- Three Martha Coakley attack ads
- Two SEIU attack ads
- One DNC attack ad
I was wrong about Martha Coakley, though. I thought that she was playing it cool because she figured she had this in the bag; and up until today I stood by that assertion. Up until today, I thought that she still thought this election belonged to her - that campaigning ended when she won the Democratic nomination. Watching the absolute deluge of nasty attack ads, I'm not so sure. She's waited so long to do anything, and her response is so over-the-top, that I think she's in full-fledged panic mode right now.
I mean, really - who wants to be known as the person who lost Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat to a Republican?
GO SCOTT GO!!!
That is all.
UPDATE: Mrs. G. just contacted me to say that she's waiting for the new car (post forthcoming) to get inspected, and they have the news on in the waiting area. She's counted three different Coakley attack ads in the ten minutes she's been there...
The desperation is palpable...
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I hadn't considered the "lost Teddy's seat" angle. Agreed that she looks panicked.
Her problem is that she's not particularly bright, and Brown's inside her OODA loop with a message that (a) resonates with 80% of the population and (b) hits her where she's weak.
I think that this could snowball, with a "new campaign strategy" every 3 days as it drives off the cliff.
My biggest concern is that they stop dropping piles of cash into TV ads and instead put it into a massive Get Out The Vote campaign. Of course, if even a bunch of Democrats end up voting for Brown, that only pours gasoline on the fire.
It doesn't help when the hired help knocks down a reporter and it gets posted on YouTube. Someone should call the AG's office and report the crime...oh. Wait....
Forgot the link:
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/13/video-coakley-campaign-shoves-weekly-standard-reporter/
The sad thing is, the attack ads are probably going to work. I never trust polls, and I see disturbing similarities between this race and the special in NY-23 last year. And we _are_ talking about Massachusetts, where "Republican" may as well be one of the Seven Words.
Then again, I'm well known to be a pessimist.
In addition to everything else, Coakley is done as a politician if she loses this election. This seat was supposed to be "in the bag" and Scott Brown was supposed to mount a principled, yet Quixotic campaign and get his head handed to him.
He's got the momentum clearly on his side and needs money and volunteers to help. The money is coming from donations and one would hope, the RNC.
Of course, we do call them The Stupid Party for a reason.
If he wins next Tuesday, things will look very, very good for the Republicans in the fall and very, very bad for the Democrats.
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