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28. He clearly fell apart when things started to go badly for him

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 04:14 PM

Dec 2012

that was honestly a shock. He would have lost anyhow but not firing the workers who war whooped was a major error on his part. He was weakened because of his voting record in the Senate (not voting for Kagan was another error on his part) but his big problem was the Democratic nature of MA coupled with the perception that MA could determine control of the Senate.

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Elizabeth Warren is a mediocre politician but a great Senator [View all] dsc Dec 2012 OP

Kerry stays in the senate. Susan Rice becomes SOS. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1

She will be a great Senator dsc Dec 2012 #2

Name them. Please. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #13

honestly, dsc, the title of your OP didn't make sense to me. If she was such a bad campaigner, CTyankee Dec 2012 #14

Some are really showing their colors after the election. Rex Dec 2012 #16

then I guess you didn't read my post dsc Dec 2012 #20

How is he a great candidate when he panicked? Rex Dec 2012 #41

because it was a heavily Democratic state dsc Dec 2012 #19

I'm really trying hard to figure out what your purpose is here. You start out with saying Warren CTyankee Dec 2012 #21

I am so sorry you can't follow I will try again dsc Dec 2012 #23

I think we all know that there is a problem if we can't hold the seat. I think what the concern is CTyankee Dec 2012 #24

Any candidate will get funding in a special election dsc Dec 2012 #25

Kerry should stay in his seat, woo me with science Dec 2012 #3

I thought she showed steady improvement in campaign style Cracklin Charlie Dec 2012 #4

of course she got better dsc Dec 2012 #5

It is also what happens when your true colors come shining through, as was the case with Brown. CTyankee Dec 2012 #18

He clearly fell apart when things started to go badly for him dsc Dec 2012 #28

I truly hope that this will be the short, brutish (political) life of Scott Brown if Kerry goes to CTyankee Dec 2012 #30

It probably would be dsc Dec 2012 #35

But we still have two newbies from MA where we have one biggie and one rising star. CTyankee Dec 2012 #37

It would suck dsc Dec 2012 #39

I think he can get more done in the Senate. The SoS job to me sounds like an exercise in CTyankee Dec 2012 #43

Plus, she started from behind since a lot of the state didn'tknow who she was and knew and CTyankee Dec 2012 #17

I live in Massachusetts. You don't know what you are talking about. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #6

the whole native american thing dsc Dec 2012 #8

The Congressman who narrowly won re-election had a wife that laundered bluestate10 Dec 2012 #11

from my understanding it was the wife's sibling not the wife dsc Dec 2012 #12

No it was his wife Marrah_G Dec 2012 #29

Down goes Frazier! (Tip of my hat to my friend Orrex who coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #15

Sen. Kerry's on Foreign Relations, Small Business, Finance, & Commerce committees all extremely patrice Dec 2012 #7

I can see why MA wouldn't want to lose his seniority dsc Dec 2012 #9

Sorry, about some of the edgey feelings around here! But those ARE real important patrice Dec 2012 #10

She's a great Senator Capt. Obvious Dec 2012 #22

+1. Have we lowered the bar so much on being considered a "great Senator" that hughee99 Dec 2012 #26

She is a great politician. randomtagger Dec 2012 #27

Um, she kicked Brown's ass. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #31

You forgot: Up, down, sideways and with one hand tied behind her back. ProSense Dec 2012 #34

Warren wasn't your ordinary debater. She was a championship debator in school and actually CTyankee Dec 2012 #38

She won an election, but she is neither a politician nor a Senator yet. 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #32

That's like saying the New York Giants are a mediocre football team after winning the Super Bowl trumad Dec 2012 #33

She didn't win the Superbowl dsc Dec 2012 #36

Huh trumad Dec 2012 #40

she won a Senate Seat in heavily Democratic Massachusetts dsc Dec 2012 #42

In one sense what she did was to transform herself into a winning candidate for office from CTyankee Dec 2012 #44

She was good enough to win mythology Dec 2012 #45

Elizabeth Warren hasn't yet shown what sort of Senator she'll be Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #46