SEIU “pulling out all the stops” for Coakley; Brown calls out her illegal alien advocacy
I encouraged you last week to fight the SEIU/Demcare corruption and contribute to MA GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown’s campaign.
The election date — Jan. 19 — is rapidly approaching and the race has turned competitive thanks to grass-roots conservative pressure.
The NYTimes takes notice today. In a word, Democrats are “anxious:”
While Ms. Coakley kept a low profile over the holidays, Mr. Brown hammered her as soft on terrorists and as a “crusader” for abortion rights. He has played up his military credentials — he serves in the Army National Guard — and his opposition to the health care overhaul headed for a final vote in Congress. That, too, has unnerved Democrats, who cannot afford to lose a single vote on the embattled legislation.
Republicans are hoping that diminished support for President Obama and his party among independents could give Mr. Brown a shot at winning. About half of the state’s voters are not affiliated with a party.
“Scott’s done a great job of tapping into the economy as an issue and the fact that people aren’t happy with what’s going on in Washington,” said Charles Manning, a Republican strategist here. “When you couple that with the coronation campaign that Martha’s been trying to run, it’s really made a difference.”
Democrats dismiss such statements as wishful thinking whipped up by conservative commentators outside Massachusetts. Still, Mary Anne Marsh, a Democratic strategist, said Ms. Coakley erred in not campaigning more aggressively last month.
“By taking a low-profile approach, she invited more of a race than she would have had otherwise,” Ms. Marsh said. “Sometimes I wanted to say, ‘My God, woman, take it up a notch.’ ”
The SEIU continues to “pull out all the stops” to “get Martha elected.” While her Purple Army friends push for another massive illegal alien shamnesty, Scott Brown is calling attention to Coakley’s open-borders advocacy:
In a direct attack on his Democratic opponent in the U.S. Senate race, Republican state Sen. Scott Brown has filed a bill that would require proof of citizenship or legal residency for people seeking action against employers for violating the state’s wage laws.
As attorney general, Martha Coakley has aggressively enforced laws protecting workers’ wages. Before the campaign, her office often announced settlements with companies she sued for allegedly violating prevailing wage laws or avoiding payroll taxes. Coakley represented everyone, including illegal immigrants.
Her opponent, Scott Brown, said that encourages people who are here illegally.
“As a top law enforcement official, her No. 1 job is to enforce the laws of the state and to protect citizens here legally and the people who are here with the appropriate immigration status,” Brown said during a telephone interview.
Coakley’s “basking” in left-wing money.
Fight Coakley and her Big Labor/Demcare corruption/Open Borders bakers here.
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Brown will have to win by 50,000 – 100,000 votes to stop Coakley from pulling a “Franken”.
Vote early and often for Brown, as we say here in Massachusetts.
Now if Michael Steele can take a break long enough from his “stop picking on me” self-serving book tour, maybe he can do a u-turn and actually support a candidate when it counts.
Hey RNC, stop hoping and give this guy the support (money) he needs, you poinyoins!
Steele will not do anything for Brown. I can not understand the mindset of the rnc. That is one of the reasons funds are in the tank along with this steele who is useless!
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When will Republicans get the nerve to get rid of Arsenio (Michael) Steele? Who cares how blacks react, they won’t be voting for us anyway.
Arsenio Steele is an absolute joke.
He is prancing around the country with this “Yo, what up dog!” message while lining his pockets with speaker fees and totally ignoring his real responsibilities.
Knowing he has wasted too much money he is now hedging the party’s chances to give himself cover. (Why didn’t Hannity call him on that on his show?)
Do we really need some Hollywood Oreo hustler controlling the campaign dollars at this time?
Arsenio is a show pony and EVERYTHING that we DON’T need right now. He is going to waste a chance for a comeback which the country cannot survive without.
GET RID OF ARSENIO STEELE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just posted this on another thread, but wanted to get it on a new thread so more people will see it. Sorry to go off topic, but I just couldn’t wait until Michelle wrote a blog about happyscrapper’s personal travails.
Happy2, if you are still reading this thread, thanks for thinking of me!! It is nice to be missed. I don’t want to bore everyone with my personal situation, but just to let you know I have been sick and am now recovering. Also have been having some computer problems. I’ve been able to post here and there, but I miss the back and forth stuff that is the most fun!! Will be back to that soon! I have been reading the threads and I just have to say…you guys are so entertaining!! Best commenters on the internet by far!! I have been copying your comments to WORD, then printing them out so I can read them in bed. Oh, my illness is pneumonia…lots of it in both lungs. And it came on suddenly. I hadn’t been sick at all. I was rushed to the hospital with chest pains ala Rush Limbaugh! Spent four days in hospital, and I have to say this…our health care system ROCKS!!
any candidate that supports illegal aliens needs to be tossed across the border with the illegals! I agree Steele needs to get off his buy my book if you want to know what the GOP needs to do tour…We can also donate to Brown ourselves directly just as we can against Scary Reid….open up your wallets and let’s take the State back!
happyscrapper,
Sorry you have been ill and hope you get well soon. It is a good thing you got sick before obcare kicked in, you might not gotten into the hospital. Take care, get rest, chicken soup, lots of fluids, and read MM blog.
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Michelle, Thanks for keeping this race on the front burner!
As a Massachusetts resident I can’t say more strongly that every vote is crucial and all support is appreciated and will help push us over the top!
http://www.brownforussenate.com/
His Democrat opponent is a Reid/Pelosi rubber stamper. Her support is only lukewarm while Brown’s is red hot – imagine who will get to the polls if it snows on Jan 19th!
People need to see that this race is far from a lost cause: there is only a 2% difference between Brown and the Democrat among people who are most likely to vote, and this has a 4% margin of error – which means BROWN COULD ALREADY BE AHEAD!
Let’s keep up the momentum and on January 19th we will TAKE AWAY HARRY REID’S MAJORITY!
Best part of the NYT article:
“The poll that suggested Ms. Coakley’s lead was narrowing, which was conducted by Rasmussen Reports and does not meet the polling standards of The New York Times because it relied on automated telephone calls,
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
“Pulling a Franken”…oh.my.Gosh! That sounds absolutely obscene!
People and organizations ultimately try to achieve success through one of two basic strategies:
1) Try to win
2) Try to not lose
Why are things looking up for Republicans now? Have they done anything to try to win by putting forward positive ideas, returning to their conservative base?
No, they have sat passively and let the Democrats self-destruct. They have done nothing that might cause them to lose.
That is their mindset. It is not in their DNA to challenge a “safe” Democrat seat, even though gaining that seat would cause a political earthquake and derail the Senate Democrats for the remainder of 2010.
“Carpe Diem” is unknown to them.
Happyscrapper, Glad you’re back and on the road to recovery. Your moniker can be read two ways, I know you’re into scrapbooking but you’re also a Happy Scrapper in the literal sense.
Thanks, letget! For everyone’s information, I have been eating a LOT of chicken soup. It is what I have been craving. I guess it is the ultimate comfort food and eating it is a divine, life-altering experience when you are sick. Seriously, chicken soup is God-inspired!
happyscrapper: sorry to hear you’ve been ill. (I hope it wasn’t over anything I said, heh heh. Joking.) I hope you’re better now.
The RNC should be dumping mountains of money into Scott Brown’s campaign. It’s a pivotal election for a crucial seat in a BLUE state. Maybe if they’d support Brown, more people would support the RNC.
Yes, Steele is truly incompetent.
Does any decision-maker in the RNC even read this blog?
If they had a clue, they would.
It is.
I agree with you there, granite.
it is amazing the rino ruling class is as tone deaf as the socialist ruling class. sarah is not on the list of approved candidates, and george w bush with a massachusetts accent willard romney is the 80% consensus nominee. then they disapprove of sarah as too unsophisticated and educated to rule. then they aren’t getting money into the rnc, and they keep steele, and keep dissing conservatives. they better start paying attention to the jungle drums, cause the natives are restless!
Many of us principled pragmatists (no, that is not internally contradictory) are sympathetic to the idea of not wanting to ‘waste’ dollars on races that ‘cannot be won.’
But you have to fight the fights your contributors want you to fight, or they will stop contributing.
So the only question remaining is if the current GOP ‘leadership’ is incredibly incompetent or purposefully suicidal.
If their problem is incompetence, then perhaps they should get out of the way. Set up a list of all of the races on the GOP website (including GOP primary contests), and let contributors pick which candidates they want their money to go to.
