The Other McCain

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Kos Spins Mass. Senate Campaign: ‘Teabaggers’ Doom Scott Brown?

Jumping in Pools gives this spin a thorough fisking, but here’s just a taste of Kos in whistle-past-the-graveyard mode: Brown has been caught in a vice. His support from teabaggers was critical to becoming competitive . . . On the other hand, that conservative support has come at a cost. . . . The teabaggers demand ideological purity, and he’s […]

Massachusetts’ Chief Law Enforcement Official Ignores Political Assault; UPDATE: DSCC’s Meehan Apologizes

UPDATE 4:45 p.m. ET: Michael “I Work For Me” Meehan admits he was “was a little too aggressive” with John McCormack — a convenient admission, considering that the incident was caught on video and photographs. PREVIOUSLY: What else can you say about this photo? A campaign aide to Martha Coakley has just shoved reporter John McCormack […]

Scott Brown: Taking Sexy Back

Wow, how did I miss this story? Long before he was a politician, the Republican candidate vying for Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat posed nude for the centerfold of Cosmo. Scott Brown won our “America’s Sexiest Man” contest and appeared in the June 1982 issue. In those days he was a 22-year-old law student at […]

Is Martha Coakley Even Sleazier Than
Tila Tequila? BUMPED: Reporter Hassled

Tila is arguably the nadir of celebrity sleaze, but at least she’s not running for the Senate: Democrat Martha Coakley is the voice of the “little people” the way Ted Kennedy was the voice of sobriety. That’s from Michelle Malkin’s column and you should read the whole thing, which makes clear just what kind of sold-out hack Martha Coakley […]

More Evidence That Scott Brown’s
Surge Has Democrats Spooked

Martha Coakley’s own internal polling reportedly shows her having lost nine points in one week? Rasmussen shows a 2-point race, Coakley 49% and Brown 47% percent among likely voters. Yeah, it’s cold in Massachusetts, but the Democrats are starting to sweat now. Da Tech Guy lives in Massachusetts and just got a pro-Coakley mailer from the state teachers’ union. […]

VIDEO: Scott Brown Reponds to Coakley Attack Ad

Notice how the Republican candidate, standing in his kitchen, depicts the Democrat as part of the “political machine.” In other words, she’s the Establishment, the status quo, and Brown is the embattled underdog taking on The System. And her use of negative ads only reinforces that perception, which is ultimately Brown’s best message. The perception of […]

Who Is Hari Sevugan and Why Is He Trying to Bring Palin to Massachusetts?

Byron York of the Washington Examiner reports that Democratic campaign operative Hari Sevugan is trying to “Palinize” the special Senate election in Massachusetts, where polls show Republican Scott Brown gaining ground on Democrat Martha Coakley: Sevugan directed journalists to his response to the “blatant dodge by the Scott Brown campaign on the issue of whether […]

Scott Brown’s Money-Bomb
Racks Up $1.3 Million in One Day

Impressive results for the Massachusetts Republican seeking the Senate seat formerly occupied for more than a half-century by the Kennedy clan, but not belonging to them by divine right. NTC News has a major aggregation of news on the Massachusetts Senate race. Yesterday was also a pretty good day for the “Send Me to Massachusetts” money-bomb here. Thanks to tip-jar hitters […]

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