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Friday, January 15, 2010

On MSNBC, "If this were any other state we'd say that this one was over, Scott Brown's gonna win." Watch the Vicki Kennedy spot in which she plagiarizes the Scott Brown message, "It's the people's seat." Nice try:

 

Check out this video from the Massachusetts Teachers Association supporting, meant for its members only, via Michael Graham. The message in this video is only good for Scott Brown fans:

Merit pay? School vouchers? Teacher testing? Sounds great! Vote Brown.

Graham also has evidence of multiple instances of State workers using State time and resources to campaign for Coakley: Supporting Coakley: Your Government At Work

Related: Malkin: Beware: SEIU's Purple Army marches on Massachusetts

 

Polls are coming in, and some are showing Scott Brown actually ahead at this point. I only believe the poll being held on Tuesday, but you may find them interesting:

Poll shocker: Scott Brown surges ahead in Senate race

Riding a wave of opposition to Democratic health-care reform, GOP upstart Scott Brown is leading in the U.S. Senate race, raising the odds of a historic upset that would reverberate all the way to the White House, a new poll shows.

Although Brown's 4-point lead over Democrat Martha Coakley is within the Suffolk University/7News survey's margin of error, the underdog's position at the top of the results stunned even pollster David Paleologos.

"It's a Brown-out," said Paleologos, director of Suffolk's Political Research Center. "It's a massive change in the political landscape."...

Sissy comments on the Brown-Out here. She also describes her experience listening to radio and working the Scott Brown phone banks: "I know more Democrats who are voting for this guy than Republicans"

Pajamas Media has a new robo-call poll out: Massachusetts shocker: Brown Up 15% in Pajamas Media/CrossTarget Poll. I'm not going to the bank on that, but it's interesting.

 

Coakley has really put her foot in her mouth with her extremist position on abortion (and let me emphasize again that I am pro choice), now telling a radio interviewer that you can have freedom of religion, as long as you don't work in a hospital. How many Catholic hospitals are there? This issue is huge, and her position is outrageous:

Kathryn Jean Lopez: It's a Good Thing for Martha Coakley That There Are No Catholics in Massachusetts

During an interview today, Martha Coakley was asked about the conscience issue Catholic medical personnel encounter when it comes to a law that mandates the distribution of emergency contraception, which sometimes works as an abortifacient. (I wrote about the details of this issue as pertain to Scott Brown and Massachusetts and Martha Coakley's misrepresentation of all of this here.)

Coakley explained that this should not be a problem because "we have a separation of church and state." "Let's be clear," the attorney general added.

The radio host, Ken Pittman, pointed out that complex legal principle that "In the emergency room you still have your religious freedom."

Coakley agrees that "The law says that people are allowed to have that." But, making clear her view -- the attorney general who wants to be the next senator from Massachusetts -- she declared that "You can have religious freedom, but you probably shouldn't work in an emergency room." (Listen here.)

And perhaps Saint Elizabeth's on Cambridge Street shouldn't have an emergency room at all?

Martha Coakley is a terrible candidate.

You can actually hear the interviewer say, "Wow."

Graham has a good one on this: Coakley: No Catholics Need Apply

Ace comments on her interview, here.


 

On another issue, Dorothy Rabinowitz writes at the Wall Street Journal about an issue (one of several) involving Coakley as a prosecutor that deserves wide attention. Do you remember the big child and satanic abuse hysteria that swept the country back in the 80's? Well here in Massachusetts we had the Fells Acres Day Care scandal -- a hysterical prosecution that destroyed a family and sent innocent people to prison. The name "Gerald 'Tookie' Amirault" should ring a bell. Well Martha Coakley had a hand in perpetuating that travesty of justice and keeping an innocent man in prison long after virtually everyone else understood he should have been released: Martha Coakley's Convictions - The role played by the U.S. Senate candidate in a notorious sex case raises questions about her judgment. No short quote could possibly do justice to this story. You must read it all. It is a true and ongoing outrage and Martha Coakley plays a central role.

