Posted on 01/03/2010 7:39:21 PM PST by mnehring
Last month, I noted how Massachusetts Senate GOP candidate Scott Brown called out rival Democrat candidate Martha Coakley’s SEIU thug pals.
The Purple Shirts continue to “pull out all the stops” to install Coakley in Teddy Kennedy’s seat. The special election will be held January 19.
SEIU endorsed her in October, poured $214,000 into a radio ad buy for her in December, and are pouring all available “resources and clout” into her bid. As she prattles on about “economic justice,” Coakley now boasts a total campaign treasury of more than $5 million:
Attorney General Martha Coakley raised more than $1 million over the past six weeks for her US Senate campaign, bringing her total haul for the race to $5.2 million, her campaign reported yesterday. The campaign of her rival, state Senator Scott Brown, said it raised $700,000 during the same period, much of it on the Internet, for a total of $1.2 million.
Coakley, who faced three opponents in the Democratic primary, started the special election campaign with less than $500,000 in her campaign account, compared with about $300,000 for Brown, a Republican of Wrentham.
Coakley raised the $1 million between Nov. 20 and Dec. 31. The campaign did not release donor lists, say how much money the campaign spent over that period, or reveal how much it has in the bank to begin the new year. Those details must be included in information that has to be submitted next week to the Federal Election Commission.
Where’s the GOP establishment? As Ed Morrissey reported last week: AWOL.
Yes, once again, it’s up to grass-roots conservatives and independents to help a GOP candidate fight the Big Labor-backed corruptocrat. Demcare hangs in the balance. Yet, Brown received a measly $50,000 from the national GOP and NRSC compared to the nearly $1 million that radical leftist Dede Scozzafava raked in.
Sean Trende crunches the numbers and will be “stunned if Brown wins.” But Patrick Ruffini sees “evidence Scott Brown is within single digits.” And William Jacobson reports on the grass-roots conservative groundswell for underdog Brown:
Three things have happened in the last three weeks to make this election competitive:
1. Coakley’s “read my lips” moment: During the campaign, Coakley promised as a matter of “principle” not to support the Senate health bill if it contained restrictions on abortion. This promise was a prime fundraising tool. Just days after the primary, Coakley went back on this promise, and now is in the Harry Reid/Ben Nelson camp, to the anger of the left-wing base.
2. Obamacare is sinking in popularity: Harry Reid and the Democrats in the Senate demonstrated, in the weeks leading up to Christmas eve, the absolute moral corruption in Washington, D.C., by legally bribing Senators to vote for the health care bill. By supporting these efforts, Coakley has shown herself to be just more of the same (and her own maneuvers around the campaign finance laws drive that point home). At a time when the country is facing monumental deficits and national debt, Coakley handed Brown the central issue in the campaign – Democratic efforts to force through a health care bill which is unpopular and economically ruinous. Had Coakley stood by her “principles” she would not be in this position.
3. Brown has gone viral: Largely shunned by the Republican establishment, Brown has utilized an online strategy which has ignited a grassroots campaign to get Brown elected. Do a Google search of blogs, and you will see that Brown is the talk of the internet, and most posts about Coakley are negative. While the mainstream media still holds great sway, Brown is seen as rising and Coakley as more of the same. Brown is winning the online battle.
Moe Lane at RedState underscores that most of Coakley’s cash was spent securing the Dem nomination:
You see, most of that money Coakley raised got spent fighting for the nomination. William Jacobson’s all over this topic: while he and I both think that she’s got more money in the bank right now than Brown, it’s not the 5-to-1 advantage she’s hyping. At best, it’s 3-to-2. She’s also facing the problem that her public retreat on abortion language in the bill is going to depress enthusiasm in the progressive netroots; and that Republican activists at least have noted that flipping Massachusetts could – could! – possibly derail the health care rationing bill, and are contributing accordingly…
Pro-lifers in Massachusetts are also rallying around Brown. LifeNews reports:
In a state known for its left-leaning and pro-abortion politics, Brown has an uphill battle but he enjoys the support of Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Jack Rowe, chairman of the MCFL PAC, emailed LifeNews.com today to say that he is seeing movement in Brown’s direction. “People are terribly upset about health care and asking what to do. Here is the very exciting part. We in Massachusetts can actually save the whole country from this awful health care. Our PAC has been supporting Scott Brown because he will be a pro-life vote in the Senate. Scott Brown will also vote against the health care bill. After the compromise bill comes out of conference, it must be approved again by each house. Brown will vote against the bill. That means there will not be 60 votes in the Senate. That means the bill will be defeated.” That’s a lofty goal but Rowe is encouraging pro-life advocates in Massachusetts to get involved in the special election. “Can we do it? We certainly can! Turn-out will be very small,” he said — adding that the pr-life movement could change the dynamics of the race of it gets mobilized.
