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Poll shocker: Scott Brown surges ahead in Mass Senate race

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Posted by tu3031 2010-01-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Keep in mind who's going to count the votes. :(

Posted by PBMcL 2010-01-15 00:11|| 2010-01-15 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Was this poll before or after his early 80s cosmos photos were discussed.
If after, maybe, some dem wimmin looked at his photos and said "I like"?
After all they are accused of voting for "Handsome" in the past.

Posted by 3dc 2010-01-15 00:43|| 2010-01-15 00:43|| Front Page Top

#3 the "I'm too good to go out to Fenway and shake hands" could not have helped Coakley either...

Posted by abu do you love 2010-01-15 01:22|| 2010-01-15 01:22|| Front Page Top

#4 I will still be super surprised if Brown wins. However, he is forcing the dhimocrats to spend money and capital in a place they thought was safe. So it is a win of sorts no matter what.

Oh, and Brown took in 1.3 million in a money bomb effort from people all over the country. Match that you elitist dhimocrats. Or even the damn RINO RNC elitists for that matter.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-01-15 07:47|| 2010-01-15 07:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Do we need poll watchers; someone or someone from (SARC)?:

1. Jimmy
2. Chicago
3. Zimbabwe
4. Haiti (although they are a little busy right now)
5. ACORN
6. Black Panthers
7. Justice Department
8. SEIU

I guess Kennedy coat-tails are a little short. Just maybe the good people in Taxachusetts are getting tired of getting ripped off, taxed, sending money to Washington and getting nothing back, and having a failed universal health care plan that doesn't work. And then throw Barney Frank and his shennanigans with sub-prime loans into the mess. I know that is a repugnant thought. Oh, did I mention a donk candidate that looks and acts like Leona Helmsley.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-01-15 07:51|| 2010-01-15 07:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Scott Brown certainly has the momentum. 4 days and counting. Here's the the to all the polling over at Real Clear Politics. Linky

Posted by Tom- Pa 2010-01-15 08:03|| 2010-01-15 08:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Keep in mind who's going to count the votes. :(

To quote former Boston City Councilor Dapper O'Neil, 'I don't want them to count my votes, I want them to weigh them.'

Posted by Raj 2010-01-15 08:36|| 2010-01-15 08:36|| Front Page Top

#8 If it even comes close in Massachusets of all places then next elections will be remembered as the Big Democratic Turkey Shot.

Posted by JFM 2010-01-15 08:36|| 2010-01-15 08:36|| Front Page Top

#9 The fact that this election, in this state of all places, is close has got to have more than a few Democrats in congress looking over their shoulder.

Or so it is hoped.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-01-15 08:43|| 2010-01-15 08:43|| Front Page Top

#10 #9 ....a few Democrats in congress looking over their shoulder

Quite difficult to 'look over one's shoulder' when your head is buried deeply up your arss.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-15 09:00|| 2010-01-15 09:00|| Front Page Top

#11 I doubt the polls because the people of Mass are soo blue its hard to believe they would not elect a Democrat. For those of you pointing at Mitt remember he won on a somewhat liberal platform.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-01-15 09:42|| 2010-01-15 09:42|| Front Page Top

#12 I don't live anywhere near MassachusettEs, but I sent him 50 bucks after I heard him say, "It's the PEOPLE's seat"!

Posted by Gomez Threter7450 2010-01-15 09:42|| 2010-01-15 09:42|| Front Page Top

#13 If Brown wins it Dem attormeys will sue to keep Brown out until enough "absentee" votes are "found" to get Coakly in...

Posted by Boss Snomotle8280 2010-01-15 09:57|| 2010-01-15 09:57|| Front Page Top

#14 Sarge: from all accounts, Brown's closer to Mitt Romney than Palin or a Sen. Coburn. He's a Republican, but a New England Republican.

