Posted on 09/10/2012 9:52:20 AM PDT by raccoonradio
The recently rolled out "Democrats for Brown" coalition has racked up nearly 500 Democratic politicians and grassroots supporters statewide.
Representative Chris Fallon was the first Democrat currently serving in the State Legislature to cross over when he gave his public endorsement to Republican Senator Scott Brown late last week. Fallon joined the likes of Springfield's former Democratic Mayor Charlie Ryan and Boston's Ray Flynn, as well as Worcester's own former Mayor and current City Councilor Konnie Lukes, who appeared in one of Brown's campaign ads earlier this election cycle.
The three former mayors will serve as co-chairs of the newly-formed coalition.
"I'm truly honored to receive the support of so many Democratic leaders across our state," Brown said in a press release.
"During these challenging economic times, we need to be working with - not against - each other to get things done for the people we represent. We need more bridge-builders and fewer rock throwers. I'm extremely grateful for the support of these Democrats, and pledge to continue working across party lines with any person of good will to find common ground and move our country forward."
Aiming to Cross the Aisle
The creation of the "Democrats for Brown" coalition is the latest in a series of moves by the Brown campaign to emphasize the Republican Senator's work with, and support from, Democrats in the Bay State.
While the message has been all about Democrats crossing the aisle, its real target is likely the independent and undecided voters straddling the middle.
In Massachusetts, registered Democrats, with 1,486,648 voters on the rolls, outnumber their 471,829 Republican counterparts by more than a 3 to 1 margin.
The 500 Democrats who have come out in support of Brown make only a negligible dent in their party's numbers advantage.
With this year's Massachusetts Senate race coinciding with the presidential election, Democratic hopeful Elizabeth Warren is positioned to benefit from President Barack Obama's name at the top of the ballot.
Courting the Middle
However, the Commonwealth's nearly 2.2 million unenrolled voters dwarf the numbers of both major parties, and how they vote is widely predicted to be the deciding factor in the Brown-Warren race.
By appearing equally at home working with Republicans as well as Democrats, said Morgan Marietta, a professor of Political Science at UMass-Lowell, Brown is improving his chances among voters who may feel allegiance to neither party.
"Brown is the everyman who simply wants good government and will work with everyone to make it happen," he said.
"The Brown campaign is consistently communicating to both his base and independents, while Warren has been concentrating more on her base of support among traditional liberals."
Brown's efforts seem to be paying off as recent polling has shown the Senator with a several point lead over his opponent Warren.
>>Brown is as good as it gets for a Republican in MA. The alternative to Brown is not a more conservative Republican senator, its a raging liberal Democrat.
Exactly! We have to take what we got here. Would we prefer Sen. Martha Coakley? Sen. Liz Warren? Right.
btw there actually is a “Republicans for Obama” org., complete with blog, T-shirts for sale, etc. Seriously.
“””If Warren wins, she will be a Senator until she joins Ted.”””
Try vp in 2016
And how did Weld come to run? My guess is the party recruited him to defeat Steve Pierce (an actual conservative) in the primary. IIRC, Weld was fresh from his stint as US Attorney who (according to popular belief anyway) was supposed to be investigating the corrupt Kevin White (D mayor of Boston) administration but cut him a deal so he wouldn't have to go to jail; he paid a fine or something over that b'day party for his wife on public property but agreed not to run for office again. Anyway, I voted for Silber, who was far more conservative (though not ideological) than Weld -- as attested to by the fact that the local media obviously preferred Weld in spite of the "R"!
BTW, when Weld ran against Kerry for the senate, National Review actually endorsed one Susan Gallagher, an unknown from Quincy who was running on the Conservative ticket (now active in organizing the local Tea Party), because it believed Weld -- liberal and unprincipled, but personable -- if he won, would do more damage to the GOP than a loss. Of course, this was a while back and NR was still conservative then.
Some folks suggested getting Romney in. Things were so bad for Swift she decided not to run.
"Some folks"? Who are you -- Katie Couric? LOL! Seriously, It's always been my impression that the party told Swift in no uncertain terms to get lost and recruited Mitt -- though Mitt may have been sniffing around for something after his loss to Kennedy. Now that I think of it, he probably was. Probably made a hefty donation too . . . In any case, they came to a mutually satisfactory agreement -- Mitt's just their cup of tea! (Not in the Tea Party sense of course!)
So when has the MA GOP ever put up a conservative candidate?
BTW, the gov salary in MA is pocket change to Mitt -- didn't he refer to the $300,000 he got from a book advance or something as "a negligible amount"?
are you pointing out your differences with Brown because you think somebody else should be the junior Senator from Mass.?
What is his name?
in CT, we are going 3rd party against GOP Roraback, but we have a real candidate, not an imaginary one.
http://pistoneforcongress.com/ReligiousFaith.html
And the reason is there is reason to believe 2 years from now we can elect a conservative candidate to congress. there are more than 6 qualified conservatives in the district capable of winning.
The choice is yours but I won’t be silenced. I’ll always be right here to make sure people know what they’re willing to accept.
Whether their conscience allows it is up to them.
“Had it not been for the brief run of GOP governors MA would have had the following governors, all Dems:
John Silber
Luther Scott Harshbarger
Shannon O’Brien
maybe others, can’t recall................”
You might recall Raccoon that the most conservative governor we have had in recent times was Ed King (D) - Ronald Reagan’s “favorite Democrat” - he later switched parties.
....and I don’t think Silber would have been bad, the Libs HATED him!
“pro-life
pro-Brown
anti-Tisei”
Amen to that!
Had to leave Charlie Baker name blank last go around due to Tisei being his running mate, we need to draw the line.
Mr. Creek:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/the-idolatrous-religion-of-conscience-41624/
people can make an idolotry of their conscience if they want to. They should remember that Prudence is not an optional virtue, and it requires sound judgment.
“In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.” Proverbs 13.
http://www.openbible.info/topics/prudence
It is true that some people like lip service. Is there a particular vote that Brown cast which permanently eliminates him from consideration? Or is it just symbolism and slogans which people find offensive?
It is clear that you won’t be silenced. What is it that you are advocating? Scott Brown’s defeat?
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