[CSMONITOR] Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley officially entered the 2014 race for state governor, seeking to reassure voters she had learned from her loss to Republican Scott Brown in a 2010 US Senate race. My initial thought was "Martha Who?"
Ms. Coakley is kicking off her campaign with an aggressive three-day bus tour of 18 cities and towns across the state. My next thought was "I thought she was murdered by a Kennedy cousin?"
"I've acknowledged that we made some mistakes on that campaign trail, and I've learned from that," Coakley told supporters Monday. One thing she didn't learn was to give up politix and become a June Taylor dancer.
Coakley fell from favor in Democratic Party ranks after she lost the Senate seat that Edward Kennedy occupied for 47 years, which subsequently cost the Democrats their 60-seat supermajority in Congress. After the January 2010 loss, Coakley was easily reelected to a second term as state attorney general later that year, but her victory was still overshadowed by her upset loss to Mr. Brown. Turns out she can't dance, either, so June Taylor wouldn't have her. Running for governor is all she's got left.
Ms. Coakley is kicking off her campaign with an aggressive three-day bus tour of 18 cities and towns across the state. ...unless she goes for a rewarding career in the food service industry.
"I've acknowledged that we made some mistakes on that campaign trail, and I've learned from that," Coakley told supporters Monday.
Coakley fell from favor in Democratic Party ranks after she lost the Senate seat that Edward Kennedy occupied for 47 years, which subsequently cost the Democrats their 60-seat supermajority in Congress. After the January 2010 loss, Coakley was easily reelected to a second term as state attorney general later that year, but her victory was still overshadowed by her upset loss to Mr. Brown.
In an odd way, Coakley's jarring Senate upset might actually work to her advantage: Coakley has already proved she has the ability to bounce back, says Jim Spencer, president of The Campaign Network, a Democratic political consulting firm, in an interview with the Monitor. "Candidates never learn anything from winning, they learn from losing," explains Mr. Spencer. (The Campaign Network has not come out in support of any of the 2014 gubernatorial candidates).
"When you suffer the kind of loss that Martha did, you really have learned what kinds of mistakes not to make again," says Spencer. "She may be beginning as the most savvy, experienced candidate in the entire field."
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She's a Mass. politician even more vapid and lifeless then Ed Markey, so she's got that going for her...
[NEWS.YAHOO] President Barack Obama Why can't I just eat my waffle?... warned Republicans in Congress on Monday that he will not negotiate over an extension of the U.S. debt ceiling as part of a budget battle that will soon dominate Washington, with a deadline fast approaching. Pivoting to domestic policy after devoting weeks to the crisis in Syria, Obama scolded his political opponents for threatening a government shutdown and attempting to attach conditions to funding the budget for the 2014 fiscal year that begins October 1. "Let´s stop the threats. Let´s stop the political posturing, let´s keep our government open. Let´s pay our bills on time.
"Don't call my bluff," he added, menacingly.
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IIUC, the Bammer is arguing that an ever-increasing national debt level both protects the Constitution + reduces the income gap, etc. between rich + poor in current, future OWG Amerika???
Notice once again that everyone is talking about OWG Amerika paying out - NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH OUR FUTURE OWG + AMERIKA'S POST-2015 GFU NAU + TRANS-PAC + TRANS-ATLANTIC, ETC. PARTNER-STATES "PAYING IN" TO AMERIKA'S COFFFERS.
Hard to pay a bill you keep running up every minute. How about first living within your means like 99% of the rest of America? Of course that would mean taking time out of your golf with the 1%.
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[CSMONITOR] Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley officially entered the 2014 race for state governor, seeking to reassure voters she had learned from her loss to Republican Scott Brown in a 2010 US Senate race.
[NEWS.YAHOO] President 