They can even include the RNC’s recommendations for contributors. But let the contributors decide.
I’d bet if they did that, contributions ‘to the GOP’ would massively increase.
OT to happyscrapper: sorry to hear that you’ve been sick. Pneumonia – whether it’s bacterial or viral – is no fun.
Glad to hear you’re back home. I agree, chicken soup is good for both the body and the soul – the comfort food aspect to it makes you feel better simply having it, and studies have shown that there is a real physical benefit from having chicken soup (homemade if possible).
Be well – both you and your computer.
I’ve seen Steele on TV lately touting his 12 points to recovery for Republican, admitting you have a problem, regaining the trust of the voters blah, blah blah… He still doesn’t get it. This is not the time for navel gazing psycho-babble. This the time for taking a firm stand, calling the Dems the Socialists they are, and kicking their a**es. He seems to be unable to articulate a message other than reducing the size of government and listening to what the people are saying. Good ideas, but we’ve heard this before and have no reason to believe any of it will happen as the government continues to grow under Dems and Repubs alike. I want pledges to balance the budget, no earmarks, eliminate specific programs, entitlement reform etc… followed by quick action if they can wrest control from the Socialists, not vague proposals, compromises, and reaching across the aisle.
If he doesn’t get it he best get out of the way because either these problems will be solved by aggressive action soon or we are doomed to rapid decline. Navel gazers are going to be steamrolled by one side or the other.
Have to share this quote by the great Winston Churchill, as it impacts what we face if the Democrat’s wish for socialism or Obamacare is not defeated:
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill
On topic, thank you, Michelle, for keeping attention on the race here in the Bog State.
The odds may be against Scott winning, and while coming in a close second isn’t what we want, even that will send a clear message to the Democrats who think they own this state. They may run it – for too long now – but they don’t own it anymore than King George III did back on April 19, 1775.
May January 19, 2010 prove to be the start of a new Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this one fought and won via the ballot box.
Scrapper, glad you are doing well, or better anyway.
I’ll take this post to remind all that Michelle’s C-Span In Depth is rebroadcast tomorrow 1-9-10 o9:00 EST. It’s great. Be there.
Thanks for that reminder, Uplander.
Great news on Scott Brown closing the gap with Coakley.
I will be doing some phone calls next week on behalf of Scott Brown.
I urge eveyone to get involved. If you cannot give voulnteer support please consider a contribution. Contributions from out of state may help make this a victory for conservatives.
Sent an Email to Micahel Steele last week urging the RNC to get involved in this election. Said I had stopped giving donations to the RNC but would consider doing so again if I saw some “fight” in them on this election. Received the usual “thank you for your input” response from an underling. Guess they do not need my donations…
I am going to make a second donation to the Brown campaign and continue to ignore the RNC until I see a turn around in their operations.
Uh-oh!
Anyone else get a “Dear Friend” email from John McCain, asking them to support Scott Brown?
I have mixed feelings.
I hope McCain’s endorsement helps Brown;
I sure hope it is not the kiss of death.
It’s probably better than if McCain had come out against Brown….
Remember when Steele was getting elected to his current job(?) that it took like 5 voting cycles to come to him winning?
That in itself should have been a sign of things to come.
Just because Steele has an email address does not mean he is reading it. Based on his actions I would say……
It some ways I wonder if Steele would hurt more than help.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Tis the home of Concord/Lexington and the Son’s of Liberty-one more time please?
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow-except on Happyscrapper-she needs the rest
Latest polling shows dead heat, one point between them, according to Rasmussen.
Send money quick … I did and sent email to all my friends asking them to help. Every $10 counts folks.
Was it in English?
That letter?
I was thrilled to hear Rush Limbaugh mention the importance of Scott Brown winning the special election in Massachusetts on his radio show this morning!!!
Sean Hannity had Scott Brown on his radio show a couple of days ago and is scheduled to have Scott on his TV show this evening.
When I was in Massachusetts for the holidays, I heard a local talk show host joke that they were two hours into the program and Scott Brown hadn’t called in yet. The host wanted somebody to check to make sure Scott was OK because Scott was such a regular caller that he missed hearing from him. (Scott called in a few minutes later.) So we know Scott is working hard to promote his campaign!
And today I received a mass e-mail about Scott Brown’s race from the California Tea Party group I belong to.
