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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2010 22 Comments

Obama's campaign organization has released a 2-minute video in support of Martha Coakley (via Politico).The video is very strange. It is way too long for a television commercial, although the Coakley campaign could edit it. If Obama really wanted to put himself on the line...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2010 4 Comments

On the heels of Martha Coakley's well-publicized comment criticizing Scott Brown for shaking hands with people in the cold outside Fenway Park, Brown has rolled out a new TV ad featuring him doing nothing but shaking hands with people on the street in the cold.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yu_af4KbdE]Coakley...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2010 6 Comments

The Senate health care bill, which Martha Coakley supports, contains a massive tax on the middle class which will hit union members particularly hard. The tax on so-called "Cadillac" health plans is opposed by organized labor, and could be a big reason why union rank-and-file...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 14, 2010 13 Comments

The HillBuzz guys warned that the trolls would come out in full force if it looked like Scott Brown was getting close in the polls:We are writing to you as moderate Democrats who fought for Hillary Clinton all through 2007-2008, then became Democrats for McCain/Palin...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2010 33 Comments

The Massachusetts special election continues to amaze. Democratic candidate Martha Coakley has taken a swipe at Fenway Park fans:Coakley bristles at the suggestion that, with so little time left, in an election with such high stakes, she is being too passive.“As opposed to standing outside...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2010 62 Comments

A hot story today is how a reporter for The Weekly Standard was shoved to the ground by a Martha Coakley campaign worker when the reporter tried to ask Coakley why she was attending a fundraiser with lobbyists.But another part of the story, as pointed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2010 4 Comments

Martha Coakley attended a lobbyist fundraiser in Washington, D.C. last night, at which she received bundled donations from dozens of health care lobbyists and Washington insiders.Coakley, when questioned about the fundraiser, said that it originally was planned as a unity event:"We planned an event after...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2010 13 Comments

This account of Martha Coakley's reaction to Scott Brown's rise in the polls paints Coakley as a mostly clueless politician (emphasis mine):On a private conference call with DNC chair Tim Kaine and top Dem donors this afternoon, Dem Senate candidate Martha Coakley acknowledged that GOPer...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2010 3 Comments

Rasmussen has released the results of its new polling, and it is a shocker: The Massachusetts’ special U.S. Senate election has gotten tighter, but the general dynamics remain the same. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds Massachusetts Attorney...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2010 2 Comments

There was a time, before Martha Coakley went on vacation and her political house caught fire, that blogging for Scott Brown was somewhat lonely. The bad old days. Time to bring this one home. (Memeorandum 1-12-2010 5:30 p.m.)--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Will Union Members Walk The Plank For...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2010 12 Comments

A campaign theme of Martha Coakley, including television ads which started running yesterday, attacks Scott Brown for supposedly sponsoring a bill to deny medical care to rape victims.In fact, Brown merely proposed a religious exemption which would exempt those with a religious belief against providing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 12, 2010 5 Comments

Scott Brown's Money Bomb yesterday raised over $1.3 million in 24 hours, mostly in small donations. Consistent with his theme that this is the People's seat, not the Kennedy or Democrats' seat, Brown sought support from the people who feel shut out of the political...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2010 12 Comments

"With all due respect. It's not the Kennedy seat, and it's not the Democrats' seat. It's the People's seat."[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJEEQHOnI2Q]--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2010 11 Comments

Last Saturday I was at the Needham campaign headquarters of Scott Brown, and I filed two reports of what I found. My two reports are here and here. Today I spent an hour at the Wrentham (Brown's hometown) local campaign "office" not far from the Patriots...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2010 0 Comments

Tonight at 7 p.m. is a televised debate in the Massachusetts Senate special election.All three candidates will be participating, since Martha Coakley refuses to debate Scott Brown one-on-one, despite calls from the Boston Globe and others.SEIU and other unions are organizing "visibility" for Coakley supporters...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 11, 2010 17 Comments

Scott Brown's Money Bomb is today. The special election is a week from tomorrow.If you've read this blog, you know that there is a chance of victory for Brown if he keeps surging. But he needs money to do that. A Scott Brown victory may...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2010 16 Comments

Democrats of Massachusetts, listen up. The special election is all but over. Martha Coakley has won.No need to show up to vote, since DownWithTyranny has pronounced that all polls showing the race tightening are worthless:Many of the pollsters and pundits predicting a Republican win in...

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