Are We Really Worried About Massachusetts?

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It is nearing absurdity to think that Massachusetts is on the verge of handing Ted Kennedy's seat to the republicans. It is almost insulting to me, in North Carolina that I am being told to make calls for Democratic support in Massachusetts! This is a media circus. It is a manufactured horse race. With this happening in an electoral vacuum, the full force of the national media is able to focus on and affect the story.

The repukes are pushing the story for it to appear close. They know they can't win it. They aren't going to try to steal it. They are creating this story as their frame. For the next weeks (probably longer) we will hear from the RW-spewers that "The goppers made it close in a place it shouldn't have been close, proof Obama is a failure!". Whether it will actually be close is yet to be seen. But, that is really all the repukes are looking for to claim victory. And, like most of their 'victories', the are devoid of any real gains.

But, hey. The national media wants to make the election a referendum on Democrats and Obama? Fine, we can play that game. When Coakley is declared winner early in the evening, we will know that the American People are still standing with the Democratic Party.


The last Senate race in Massachusetts (granted with an incumbent) (2008):



http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/election_results/ma_ussenate/



The last mid-term race in Massachusetts, for Governor (2006):



http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2006_elections/general_results/


And, 2004:

http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2004_results/mass_results.html