The special election campaign for US Senate in Massachusetts has gotten significantly more interesting over the past 24 hours. First, news of a poll that puts the race closer than many believed (see previous post here) and now, a column by Brian McGrory of the Boston Globe that calls Democrat Martha Coakley out on her attempts to avoid debates with her Republican opponent, Scott Brown, and thereby deny Massachusetts voters a full airing of the issues and the candidates’ stances.
McGrory’s piece is worth a full read as he really lets Coakley have it (and also gives a whack to my hometown along the way). Snippets include the following:
“Coakley's overriding strategy is to quietly back into the job, to have you, the voter, know less about the major candidates rather than more…She's counting on voters, knowledgeable or not, to reflexively pull the Democratic lever….The Volvo drivers from Lincoln and Concord lap this stuff up with a spoon…This is all part of a Coakley pattern.”
For the Globe, long a left-leaning editorial paper, to publish this, says a lot. As the old saying goes, “With friends like these…”
McGrory’s piece is worth a full read as he really lets Coakley have it (and also gives a whack to my hometown along the way). Snippets include the following:
“Coakley's overriding strategy is to quietly back into the job, to have you, the voter, know less about the major candidates rather than more…She's counting on voters, knowledgeable or not, to reflexively pull the Democratic lever….The Volvo drivers from Lincoln and Concord lap this stuff up with a spoon…This is all part of a Coakley pattern.”
For the Globe, long a left-leaning editorial paper, to publish this, says a lot. As the old saying goes, “With friends like these…”
Here is a link to the full piece:
Great post Tom
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