Wow - Martha Coakley was just on w/Dylan. Remember how

[gateley]

dismal she was as a candidate for MA Senator? She seemed pretty impressive today. She's one of the AG's going after the lenders/mortgage bankers. Saw Beau Biden (AG of Del) on this morning saying there are 50 who are on board with this! WooHoo!

[secondwind]

1. we were just saying the same thing... she didn't want to campaign because it was cold and wet,

and she takes a Caribbean cruise vacation instead of campaigning... This one woman -- Martha Coakley -- prevented the POTUS from having a filubuster-proof Senate ...

[Blue Owl]

3. That was almost Kochly of her, wasn't it

n/t

[Mimosa]

4. She was such a bad candidate.

Bad candidates may not be bad people. But being successful in politics is just like being successful in any pursuit: you have to WANT the job.

[chelsea0011]

10. I've seen her completely deny a cruise and called it a myth

Along with the comment about Curt Schilling and her not knowing he played for the Sox. She says it was meant as a joke. Anyone who watched Martha today and was surprised haven't been paying attention. She has always been like that.

[boston bean]

19. Funny though, how she had a huge lead at the end of December

When she was saying she wouldn't vote for the Healthcare bill because of the restrictions on women. Then when she was made to change her view, it all slipped away from her.

The healthcare bill played a huge factor in that election, and everyone just wants to forget that part of it.

[Lord Magus]

21. It was only "filibuster proof" on paper before that election, and would've remained so afterward.

The 60 votes needed to break a filibuster included the likes of Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Kent Conrad, and the Senator from Likud.

[rurallib]

2. I hope there are 50 on board - the push to settle has really pissed me off.

[libinnyandia]

5. She just assumed MA voters would be rational. But then again,

they elected Mitt Romney governor.

[friendly_iconoclast]

7. Wrong. She assumed the job was hers, and the election a mere formality.

I live in Massachusetts, and got to see the trainwreck that was Martha Coakley's campaign first hand.

Coakley is a good AG, but she was a dismal campaigner.

[libinnyandia]

6. She made the mistake of assuming that MA voters are always

rational. But then, MA elected Romney governor.

[Freddie Stubbs]

8. And Paul Cellucci, and William Weld

[TheKentuckian]

9. There isn't a state in the country where a Democratic Senate candidate can

go on fucking vacation on the eve of an election.

That isn't a miscalculation that is hard core arrogance and an entitled mindset.

[Warpy]

11. She seems much better as an AG

She might even make a decent governor some day. Or cabinet level prosecutor.

I don't think she was a good fit for the Senate and I think she knew it.

[KoKo]

17. Maybe she like "judicial" more than being stuck in "Harry Reid's Senate." So Good for Her!

We need judicial more than legislative these days. The Legislative gets bought and paid for... But, a strong Dem on Judicial is worth it's weight in gold! "May the Wind be at Martha's Back" (old Irish saying)...if she keeps up what she's doing!

[elleng]

12. Yes, a 'gang' of good AGs going after damned mortgage guys!

VERY good news for We The People!!!

http://www.beaubiden.com/news/2011/firedoglake-nevada-california-team-up-on-foreclosure-fraud-investigation/

[gateley]

22. ...

:thumbsup:

[edhopper]

13. And in terms of good karma

we might get Elizabeth Warren out of it.

[CoffinEd]

14. That's Martha

Happy she's my attorney general but disappointed she allowed her bid to replace Ted Kennedy to unravel. However, that was then and now is now.

As for republican governors, we've had a bunch of them. Maybe even more than Democrats. Yet, we're still Massachusetts. ;-)

[KoKo]

15. She definitely seems better these days. Feisty and I'm hoping it's not "just for show"

...but, agree. She's better today than she was when she lost Teddy's Seat. But...that's more due to that Idiot Tim Kaine than anything else, IMHO...though.

[JI7]

16. yeah, she ran a shitty campaign, but i wont forget the ones on DU who said she was DLC

and the other same shit spewed out regularly.

[KoKo]

18. Get over it...It was that hideous Tim Kaine as Dem Chair that did in Martha..and

a bunch of others. He was a disaster!

[graywarrior]

20. I love Martha. She's totally in her element at AG.