re: #196 Bagua

But this is Massachusetts, all a Democrat has to do is have a body temperature above room to win. They shouldn’t have to run a good campaign.

This the state of Kerry, Kennedy and Barney Frank. A democratic win is always assumed no matter how controversial the Democrat.

I think you are exaggerating the loyalty of Massacussets democratic voters. They aren’t mindless drones. They are still voting for people, and one of the people is a wretched candidate. Brown has made enough moderate noises to convince a lot of independents he’s not GOP business as usual. Coakley didn’t run a good campaign, she didn’t run a bad campaign. She ran a HIDEOUS campaign. She alienated Catholics with her crack about ERs. She blew the sports references. She’s pissed off a lot of independents.

You’re discussing this as if the campaigns were equal. They we