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  • Tentacles of Coakley's loss are reaching high and low (MA dem party disarray)

    01/23/2010 3:08:01 PM PST · by pietraynor · 32 replies · 1,449+ views
    The Lowell Sun ^ | 01/22/2010 | Peter Lucas
    Attorney General Martha Coakley is not the only local Democratic politician who came out a loser Tuesday. Republican state Sen. Scott Brown's stunning victory over Coakley was also a major embarrassment to President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton, Gov. Deval Patrick, the Kennedy family and the entire Massachusetts Democratic establishment. All of the above campaigned for Coakley and all came out losers.
  • Democratic Party Divided on Iraq (war is fracturing, splintering, splitting the party)

    07/09/2006 5:32:49 PM PDT · by Libloather · 31 replies · 1,133+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 7/07/06
    Democratic Party Divided on IraqFriday July 7, 4:58 PM Intent on seizing control of Congress, Democrats want to keep the focus on President Bush's missteps in Iraq. Yet the war is fracturing the party in a handful of House and Senate races. Senate primary fights in Connecticut and Washington state as well as a few House contests pit the party's liberal wing _ proponents of candidates who want an immediate end to the conflict _ against moderates favored by Democratic leaders in Washington. Arguably the most high-profile and contentious case is Connecticut, where three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman is under siege...