You can do your part right now. Brown’s campaign site is here. His donation page is here. There’s a grass-roots “moneybomb” fundraiser for Brown on January 11.
Fight the SEIU and Demcare corruption. Help do the job the national GOP fund-raising organizations won’t do. With two weeks until the special election date in Massachusetts, there isn’t a moment to waste.
I wish Rush was back and he would mention Scott. We need to call Hannity and others to try to help Scott.
Maybe that PO-dog-S Newt can show up in MA and try to help the Democrat again.
GOP gave fat Dede $1 million. What a joke. They and we need to help Scott.
Send him a few bucks. It’s much like buying a lottery ticket, who knoes . . he might win. The cost of the donation is well worth imagining how far liberal heads will explode if he wins.
http://www.brownforussenate.com/
Scott Brown is going to lose this political race “big time”, and there’s nothing that anybody can do to really change this outcome. The majority of Massachusetts voters don’t vote for the GOP, and such voters also vote even less for non-leftists, especially at the highest levels of political office. The majority of Massachusetts voters also voted AGAINST cutting their own state taxes TWICE, after given the opportunity to do so, in two state elections through state ballot questions.
We won’t know until the votes are cast, however, Coakley has been making a fool of herself in a lot of her statements which may get the Dems to sit it out. Also, the Dems are acting like they are concerned, in addition to bringing in SEIU, they are also trying to push an Independent candidate (Kennedy) on the Right, claiming he is a “tea party” candidate but he is really just a code pinko. They wouldn’t act this way if it was in the bag.
November starts on January 19. US Senate special election in MA. Stop ObamaCare forever!
VOTE FOR AND SUPPORT SCOTT BROWN
2010 - THE AMERICAN PEOPLE’S VICTORY TOUR!!!
Spot on!
Many moons ago I lived in an apartment at 337 Concord St in Framingham.
Wow, that seems like forever ago...
I think that area is now known as “New Brazil”.
It’s the truth, and the truth often hurts! I really want Scott Brown to win, but the majority of non-leftists in Massachusetts leave Massachusetts asap, leaving only lifetime leftists as a voting majority for always.
Given a different time and situations, you could be right.
Due to Obama bombing out as The One along the economy, and the list goes on, some of the moderate democrats who
don’t want to see some of Obama’s agenda pass
plus some of the independents I see voting for Brown.
They may not agree with all his views but see him as
someone who can help change the course.
I think some are also tired of the 14yr old running things at 1600 and the gal running against Brown is part of
the current Democrat program
Brown has a great chance winning this race.
It most certainly is. ( drove through there in '08.)
Back in '85, it looked like it was going to become "Little Colombia."
Senator Kennedy made a fool of himself during his entire duration as a U.S. Senator, and, still, he died as a lifetime politician.
FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.
Here was my route: Born Faulkner Hospital, raised in Roslindale , then Needham. After college moved to Connecticut, then Ohio (for the last 18 years.)
Sad. Framingham used to be a decent, middle class town. Now, outside of the Nobscott area bordering Sudbury, ehhh...
And while you’re sending Mr. Brown a few bucks how about send a true conservative Earl Sholley a few also.
Earl is running against Barney Frank!
Support Earl at: www.sholleyforcongress.us
Thanks!
South of Route 9 is a wasteland.
Go to his website and donate at least $20. It will be worth it to not have another idiot Democrat from MA.
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