By now those that are following the political news across America are aware that President Obama is actively promoting the election of Martha Coakley to fill the US Senate seat now vacant after the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. Here it the video ad Obama made:
What is interesting to me, aside from the effect losing this seat will have on many of the President's agenda items, is that the Democrat candaidate, Ms. Coakley, has doen more damage to her campaign that anyone could imagine. A large percentage of the population in the commonwealth of Massachusetts at Catholics, yet that has done little to dissuade the candidate to make statements that have caused concern. Specifically, she discussed on a radio show that if a medical professional has religious objections to performing a procedure like abortion, they probably shouldn't be working in the emergency room. Here is the clip:
OK, that appears to have, as mentioned in the Boston media, alienated "Catholics, roughly 39% of the voters" . Not a good choice of words by her... From my perspective out here in California, if her opponent wins and deprives the Democrats the 60 votes they need to steam roller legislation thru against the will of a majority of Americans,well... as The Atlantic stated " Brown's victory would represent both a tactical blow to the filibuster-proof majority and a mojo killer, which could make liberal Democrats start to wonder whether they could be Coakleyed in November. That would tie huge anchors to the Democrats already plodding economic agenda. Stay tuned. Tuesday is huge." I can't argue with that
I think it's going to help Scott Brown frankly.....
ReplyDeleteWhile I did not watch the video; I just can not stand listening to that man no more than I could Bush, I think the Glorious Leader has lost the glitter dust he used to blind so many Americans into voting for him. I really think most people are seeing him for what he really is, and are not so ready to blindly follow what he has to say. Unfortunately, it does not matter if the seat if filled with a demo, or a repub, they are both the same as we have come to see.
ReplyDeleteI think their collective shock of having an actual horserace in Mass.....regardless of the outcome......is enjoyable to watch.
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that Brown openly told Obama to stay out of the race. You could not do anything more to get the man to say something. Obama is the type that wants the spotlight on him, he is a glory hog, so of course after Brown told him to stay out he was going to get involved. No matter how bad a healthcare bill is presented, Obama will sign it into law because he wants to strut around bragging about how he got healthcare reform; that is all it is about for him. I was really hoping they could find a way to remove him from office, but it just is not going to happen.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree...I think O and the Dems just want to say they did it. Doesn't matter if it will actually make things worse either.
ReplyDeleteindeed it doesn't seem to matter to them whether it makes things worse or not. Pretty unpleasant. Another thing is that they don't care how they get it done either.
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