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In reply to the discussion: Mass. poll: Scott Brown for John Kerry's seat [View all]Arkana
(24,347 posts)He didn't play the "Hello, I'm Teabagger McFuckinangry" game, because he and his staff knew that those Republicans don't win elections in Massachusetts.
What he did was play the game purely on character. "Hi, I'm a nice guy. I wear a barn coat and I drive a truck. I'm just a regular Joe, like you."
Normally this shit doesn't work either, but it wasn't helped by Martha Coakley's flat refusal to run anything resembling a campaign, her sneering jokes about him standing in front of Fenway Park shaking hands, and her calling Curt Schilling a Yankees fan (Bostonians take their baseball seriously.)
Add to this about 8 kabillion Tea Party shock troopers, scads of Tea Party money, and a Republican team that DESPERATELY wanted to stick it to the Democrats by stealing Ted Kennedy's seat, and you have a recipe for complete and total disaster.
Scott's on his own this time. He may have the money, but he's a known quantity--and the Tea Party's diminished power coupled with their complete hatred of him will hold many if not all of them back. And Democrats have been preparing for this eventuality ever since it was announced that Kerry might possibly be the new SoS after Hillary. The MA Democratic Party is ready, and so is the 54% that cast their ballots for Elizabeth Warren. We are NOT going to let it happen again.