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January 19, 2010 at 9:26 PM #504465January 19, 2010 at 9:41 PM #503593
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ParticipantOk, after talking to a few “lefty” friends in the Boston area. Here’s the inside scoop.
I don’t think this election is about health care at all. In Mass., most reasonable folks across the political spectrum have become skeptical about Obamacare as a spinelessly-crafted, counterproductive, corporate boondoggle. It’s just MSM spin that the race is a referendum on Healthcare.
And Massachusetts is not the hotbed of liberalism it is portrayed as in the media (often by right-wing pols and commentators). Most voters support the death penalty and oppose gay marriage, for example. There’s mixed feelings about the war. While it’s true the Democratic party controls the state legislature and Congressional delegations, there has always been a schism between the proverbial “Cambridge” liberal democrats and the blue collar “Southie-Dorchester” socially-conservative dems, often Irish Catholic. They have also had several Republican governors.
As in most states, elections in Mass. are decided by the independents, but even some registered Dems, and many women, have apparently abandoned Coakley. This election is really about two things: (1) a protest vote against Obama and his false promise of “change”; and (2) a response to good vs. bad politicking.
January 19, 2010 at 9:41 PM #503739ParticipantOk, after talking to a few “lefty” friends in the Boston area. Here’s the inside scoop.
I don’t think this election is about health care at all. In Mass., most reasonable folks across the political spectrum have become skeptical about Obamacare as a spinelessly-crafted, counterproductive, corporate boondoggle. It’s just MSM spin that the race is a referendum on Healthcare.
And Massachusetts is not the hotbed of liberalism it is portrayed as in the media (often by right-wing pols and commentators). Most voters support the death penalty and oppose gay marriage, for example. There’s mixed feelings about the war. While it’s true the Democratic party controls the state legislature and Congressional delegations, there has always been a schism between the proverbial “Cambridge” liberal democrats and the blue collar “Southie-Dorchester” socially-conservative dems, often Irish Catholic. They have also had several Republican governors.
As in most states, elections in Mass. are decided by the independents, but even some registered Dems, and many women, have apparently abandoned Coakley. This election is really about two things: (1) a protest vote against Obama and his false promise of “change”; and (2) a response to good vs. bad politicking.
January 19, 2010 at 9:41 PM #504135ParticipantOk, after talking to a few “lefty” friends in the Boston area. Here’s the inside scoop.
I don’t think this election is about health care at all. In Mass., most reasonable folks across the political spectrum have become skeptical about Obamacare as a spinelessly-crafted, counterproductive, corporate boondoggle. It’s just MSM spin that the race is a referendum on Healthcare.
And Massachusetts is not the hotbed of liberalism it is portrayed as in the media (often by right-wing pols and commentators). Most voters support the death penalty and oppose gay marriage, for example. There’s mixed feelings about the war. While it’s true the Democratic party controls the state legislature and Congressional delegations, there has always been a schism between the proverbial “Cambridge” liberal democrats and the blue collar “Southie-Dorchester” socially-conservative dems, often Irish Catholic. They have also had several Republican governors.
As in most states, elections in Mass. are decided by the independents, but even some registered Dems, and many women, have apparently abandoned Coakley. This election is really about two things: (1) a protest vote against Obama and his false promise of “change”; and (2) a response to good vs. bad politicking.
January 19, 2010 at 9:41 PM #504227ParticipantOk, after talking to a few “lefty” friends in the Boston area. Here’s the inside scoop.
I don’t think this election is about health care at all. In Mass., most reasonable folks across the political spectrum have become skeptical about Obamacare as a spinelessly-crafted, counterproductive, corporate boondoggle. It’s just MSM spin that the race is a referendum on Healthcare.
And Massachusetts is not the hotbed of liberalism it is portrayed as in the media (often by right-wing pols and commentators). Most voters support the death penalty and oppose gay marriage, for example. There’s mixed feelings about the war. While it’s true the Democratic party controls the state legislature and Congressional delegations, there has always been a schism between the proverbial “Cambridge” liberal democrats and the blue collar “Southie-Dorchester” socially-conservative dems, often Irish Catholic. They have also had several Republican governors.
