PrintActually, the crowd was a bit larger because the overflow was in a room across the street from the Northeastern University gymnasium. Two of my friends, foreigners who can't vote, said that right next to them was an anti-abortion hysteric--"Abortion! Abortion! Innocent Blood!"--noticed by the cops and taken out by them only after a noisy hassle. In fact, there were three of these hysterics. All this comes from a story, "Pulling out all the stops," in this morning's Boston Globe.
I have no idea who will win tomorrow's contest. I know that I'm voting for Coakley, but with absolutely zero enthusiasm. But when was the last time you voted for anyone with real enthusiasm?
Still, it may now be, as most of the analysts seem to be saying, that the election is Scott Brown's to lose. Coakley may have had the president in Boston. But the Republican candidate had a full front of certified celebrities at his "People's Rally" in Mechanics Hall in working-class Worcester. They were "former Red Sox ace Curt Schilling; Doug Flutie, the former Boston College and NFL quarterback; comedian Lenny Clarke; and John Ratzenberger (Cliff from 'Cheers')."
Of course, when have the Republicans ever done anything for the working class? This is the first time they've opened up tea parties to laboring men and women.
A loss in Massachusetts for the Obami would be a disastrous event. A narrow win would be a terrible warning.
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Now he's got Cliff too? I don't see how Brown can lose. He needs to be seen everywhere with Curt "Bloody Sock" Schilling to remind everyone just what dunces the Dems have been in this episode. The only redeeming feature of this fiasco is that the Dems might now ram through the Senate version of the healthcare bill, short-circuiting Nancy's House of Horrors's attempt to make it into even more of an albatross than it already appears to be.
Oh well, Clinton actually did a better job once the Republicans took Congress. Could happen again.
Now he's got Cliff too? I don't see how Brown can lose. He needs to be seen everywhere with Curt "Bloody Sock" Schilling to remind everyone just what dunces the Dems have been in this episode. The only redeeming feature of this fiasco is that the Dems might now ram through the Senate version of the healthcare bill, short-circuiting Nancy's House of Horrors's attempt to make it into even more of an albatross than it already appears to be.
Oh well, Clinton actually did a better job once the Republicans took Congress. Could happen again.
a win is a win, and given how terrible she has been (what, shake hands with people outside Fenway park in the cold like Brown? Unthinkable for a Princess like me) I simply don't see it as much of a warning, and being that November is still 10 months away even less so. A large chunk of the stimulus has still not been spent, and if the bill passes the Democrats might face far better prospects than people imagine right now.
Bob, I just don't see the albatross that you do. No more recission, guaranteed issue, community ratings, subsidies for the poor, reining in unnecessary medicare spending, etc. as opposed to....nothing. If this dies there will be no redo and any type of even incremental reform ... view full comment
a win is a win, and given how terrible she has been (what, shake hands with people outside Fenway park in the cold like Brown? Unthinkable for a Princess like me) I simply don't see it as much of a warning, and being that November is still 10 months away even less so. A large chunk of the stimulus has still not been spent, and if the bill passes the Democrats might face far better prospects than people imagine right now.
Bob, I just don't see the albatross that you do. No more recission, guaranteed issue, community ratings, subsidies for the poor, reining in unnecessary medicare spending, etc. as opposed to....nothing. If this dies there will be no redo and any type of even incremental reform will be met by even stiffer resistance by the Republicans. And the Republican solutions, Health savings accounts (hey, if I had 10,000 to throw into it I would) for the uninsured, which will just simply be another tax dodge for the insured wealthy, tort reform (not bad, but a fraction of the costs) and gutting of insurance regulations by allowing the nationwide sale of fly by night policies from states that have no regulations (which would be a catastrophe as companies will line up to buy such useless policies to save on their bottom line while taking the tax breaks that go with it)
2002, Paul Vallas -- Arnie Duncan's predecessor in Chicago -- for Illinois Governor over Blago in the Dem primary. Though if I lived in NY I'd have been pretty high on Spitzer for Guv.
2002, Paul Vallas -- Arnie Duncan's predecessor in Chicago -- for Illinois Governor over Blago in the Dem primary. Though if I lived in NY I'd have been pretty high on Spitzer for Guv.