GOP Smear Machine Targets Elizabeth Warren

[marmar]

from Mother Jones:



Elizabeth Warren has yet to officially declare whether she’ll challenge Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) in 2012—but already Massachussetts Republicans are flinging mud in her direction and previewing their attack plan if she does jump into the race.

Since Warren formed an exploratory committee on August 18, Brown's staff and the Massachusetts Republican Party have branded Warren a carpetbagger, an elitist, and a candidate too liberal to represent the Bay State. Using press releases, public statements, and even an anonymous Twitter account, GOPers have depicted Warren, a Harvard professor and middle class champion who launched the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as a political non-entity and "another Martha Coakley." The latter refers to the state’s Democratic attorney general who, despite greater name recognition and the advantage of running for a seat controlled by Democrats for more than 50 years, was upset by Brown in a 2010 special election to replace the late Ted Kennedy. "If the first few days of Professor Warren’s campaign are any indicator, Massachusetts Democrats will soon be yearning for the golden days of Martha Coakley," sniped Jennifer Nassour, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts GOP in August.

Kevin Franck, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Democratic Party, says Republicans are attacking Warren to shift the debate away from Brown's Senate record. Franck points to Brown's votes to undercut the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, limit the power of the Environmental Protection Agency, and cut millions of dollars in funding for summer youth jobs programs in Massachusetts. "The reason that Scott Brown, his allies, and the Massachusetts Republican party is throwing mud all over the place is because they don't want to talk about how Scott Brown's been voting since he's been in the US Senate," Franck says. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/08/gop-smear-campaign-elizabeth-warren

[ananda]

1. Don't you long for a day when liberal eggheads rule!

nt

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Smirk. Snarl. Sneer." - RepubliCons Against America (R)

[digitaln3rd]

3. I'll happily vote for her over Brown.

Brown doesn't deserve Ted Kennedy's seat in Congress.

[mmonk]

4. Anyone that strikes that much fear in the dark side will get my help.

[TacticalPeek]

5. They must know something.

http://elizabethforma.com/splash/

[Yavin4]

6. I May Have To Go To Mass. And Work on Her Campaign

In NY, the Dems are sitting pretty, so they don't need my help. I say all NY DUers should head up to Mass and help out Warren.