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15. from my view over-looking Beacon Hill
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:09 PM
Nov 2012

Well, would be if all those other buildings weren't in the way -

As honeycombe8 just pointed out -

Conservative-Nation placed great hopes on this race as they were so over the top with glee that they had taken "Teddy Kennedy's Seat". Sure I heard liberals call it Teddy's seat - but I actually heard that more from conservatives. And taking that seat, in all all places Massachusetts ! This supposudly represented a tipping point, a rejection of the socialist Obama regime, in Massachusetts even !

Of course Brown only won as Coakley just ain't that popular in Dem circles much less with Mass. conservatives (they do exist). Her spot in the Patrick Administration and Beacon Hill was exploited, both being wildly unpopular with the Howie Carr/Boston Herald reading/Michael Graham-VB following victims of the Mass Conserv-o-bubble (it exists). That resonated enough to get Brown in. And of course Coakley didn't exactly rally any support since her campaign had the charisma of a used kleenex on the floor of a taxi.

Yet some how conservatives thousands of miles from here took Brown's victory as a rejection of Obama and his health care legislation. They're funny that way with their tenuous grasp of reality. And last night that bubble went ---- pop.

I feel the same. I donated to Warren's campaign, I didn't even read her positions aletier_v Nov 2012 #1
I think she'll be great! It's extra sweet because Brown's vicious campaign against her failed. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #4
They almost certainly know her, like I do, from the banking hearings aletier_v Nov 2012 #8
I'd be surprised if they were that clued in, but I think you're on to something. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #10
A) She's a real, honest to goodness Democrat. The real thing. Zorra Nov 2012 #2
It's funny that they would hate her for protecting people when they're all about "freedom." Indpndnt Nov 2012 #7
In reality, they're not about freedom at all. Zorra Nov 2012 #14
Yes, a real liberal Democrat who carries authority with her! ananda Nov 2012 #18
She conceived the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau klook Nov 2012 #3
And since some of them love cheating and ripping people off, they hate her for it. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #9
CFPB is doing good work klook Nov 2012 #17
I think it was a particular feather in their cap, since it had been Teddy Kennedy's seat for decades Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #5
I did wonder about that. They hated Ted with a passion and rejoiced over taking his seat. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #11
She is demonized because... hoosierlib Nov 2012 #6
I'm from Texas and I can tell you her election has seriously ticked off a lot of repub folks here. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #12
LIke I said, they know her from the banking hearings. :) aletier_v Nov 2012 #13
from my view over-looking Beacon Hill behindthe8ballnchain Nov 2012 #15
That does seem to capture the resentful spirit of the comments I read on FB. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #16
It received national coverage. The race was fed to the sheep and they ate it. morningfog Nov 2012 #19
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