Is Coakley the blue Palin?

[Conan71]

Yeah Gaspar, don't be telling the biggest partisan hack on here what is and isn't a liberal mantra. It upsets the liberal chattering class.

[USRufnex]

... says partisan federal-governement-can-do-no-right talking points hack, the honorable Mr. Conan.

... Gaspar is the LAST PERSON who should be an authority on the subject on what is and what isn't a "liberal mantra"...

He has about as much credibility on the subject as Eddie Gaylord's Daily Oklahoman or the sports guy on KRMG who pushes his own politics....

I never thought I'd self-identify as liberal after living in Chicago and Boston.... but after moving back to Tulsa  and reading some of the unmitigated rightwing crapfest on this forum.... one thing I learned from Reaganites in the 80s... stand for something or you'll fall for anything....

If you'd like, I can start talking about what is and what isn't a conservative mantra.... would you like that? 

[RecycleMichael]

Question: How many Republicans does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Answer #1: Two, one to do it and one to steady the chandelier.

Answer #2: None, they only screw the poor

[Gaspar]

If you'd like, I can start talking about what is and what isn't a conservative mantra.... would you like that? 

Yes. . . That would be interesting.

[Gaspar]

Wow!  The combination of Coakley's 11th hour campaigning and Obama's visit has boosted Brown by nearly 10%.

[FOTD]

She sucks....ruined any enthusiasm by running as a conservadim. Independents have the fear of socialism instilled in them from the Massrepiglicants. When FOTD lived there, a black R Senator Burke reigned. And even during times of bussin' and Masshysteria...go figure.

David Sirota, writing at HuffPost, posits a possibility that a Coakley defeat would actually strengthen the hand of House progressives. If there are not 60 votes in the Senate, passing a bill would depend on the reconciliation process. Since that only takes 51 votes, 8 conservadims could just be left out and some of the good stuff in the house bill, like a public option and the tax on the rich, could be added back in. The progressive caucus is the largest in the House so they might pull it off. Hope springs eternal.

[Gaspar]

She sucks....ruined any enthusiasm by running as a conservadim. Independents have the fear of socialism instilled in them from the Massrepiglicants. When FOTD lived there, a black R Senator Burke reigned. And even during times of bussin' and Masshysteria...go figure.

David Sirota, writing at HuffPost, posits a possibility that a Coakley defeat would actually strengthen the hand of House progressives. If there are not 60 votes in the Senate, passing a bill would depend on the reconciliation process. Since that only takes 51 votes, 8 conservadims could just be left out and some of the good stuff in the house bill, like a public option and the tax on the rich, could be added back in. The progressive caucus is the largest in the House so they might pull it off. Hope springs eternal.

That's some analysis.  I'm impressed . . .and a bit dizzy. 
I appreciate your optimism. 

Competition is always good, especially in politics, where power has the ability to corrupt even the most pious of intensions.  The majority held by the democrats has done more to damage to the party it seems.

I join you in your hopes for a Brown victory tomorrow.  Do you feel that your position is representative of other liberals in Mass? 

[FOTD]

That's some analysis.  I'm impressed . . .and a bit dizzy.  
I appreciate your optimism.  

Competition is always good, especially in politics, where power has the ability to corrupt even the most pious of intensions.  The majority held by the democrats has done more to damage to the party it seems.

I join you in your hopes for a Brown victory tomorrow.  Do you feel that your position is representative of other liberals in Mass?  

Gassie,

FOTD does not hope her in but certainly does not back another a$$hat....

Nate Silver has it a tossup, with a very good discussion why at
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

[sgrizzle]

The Daily Show did a good story on this last night.

Apparently she called Curt Schilling (former Boston pitcher) a Yankees fan.

When asked if she was being too laid back in her campaign, she replied "As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park? In the cold? Shaking hands?"

Jon Stewart said "Let me field this one for you.... YES!"

[buckeye]

but after moving back to Tulsa  and reading some of the unmitigated rightwing crapfest on this forum....

Funny, my version goes: "but after moving to Tulsa and later reading some of the unmitigated leftwing crapfest on this forum..."  As far as I can tell, this section of this forum is where Tulsa's five or six most left-leaning residents encamp for commiserate whinging. 

[Gaspar]

Just heard that the exit polls are breaking at 68% to Brown, and 23% Coakley.

[Conan71]

Just heard that the exit polls are breaking at 68% to Brown, and 23% Coakley.

Ouch!

Now we can hear from the GOP talking heads how the DNC needs to "reinvent itself" for the next couple of years.  Could be a very interesting mid-term election this year.  Ted Kennedy must be arse-up in his grave right now.

[we vs us]

Funny, my version goes: "but after moving to Tulsa and later reading some of the unmitigated leftwing crapfest on this forum..."  As far as I can tell, this section of this forum is where Tulsa's five or six most left-leaning residents encamp for commiserate whinging. 

I like this. Tulsa Now as the Reddest State Liberal Zoo, where all the local righties can stroll past the bars and tsk tsk at all of us benighted leftie souls, as we pick nits off each other and bemoan our powerlessness and pathetic national leadership.  "Careful, kids!  Stay back from the bars or they'll throw some of that commie wealth redistribution on ya!" 

Of course, poor Guido's that OCD neighborhood kid who jumps the fence every morning when no one's looking to poke the liberals with the long stick he's been sharpening in the garage when his parents aren't looking.

I do have to say that, up in Chicago, our Bluest State Conservative Zoo was much bigger and more impressive than OK's.  Down here it's a website; up there it's the Collar Counties.

[guido911]

Coakley's campaign coming unhinged:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/01/19/coakleys_office_throws_out_reporter.html

[Conan71]

Sheesh even Coakley's volunteers are losers, resorting to calling reporters "Nazis".  One has to wonder what the strategery was in running such a flawed candidate, the DNC could not have been that lax in vetting her to replace Sen. Kennedy.  Then again, I suppose anything is possible considering Sen. McCain selected Gov. Palin as his running mate.