So the big stories I want to touch on:
--I'm sure you've head by now, but President Obama will come to Massachusetts on Sunday in an effort to save the Coakley campaign. The gang at Politico outlines the risk to the President, as does The Fix.
Can a personal appeal by the President of the United States (in one of the states where he remains popular) convince voters to make the trip to the polls on Tuesday? If Democrats aren't convinced by Coakley at this point she is unlikely to persuade them before voting time, so she better hope that Massachusetts residents who still love Bill Clinton (who is in town today) and Barack Obama decide to do them a favor and cast a ballot for her. Otherwise, she could be toast.
--Coakley's camp is under fire today for two campaign gaffes (as if they needed more at this point). During an interview on WBSM yesterday (I have never heard of that station), Coakley got into a back and forth about emergency contraception during which she said, "You can have religious freedom but you probably shouldn’t work in the emergency room." Conservatives are making a huge deal of her comment, especially in light of the large number of Catholics in Massachusetts.
--On top of that, the new DSCC ad that I saw (but couldn't find online) this morning, Scott Brown is portrayed as "opposed to cracking down on greed and corruption." Just one problem - that headline was pasted over Scott Brown and a picture of the World Trade Center.
(The DSCC pulled the ad from YouTube, but a Brown supporter made this grainy version available):
Unsurprisingly, Coakley's opposition went ballistic. That includes former NYC Mayor Rudy Guliani, who just happened to be in town today campaigning for Brown.
“Martha Coakley must immediately denounce the partisan political television advertisement sponsored by her Democrat allies that inexplicably uses images of the World Trade Center to unfairly attack Scott Brown," Guliani said. "This is among the most desperate campaign tactics I have ever seen. Martha Coakley and her Democrat allies owe an apology to the families of the nearly three thousand Americans killed on September 11th."
This Coakley campaign is truly one for the ages.
2 comments:
Obama coming is the kiss of death for Martha- She ran in the primary as an outsider and now she's known as the knee jerk dem- and unfortunately that's not who she really is- It's what she's had to become.
The media feeding frenzy is fueling this- Martha hates Red Sox fans- hard to believe that folks around the country are eating this up- Both the left and the right are after her. The Democratic party "unnamed sources" are protecting Obama by saying to reporters that she was never a good candidate in the first place.
Guess the media loves the idea of having the first Republican in years over the first woman ever. This is a story line that they find irresistible- 60th vote on HC and most liberal seat taken by a conservative- The perfect storm against Martha- Shame on us.
If Obama fails to deliver a win for Coakley, he is in a world of hurt support-wise. This would be the best thing for Americans. Save us all from the Marxist powers in Washington. Vote for Brown, one step at a time can lead to huge things.
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