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Originally Posted by Kirobaito
All politics is local. Coakley didn't bother running a campaign until the last week, and she never fully had the support of the state party (they wanted Capuano). Brown spent a ton to campaign early and often, he tapped into the South Shore Irish Catholics, a demographic that Coakley ignored - actually, scratch that. Coakley ignored every demographic. Despite your efforts to push otherwise, this was an election about Massachusetts, and Brown did a far superior job campaigning in Massachusetts, running a campaign that was all about personality and charisma (which he has in spades) and not really about issues (considering he's antithetical to what most people in Massachusetts have ever voted for on most things except abortion). He won't get re-elected in 2012, a presidential year where the Democratic machine will be much more enthusiastic.
Now somehow we're back to stasis, where 41 individuals who are doing everything they can to sabotage the country for their own political benefit have control over everything. God, I hate Senate rules.
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You missed saying it was because the state doesn't elect women like some of the other whistling in the graveyard deniers were saying last night. Let me guess, if a Senator agrees with your view on an issue they are altruistic patriots?