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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2010 17 Comments
CNN Audience Interaction Producer Eric Kuhn is all over this election, a step ahead of the rest of us, GOP candidate dominates social networking in Massachusetts: On the eve of the Massachusetts special election Tuesday to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Republican candidate...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2010 0 Comments
Because it’s not the hand of one of those truck-driving Fenway Park fans: (Image via NY Times) ——————————————– Follow me on Twitter and Facebook

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2010 7 Comments
By now, the hideous rape mailer sent out by the Massachusetts Democratic Party in support of Martha Coakley has been called out by commentators on the right and left as one of the more heinous tactics in the tawdry annals of American politics. Coakley has...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 5 Comments
Current Weather Forecast for Boston, Tuesday, January 19, 2010: Tuesday…Cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning…then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. Is that cold enough...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 8 Comments
Yesterday, Blue Mass Group posted a misleadingly edited interview with Scott Brown in which Brown, when questioned, said he didn’t know if Barack Obama’s mother was married when Obama was born. That expression of lack of knowledge has led to full meltdown in the left-wing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2010 11 Comments
If this is true, I may owe the NRSC an apology: In mid-December, the National Republican Senatorial Committee conducted a poll that showed Brown trailing by only 13 points, but it kept the results to itself. Coakley continued operating on the assumption that for all...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2010 22 Comments
I posted yesterday about a disgusting mailer used by the Massachusetts Democratic Party to allege that Scott Brown wants rape victims turned away from hospitals. As I explained, the allegation is false, twists out of all reality the legislation Brown proposed on the “morning after...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2010 14 Comments
Martha Coakley flopping gaffe of the day, as reported by the Boston Herald: Shipping giant UPS isn’t amused by a Democratic Party campaign pamphlet attacking Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown that plays off the company’s slogan “What can Brown do for you?” Atlanta-based United Parcel...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2010 14 Comments
The Cambridge, Massachusetts police officers association wants to clear up the record. Just because Martha Coakley’s husband is a retired Cambridge police officer, a fact which her campaign frequently mentions, they do not want you to think that they actually support Coakley. No, the Cambridge...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2010 5 Comments
Martha Coakley has hammered Scott Brown relentlessly with the claim that Brown wanted to permit hospitals to deny emergency contraception to rape victims. As Coakley surely knows, that claim is false. I examined the language of Brown’s proposed amendment in a prior post. That amendment...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2010 12 Comments
Martha Coakley’s slap-shots fired at Fenway Park fans and devout Catholics, her vacation in the middle of a special election, her refusal to debate one-on-one, her D.C. lobbyist fundraiser, and her denial that she witnessed the subsequent assault on a reporter, all have people bewildered...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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