a gym in a Framingham middle school was three-quarters empty; someone on the campaign had pulled a …
State Of The Union Set, Outlook Still Grim For Coakley
The White House announced today that Obama will give his State of The Union address on January 27, saving Lost fanatics a lot of heartache.
Meanwhile, Nate Silver, at FiveThirtyEight.com, who correctly predicted all the Senate contests last cycle, says that Scott Brown is a 3 to 1 favorite going into tomorrow’s election against Martha …
On Contraception, Democrats Roll Towards Gutter In Massachusetts
The pressure is intense in Massachusetts, and the stakes could not be higher for all Democrats. But Martha Coakley and the Democratic Party have begun to push the boundaries of fair play. Here is what we have gotten in the last week from Democrats who are trying to tarnish Scott Brown’s reputation among women voters:
In the ArenaHealth Care
Mass. Murder
If Martha Coakley actually manages to lose the Senate race in Massachusetts, there will be all sorts of recriminations–but, I believe, one inescapable conclusion. People will say she was a lousy candidate who went to sleep after the primary, taking the general election for granted. True enough. Some will say that Scott Brown is an …
The Massachusetts Nail-Biter
The Boston Globe’s Adrian Walker has an interesting take on how Martha Coakley came to find herself in this spot three days before an election that everyone expected to be a blowout. And the NYT looks at the implications for the health care bill. We are once again hearing talk of using the reconciliation process in the Senate.
UPDATE: …
Is Martha Coakley Trying To Lose The Senate Race?
This is not a good thing to be saying right before a closer-than-expected election:
Despite that, there is a subdued, almost dispassionate quality to her public appearances, which are surprisingly few. Her voice is not hoarse from late-night rallies. Even yesterday, the day after a hard-hitting debate, she had no public campaign
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The Shot Heard Around the World
Okay, I think I’m done with the Revolutionary War allusions, but for Dems Mass AG Martha Coakley’s close race is a real scare. And even scarier: that the DSCC has been forced to spend money on her (we’ll soon see how much). Precious money that could have been used to defend Harry Reid — as if his week could get worse, Blanche Lincoln, …
The Red Coats Are Coming
Trouble for Democrats seems to be brewing in Massachusetts where a special election to fill Teddy Kennedy’s Senate seat is due to be held a week from Tuesday — on January 19. It’s hard to imagine a Republican winning in solidly blue Massachusetts but GOP State Senator Scott Brown has been steadily gaining on the Democratic candidate, …