Posted on 01/08/2010 1:02:57 PM PST by FrdmLvr
Dear MoveOn member,
In 11 days, we could lose progressive hero Ted Kennedy's Senate seatand with it, any hope for passing major progressive legislation this year.
A new poll Tuesday showed Democrat Martha Coakley's lead in the special election to succeed Kennedy is at the edge of the margin of error, and the non-partisan Cook Political Report now says it's very competitive.1 And today, some of the people behind the infamous Swift Boat and racist Willie Horton ads are spending $400,000 on a new attack ad. Republican Scott Brown and his extreme right-wing supporters are significantly outspending Coakley on TV.2
A Republican victory here would be a catastropheDemocrats would lose their 60th vote in the Senate, health care could die, and the Republicans could block pretty much anything they want.
We can't let a right-winger take over Ted Kennedy's seat because not enough progressives are paying attention. Coakley urgently needs help before it's too late. Your contribution in the next 24 hours will help her expand her all-out campaign for victory. Can you contribute $5 to Coakley's campaign right away?
Martha Coakley's link deleted here.
Martha Coakley will carry on Ted Kennedy's progressive legacy. In endorsing Coakley, Vicki Kennedy, Ted Kennedy's wife, said, "My husband fought for healthcare reform for more than 40 years. Martha Coakley shares those critical beliefs." Coakley has also been outspoken against restrictions in the bill on women's right to choose.3
As Massachusetts Attorney General, Coakley was aggressive in challenging the Wall Street titans who helped bring on the financial crisis, and she recovered tens of millions of dollars for taxpayers and victims of Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and UBS for their deceptive activities.4 She'll be a strong fighter in Washington for tough regulations on the financial industry.
And Republican Scott Brown? He's a "free enterprise advocate"5 who thinks the system works just fine. But he's giving Coakley a serious challenge. He promised, "As the 41st senator I can stop a lot of this stuff in its tracks....I can actually force them to go back to the drawing board."6 And there are rumors that the Republican Party and the Club for Growth will also begin attack ads on Coakley soon.
And the race is further confused by the presence of a 3rd candidate, named Joe Kennedy, who isn't related to Ted Kennedy, but is a tea-party extremist. Martha Coakley needs our help to cut through the clutter and get her message outon TV, at the doors, and on the phones.
At this moment, when Ted Kennedy's greatest goal in life is within reach, we cannot afford to let Republican extremists snatch away his legacy. Can you help with an urgent contribution of $5? Click here:
https://pol.moveon.org/give/coakley_martha.html?id=18516-10389527-dk6Lm_x&t=4
Thank you. Sincerely,
Adam, Kat, Wes, Daniel, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1 "Election 2010: Massachusetts Special Senate Election," Rasmussen Reports, Jan. 5, 2010. http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85948&id=18516-10389527-dk6Lm_x&t=5
"Massachusetts Senate: Looking for a Massachusetts Miracle," The Cook Political Report, Jan. 7, 2010. http://www.cookpolitical.com/node/5698 [subscription required]
2 "Brown decries conservative group's anti-Coakley ad," Associated Press, Jan. 7, 2010. http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85949&id=18516-10389527-dk6Lm_x&t=6
"Secrets of the American Future Fund," The Iowa Independent, Aug. 19, 2008. http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85950&id=18516-10389527-dk6Lm_x&t=7
"Massachusetts Senate: Looking for a Massachusetts Miracle," The Cook Political Report, Jan. 7, 2010. http://www.cookpolitical.com/node/5698 [subscription required]
3 "Coakley basks in political blessings," The Boston Globe, Jan. 8, 2010. http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85951&id=18516-10389527-dk6Lm_x&t=8
4 Martha Coakley, U.S. Senate, accessed Jan. 8, 2010. http://www.marthacoakley.com/about/Issues/details/21
5 Scott Brown, United States Senate, accessed Jan. 8, 2010. http://www.brownforussenate.com/issues
6 "Health bill at issue in Mass. Special," Politico, Jan. 7. 2010. http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85952&id=18516-10389527-dk6Lm_x&t=9
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authorized by: Martha Coakley for Senate PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. This email was sent on January 8, 2010.
Just read that opening line in their email!
FReepers, please donate to Brown's campaign. Please sign up to make phone calls on his behalf from your home. The left is getting all wee-wee'd up over the very real possiblity of their losing Kennedy's seat and the Democrat majority in the Senate.
Kennedy’s seat?
That seat belongs to the people of Massachusetts, not that dead bloated bastard.
I donated to Brown online earlier, as well.
Ya gotta love the lefties, still flogging Dead Teddy.
A Republican replacing Kennedy would be so sweet in so many ways.
Stuffed Ballot Boxes....when an election is close the dems find ways to steal it...now if it was a landslide...they couldn’t...dems will NEVER let this seat go to a Republican...
That would he one of the worlds leading anti-U.S. leftist heroes.
Well, the nerve of that guy, eh? Advocating all that free enterprise nonsense. Why, next he will probably tell people to vote for the candidate of their choice or that they have rights or something.
How dare he...
Donated couple days ago. Thanks for keeping this alive. A win in MA. Wow!
It’s fun to watch them squirm.
The practical matter of defeating Obamacare is reason enough to celebrate a Brown victory. But that the defeating vote would be from the senate seat held by the Swimmer would be such an exquisite irony we would all savor it for days, weeks, years, eons.
Please God let it be true.
Dear MoveOn member, In 11 days, we could lose progressive hero Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat...
Heart warming.
Bull- the Tea Party Express endorsed Brown. Joe Kennedy is a self admitted Democrat/Independent who is nothing more than a code-pinko. IMHO, planted to try to split our side's vote and be a faux tea party candidate.
Only to the Move-On left would a “Free Market Advocate” be a dirty word.
They should just call themselves monarchists and be done with it.
What a fitting tribute that would be to to old Blunder Bust! ;-)
OMG! He supports a free enterprise system! Next thing you know, we'll find out he is for Liberty and Justice for all!
I’m getting sick and tired of hearing it called “Ted Kennedy’s seat”. It’s our seat you liberal morons.
I hear he also likes apple pie and baseball and his daughter sung the national anthem at sporting events..
How Un-American can you get?
The election cheats may be caught off guard. They could never expect a Donk to lose in Mass. I am saying my prayers. That would put the fear in to the rest of the collective.
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