Today in Massachusetts, voters are going to the polls for a special election for the late Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. Massachusetts is the bluest of blue states, yet the latest poll shows Republican Scott Brown ahead of Democrat Martha Coakley by 9 percent. Brown has made this election about Obama and his policies by bringing up health care and the Democrats’ runaway spending at every campaign stop. He has repeatedly said that if elected, he will be the 41st vote to enable a Republican filibuster of the health care bill. This has resonated with the people in Mass and he has been consistently rising in the polls. To be fair, Martha Coakley has run a bad campaign, but the voters are clearly sending a message that the liberal policies of Obama are losing support… in Massachusetts of all places!
The way this race has played out is that a vote for Coakley is a vote for the health care legislation while a vote for Brown is a vote against the health care legislation. Polls have shown that about 51% of people in Mass are opposed to the current health care bill. Coincidentally, the latest poll shows Brown has about 52% of the vote. I think it is safe to say that those who are voting for Brown are probably the same people who are opposed to the health care bill. The logical conclusion as to why Brown is in the lead is that the people of Mass are fed up with what the Democrat controlled Congress has been doing. Because of this, they may (if the polls are right) do something they have not done in a long time… send a Republican to the Senate.
However, Democrats cannot admit this. It is impossible that the people of Massachusetts are choosing a Republican over a Democrat because they are upset with Obama’s liberal policies. Impossible! So it has to be something else.
This video, “Massachusetts Miracle”, would be great as Scott Brown’s new campaign commercial. A recent poll now shows Republican Scott Brown is up by 4 points over Democrat Martha Coakley. If Brown is able to win this election, the repercussions to the Democrat’s agenda (and Obama’s in particular) will be huge. If the bluest of blue states chooses a conservative candidate over a liberal one, it would amplify and accelerate the move our nation is already making to conservatism. The people of Massachusetts have a clear choice between individual liberty and government control, personal responsibility and government nanny-ism, free markets and socialism. I pray they make the correct choice. It would help stop the leaks in this sinking ship called America.
People of Massachusetts, your forefathers fired “the shot heard ’round the world” in defense of liberty. On January 19th you have a chance to do it again (symbolically of course) by voting for Scott Brown.
On January 19th, Massachusetts will hold a special election to fill the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s seat. If this seat is won by the Republican candidate, Scott Brown, Obama will no longer have a 60 seat majority in the Senate o do his will. This could prevent the current health care bill from passing a final cloture vote in the senate and becoming law!
Now I know what most of you are thinking, ” How could a Republican win Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat? Never in a million years!” I must admit I was thinking the same thing until I saw a new poll from Public Policy Polling. It shows that Republican Scott Brown is now 1 point ahead of Democrat Martha Coakley. This is within the margin of error and makes this race a toss up between the 2 candidates. This is startling to me and shows how even the people of an extremely liberal state are becoming angry with the Democrat controlled Congress and the White House. Another shocking fact in this poll is that Republican Scott Brown is winning 17% of Democrats in the state while Democrat Martha Coakley is only winning 6% of the GOP vote. Independents are also preferring Brown over Coakley, 63% to 31% respectively. This is a winnable race for the Republican!
If Brown pulls off this election, the repercussions will be huge. It would most likely cause
I was looking at the Drudge Report this morning and saw an article from The Telegraph that caught my attention. The title of the article is Barack Obama Sees Worst Poll Rating Drop in 50 Years. The article cites Gallup poll numbers that show Obama had a 78% approval rating in January but is now down to a 53% rating. I knew Obama’s poll numbers were consistently dropping, but I hadn’t realized it was the largest drop for a new President in 50 years.
It got me wondering. Why haven’t U.S. news agencies picked up on this? Then I remembered how the White House pretty much controls the main stream media and any news agency that does not allow itself to be controlled (i.e. Fox) is attacked. I wonder if the White House will start attacking the British Papers since they have been growing more critical of Obama and his policies?
A new Ramsmussen poll came out today, and it doesn’t look good for President Obama. Public support for the president continues to drop. Many of the Americans who were taken in by the chanting of “yes we can… hope… change” seem to be coming to their senses. Now, only 28% of likely voters strongly approve of the President’s job performance while 40% strongly disapprove.
When the people who at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance are included, he still only has the support of the 49% of likely voters, while 50% disapprove. The American people are rejecting socialism. If the President’s numbers continue to go down, it will all but ensure the defeat of Democrat candidates in the 2010 mid-term election. The political environment is being set perfectly for the Republicans to regain a large number of seats in Congress. The question that remains is whether or not the GOP will take advantage of this and prove their relavance to the American people. Will they nominate true conservatives who will uphold the Constitution? Will liberty and freedom make a comeback?
Today in Massachusetts, voters are going to the polls for a special election for the late Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. Massachusetts is the bluest of blue states, yet the latest poll shows Republican Scott Brown ahead of Democrat Martha Coakley by 9 percent. Brown has made this election about Obama and his policies by bringing up health care and the Democrats’ runaway spending at every campaign stop. He has repeatedly said that if elected, he will be the 41st vote to enable a Republican filibuster of the health care bill. This has resonated with the people in Mass and he has been consistently rising in the polls. To be fair, Martha Coakley has run a bad campaign, but the voters are clearly sending a message that the liberal policies of Obama are losing support… in Massachusetts of all places!