Reason talks about Fells Acres and quotes lefty lawyer/blogger Jeralyn Merritt as saying of Coakley, "I wouldn't vote for her for dog catcher."

And don't forget about the incident where the father of a young child who was groped in a supermarket bathroom and punched the perp on the spot found himself prosecuted. Coakley said she didn't want people resorting to "self-help." Outrageous.

 

In Miracle in Massachusetts, David Frum discusses the fact that Brown is not the typical "talk radio" candidate. Let me add to all my brothers nationwide that you must be careful how you think you will help Scott Brown. This is Massachusetts. Tread carefully. Give money to the Brown campaign. They are running a brilliant campaign and they know the terrain and they know what they're doing. Leave it to them.

Politico reports that Brown is giving hope to Republicans nation wide.

Byron York explains that Dems are preparing their excuses: Massachusetts: 'Bottom has fallen out' of Coakley's polls; Dems prepare to explain defeat, protect Obama

 

Here's a gaff for you. Ben Smith reports that the DSCC put out an ad, now PULLED, that tried to tie Scott Brown with greedy Wall Street types and used an image of the World Trade Center to do it. That's another pulled Dem ad: A Trade Center image in DSCC spot. Here's a screen cap:

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The Washington Times notes that Scott Brown is used to triumphing over Democrat dirty tricks: Boston paper: Dem operative admits to cheating on Brown '04 state Senate race

 

Oh, and that Haiti disaster Bill Clinton is supposed to be seeing to helping with? Clinton Rushed in to Disaster Area. Yup, he's coming to Boston to help Martha today.

And guess who else is? Yup, The President is on his way: Obama to Massachusetts, After All

 

RS McCain reports with video from the scene of Rudy Giuliani's visit with Scott Brown to Boston's North End.

Update: Cambridge Police Patrol Officers endorse State Senator Scott Brown for United States Senator

The 212 member Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association voted to endorse State Senator Scott Brown for United States Senator in next Tuesday's election against Attorney General Martha Coakley. CPSOA's President released the following letter today:

All Members,

Members of our Association have inquired and requested that we endorse Scott Brown in the upcoming election against Martha Coakley. Ms. Coakley along with some of her campaign workers have talked publicly about how her husband is a retired Cambridge Police Officer, giving appearances that she is being endorsed by the Cambridge Police. This may be an innocent insinuation but most do take this as our giving her our support and endorsement. Yesterday, the CPPOA Executive Board voted to endorse State Senator Scott Brown in the upcoming election for US Senate. In an 11 to 2 vote, the Executive Board voted overwhelmingly in favor of the endorsement. We do not endorse anyone who advocates changes in the health care that take away any bargaining rights or increases our cost along with our contributions. Senator Brown does not support the Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Bill and promises to be the 41st vote to ensure its defeat. The current leadership at the state house, as we all know and have seen over the past two years, have an agenda to dismantle all of our hard earned bargained benefits and they will continue to dismantle these until there is a complete change from the top down. Martha Coakley is part of this Massachusetts leadership and she will continue with this agenda, only now it will be at the capital level and we need to stop it. So today, we the members of the Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association endorse Scott Brown for the senate seat vacated by Senator Kennedy.

Fraternally,

Stephen Killion
President Cambridge Police

Patrol Officers Association.

The Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association is a founding member of the MMPC

Update: Oh Martha. No, no, Curt Schilling is not a Yankees fan

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Tomorrow's (TUESDAY the 19th) the day! Do you know where your polling place is?! Have a plan! Here's a nice video of The People's Rally from the Brown campaign: MassBackwards has some visual examples of the "enthusiasm gap" between the... Read More

2 Comments

The woman in the second video is a COMPLETE MORON.

At the 1:00 minute mark she says that Coakley will "get rid of the one size fits all standards and less focus on standardized tests" when it comes to students,

yet at 1:46 the speaker is FOR one size fits all standards when it comes to teachers.

What an F'n hypocrite.

There should be healthcare reform and EDUCATION reform.

I hope Brown wins, and wins BIG.

Make sure all ballots are counted per voter's
intent.

Thanks and Good Luck.

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