Hopefully you've had a chance to listen to our Left Ahead! podcast interview of Elizabeth Warren. (If not, please do, we went over a lot of important stuff!) I wasn't going to write about this, because it wasn't even worth the pixels it … [Read more...]
Will Illinois Senate Race Follow MA Pattern? Heed Rasmussen.
Rasmussen polling (who brought Massachusetts the now infamous "Brown is within single digits poll") today is reporting on the Illinois US Senate race: Illinois Senate: Kirk 46%, Giannoulias 40% Republican Mark Kirk holds a … [Read more...]
Top Senate predictions
Full listing (BMG in blue, RMG in red). Deviations Predictor Brown Coakley Kennedy 0 Actual 51.9 47.1 1 0.2 Ken Pittman 52 47 1 0.2 Paul … [Read more...]
Scott Brown likes waterboarding
I'm not buying the new poll putting Scott Brown only 9 points behind Coakley, but maybe the race is much closer than I think it is. This race should not be close; Scott Brown is not a good candidate. He has been a typical … [Read more...]
I Pledge Not to Invade England
Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. Scott Brown has pledged not to raise taxes. Because, as we know, junior senators in the minority party are just handed the tax code as soon as they walk into the Senate. Maybe that's mean, and I should … [Read more...]
Lessons learned, anybody?
Lessons learned, anybody? … [Read more...]
GOTG – Get out the Gold
I just read this WBUR piece about last minute GOTV efforts. Pagliuca had an interesting comment/possible freudian slip. "We've got a great field organization that's going to be getting the gold out - vote out, and we're all … [Read more...]
Endorsement(s)? for Coakley
I read two recent newspaper endorsements for Martha Coakley. One from the Brockton Enterprise and one from the Patriot Ledger. Coakley's campaign counts these as TWO separate endorsements. I am not sure of the ownership … [Read more...]
THE SCOTT BROWN JOKE. (With poll!)
Face it, the Mass GOP has become a joke. The national party is now dominated by social conservatives, who want the government to legislate morality. It may work in the south and in Utah, but New England conservatives have … [Read more...]
The Proposed War Tax
Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. Alan Khazei gets credit for bringing this idea to the Senate race, though I didn't see it on his website. City Year co-founder Alan Khazei kicked off the primary campaign's final televised debate by … [Read more...]