As in most states, elections in Mass. are decided by the independents, but even some registered Dems, and many women, have apparently abandoned Coakley. This election is really about two things: (1) a protest vote against Obama and his false promise of “change”; and (2) a response to good vs. bad politicking.
January 19, 2010 at 9:41 PM #504476ParticipantOk, after talking to a few “lefty” friends in the Boston area. Here’s the inside scoop.
I don’t think this election is about health care at all. In Mass., most reasonable folks across the political spectrum have become skeptical about Obamacare as a spinelessly-crafted, counterproductive, corporate boondoggle. It’s just MSM spin that the race is a referendum on Healthcare.
And Massachusetts is not the hotbed of liberalism it is portrayed as in the media (often by right-wing pols and commentators). Most voters support the death penalty and oppose gay marriage, for example. There’s mixed feelings about the war. While it’s true the Democratic party controls the state legislature and Congressional delegations, there has always been a schism between the proverbial “Cambridge” liberal democrats and the blue collar “Southie-Dorchester” socially-conservative dems, often Irish Catholic. They have also had several Republican governors.
As in most states, elections in Mass. are decided by the independents, but even some registered Dems, and many women, have apparently abandoned Coakley. This election is really about two things: (1) a protest vote against Obama and his false promise of “change”; and (2) a response to good vs. bad politicking.
January 19, 2010 at 9:44 PM #503598patientrenter
ParticipantI don’t think this was so much about health care or even unemployment as it was about taxpayer money being used to enrich bankers. I think that was the hottest button.
People in MA already have a health care plan like the Dem proposal, so the impact of that was nearly neutral to them. But the image of Wall Street paying itself more and more on the backs of taxpayer supports while the rest of us fear for our jobs and incomes was infuriating to independent voters in MA.
January 19, 2010 at 9:44 PM #503744ParticipantI don’t think this was so much about health care or even unemployment as it was about taxpayer money being used to enrich bankers. I think that was the hottest button.
People in MA already have a health care plan like the Dem proposal, so the impact of that was nearly neutral to them. But the image of Wall Street paying itself more and more on the backs of taxpayer supports while the rest of us fear for our jobs and incomes was infuriating to independent voters in MA.
January 19, 2010 at 9:44 PM #504139ParticipantI don’t think this was so much about health care or even unemployment as it was about taxpayer money being used to enrich bankers. I think that was the hottest button.
People in MA already have a health care plan like the Dem proposal, so the impact of that was nearly neutral to them. But the image of Wall Street paying itself more and more on the backs of taxpayer supports while the rest of us fear for our jobs and incomes was infuriating to independent voters in MA.
January 19, 2010 at 9:44 PM #504232ParticipantI don’t think this was so much about health care or even unemployment as it was about taxpayer money being used to enrich bankers. I think that was the hottest button.
People in MA already have a health care plan like the Dem proposal, so the impact of that was nearly neutral to them. But the image of Wall Street paying itself more and more on the backs of taxpayer supports while the rest of us fear for our jobs and incomes was infuriating to independent voters in MA.
January 19, 2010 at 9:44 PM #504480ParticipantI don’t think this was so much about health care or even unemployment as it was about taxpayer money being used to enrich bankers. I think that was the hottest button.
People in MA already have a health care plan like the Dem proposal, so the impact of that was nearly neutral to them. But the image of Wall Street paying itself more and more on the backs of taxpayer supports while the rest of us fear for our jobs and incomes was infuriating to independent voters in MA.
January 19, 2010 at 10:30 PM #503603Zeitgeist
ParticipantChange you can believe in! Amen!
January 19, 2010 at 10:30 PM #503749ParticipantChange you can believe in! Amen!
January 19, 2010 at 10:30 PM #504144ParticipantChange you can believe in! Amen!
January 19, 2010 at 10:30 PM #504237ParticipantChange you can believe in! Amen!
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