Tag: MA-Sen
Josh Marshall: It’s Meta Politics
I’m just sharing today what some pundits are saying about the Massachusetts Senate race and Obama’s path forward. Josh Marshall from Talking Points Memo weighs in: The central problem the president is laboring under is the fact that the economy remains in a shambles. And unemployment remains at a toxic 10%. Beyond that though the […]
E.J. Dionne: Find Your Inner Reagan
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne gave excellent pre-emptive advice to Democrats regarding the outcome of the Massachusetts Senate race. His advice is simply really, communicate. It seems like strange advice for a man with such great communication skills, but it is still needed. The message is just not getting through. But the success of the […]
Lessons For Democrats
The biggest lesson for Democrats in this race? Don’t take your base for granted. If you run on change, deliver it. As many have been saying, it’s hard to sell the idea that we must have 60 votes if it means Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson control the outcome of every vote. Democrats, prove you […]
Scott Brown: Tea Party Who?
Conservative centerfold and MA-Sen candidate Scott Brown now says he’s never even heard of the Tea Party movement. On Wednesday, Republican senate candidate Scott Brown told reporters in Massachusetts that he was “unfamiliar” with the “Tea Party movement,” despite receiving the endorsement of a key national Tea Party group which is currently raising money for […]
Check Out My Family Values
A PPP poll released last night showed family values teabagger candidate Scott Brown ahead in the MA-Sen special election. While Democrats wring their hands and try to work up some enthusiasm in their electorate, this picture that Scott Brown did for Cosmopolitan resurfaced: Brown was just 22 when he won Cosmo’s “America’s Sexiest Man” competition. […]
Meet The New Massachusetts Senator, Paul Kirk
The new interim Massachusetts Senator is expected to be named today at an 11 a.m. press conference. His name is Paul Kirk: Multiple media sources this morning, indeed, are pointing to the 71 year-old Kirk, a Boston-based attorney who served as the head of the Democratic National Committee in the late 1980s. Kirk, perhaps most […]
Massachusetts To Have A New Senator Next Week?
The efforts to change the law in Massachusetts to allow appointment of an interim senator are moving quickly now. State policymakers were reluctant to act, until Kennedy’s passing made the matter extremely relevant, not only to the state, but to national affairs. Yesterday, the Massachusetts state House took a step towards remedying the problem. House […]
Is This A Bad Sign?
Senator Kennedy has asked the state of Massachusetts to re-examine its law to fill a vacancy in a Senate seat: A cancer-stricken Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has asked Massachusetts leaders to change state law to allow a speedy replacement of him in the Senate, fearing a months-long open seat will deny Democrats a crucial vote […]
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