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-01-15 09:58|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-01-15 09:58|| Front Page Top

#15 #12 I don't live anywhere near MassachusettEs, but I sent him 50 bucks after I heard him say, "It's the PEOPLE's seat"!
Posted by Gomez Threter7450

Donating to specific candidates I do. Donating to the RNC, sorry,'no can do.'

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-15 10:03|| 2010-01-15 10:03|| Front Page Top

#16
Massachusetts: 'Bottom has fallen out' of Coakley's polls; Dems prepare to explain defeat, protect Obama

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Massachusetts-Bottom-has-fallen-out-of-Coakleys-poll-numbers-Dems-prepare-to-explain-defeat-protect-Obama-81681862.html#ixzz0chOmYMpi

Posted by Beavis 2010-01-15 11:25|| 2010-01-15 11:25|| Front Page Top

#17 As a citizen of Mass I'll be surprised (but very gratified) if Brown wins, and I'll do my part to help that. Too bad my 17 year old son will miss being able to vote in such an historic election by less than a month.

Brown truly is a New England Repub, thus essentially a RINO. But IF he wins I hope he'll remember who put him there and why - the 2010 elections should be huge in determining which way he goes in terms of RINO-ness.

I think Coakley's biggest problem has been ... Coakley. Her performance over the past week or so (the absolute presumption of a shoo-in victory, the shoving incident, the Fenway and Catholic voters pedial insertions, and we've still got 4+ days to go ...) makes John Kerry look charismatic and charming. She's been bad enough to turn traditional Dems against her strictly on personal grounds.

Posted by xbalanke 2010-01-15 12:06|| 2010-01-15 12:06|| Front Page Top

#18 "This is a Creigh Deeds situation," the Democrat says. "I don't think it says that the Obama agenda is a problem. I think it says, 1) that she's a terrible candidate, 2) that she ran a terrible campaign, 3) that the climate is difficult but she should have been able to overcome it, and 4) that Democrats beware -- you better run good campaigns, or you're going to lose." From article in Beavis post.

Obama's radical agenda is the problem. The people around him are the problem. His not telling the truth is the problem. The partisan politics are the problem. The back door deals are the problem. The donks just are not willing to say it is their radical ideology their shennanigans that the American people are having trouble with.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-01-15 12:33|| 2010-01-15 12:33|| Front Page Top

#19 Let's see.. with the "I'm too good to go out to Fenway and shake hands" and the Chuck Schumer endorsement, all she needs is A-Rod to come out for her and she's in!

Posted by regular joe 2010-01-15 13:35|| 2010-01-15 13:35|| Front Page Top

#20 Brown truly is a New England Repub, thus essentially a RINO.

A RINO by Texas or by New England standards? If the former then by Massachusets standards he is a gum chewing, knuclke-dragging, gun-toting, Bible thumping neo-con

Posted by JFM 2010-01-15 14:38|| 2010-01-15 14:38|| Front Page Top

#21 It becomes very difficult to elect a majority leader when you are willing to concede 14 senate seats. A RINO who is willing to vote for a trunk majority leader is better than a Democrat who elects a donk. Unless you enjoy being in the minority.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-01-15 16:11|| 2010-01-15 16:11|| Front Page Top

#22 The money bomb has continued rolling at a clip of over 1 million dollars every day this week. It is almost all online and the average donation amount is 50 bucks.

This guys is really a people's candidate.

Compare that to the closed to the press and public fundraiser Coakley had in DC, mainly healthcare lobbyists pharmaceutical lobbyists union chiefs party officials and liberal group leaders.

Posted by Beldar Threreling9726 2010-01-15 16:20|| 2010-01-15 16:20|| Front Page Top

#23 Mods, promise me that you WILL break out the Flying Pig and crank the ululator to 11 if the peopel of Mass "fire another shot heard round the world" by putting Brown in the Senate.

Posted by OldSpook 2010-01-15 21:10|| 2010-01-15 21:10|| Front Page Top

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