So the momnentum for Scott Brown is definately building!
But we need to work fast! The special election is a week from Tuesday on January 19 and people are already voting via absentee ballot.
http://www.BrownForUSSenate.com
Tell everybody you know how important it is for Scott Brown to win the Massachusetts Senate seat!
Don’t forget the internet money bomb for Brown on Monday, January 11!!!
This guy was just on Hannity. Sean asked him “what grade do you give Obama?” His response: “I’m not going to give him a grade. We need to solve a lot of problems.”
= closed checkbook. Had your chance to show some passion.
I thought Brown did VERY well on Hannity–he let Hannity make the hits on Bambi and thanked him for it–smart man that Brown.
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internet money bomb for Brown on Monday, January 11!? More-where?
DEMS will delay Scott Brown swearing-in so health-care reform could pass – BostonHerald.com: http://bit.ly/4M9Qyo
How typical of the left.
On January 8th, 2010 at 10:38 pm, BlameAmericaLast
Thank you for linking to this story!
BostonHerald.com: http://bit.ly/4M9Qyo
It would be OUTRAGEOUS if the Democrats tried to delay the certification of the election!
I completely agree with Scott Brown’s response to Paul Kirk’s comment.
We all need to be aware of this potential Democrat plan so we can shame them into giving up this plan.
On the positive side, it is a good sign that the Democrats really are worried that Scott Brown is going to win this election!
Too bad, Bill Galvin is one of the few Masshole democrats that I had any respect for at all.
Everyone around here knows you can stick a fork in Patrick because he’s DONE.
While I’d be surprised to see Galvin stoop to the same level as the rest of the moronic democrat solons on Beacon Hill, if he chooses to follow Patrick out the door then that’s fine by me.
Paul Kirk is a complete jackass BTW – which should be of no surprise to anyone considering what he did for Kennedy before being annointed as Kennedy’s rubber stamp.
I got a Scott Brown yard sign today. There really isn’t much traffic past my house and about half of them are likely republicans anyway, so I’m thinking of pasting it inside a back side window of my old rusty station wagon instead? (and drive around in Brookline).
To Danceswithdachshunds at 1:36 am
Go for it! Brookline is my old hometown and my former neighbors can certainly use some political re-education!
The fact that Brookline Massachusetts is also the former hometown of Senator John F. Kerry, the Late Senator Teddy Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, and the current hometown of Former Presidential Candidate Michael Dukaukis will make the journey that much more fun!
Pretend you are Paul Revere and shout “Scott Brown’s Patriots Are Coming” as you drive past their homes!
Enjoy!
I find it deliciously ironic that this race could even be close! It sure is making Croakley pissin her knickers doesn’t it? She actually has to campaign instead of sitting back and letting the machine do it for her. I hope she loses BIG and Brown is half the MAN we hope he is.
LOL. Maybe McCain is trying to ride on Brown’s coattails…
I caught Brown on Hannity last night he was too stiff and he wouldn’t say anything very personal about himself, he kept to his talking points.
I remember both Mitt Romney and Chris Christie when they went on Imus In The Morning. They were both engaging and relatable they both were self depreciating.
I am an Independent who didn’t vote for Barack H Obama the last election. Why? I couldn’t relate to the Democrat candidate. The only time I could relate to Obama as another human being was when he came out and told the press that candidates families spouse and children were off limits. That was it and it wasn’t enough.
Obama used this phrase Hope & Change and saturated the media with it. Obama than behaved like a Movie Projection screen, where anyone could project what Hope & Change meant to them.
So what is Brown’s strategy to connect with “ALL” the voters? One thing of a personal nature that he relayed to Hannity was that he was a Lt Col in the Reserves. This country is at War this is something he should elaborate on his “Experience” in the Military.
This is Mitt Romney on Imus In The Morning, Mitt was really relaxed, charming and engaging.
Here is Chris Christie same thing.
The election is 10 days from now it’s time for a Charm Offensive. Given that Coakley is kind of a sad sack – brown bird, it wouldn’t take much:) Scott Brown needs to show some personality not just regurgitate talking points.
I like the slogan “What Can Brown Do For You” play off of UPS. That’s already making it about his constituency not himself.
Brown should make a point of telling the electorate What He Can Deliver as Senator for Massachusetts…just like UPS GRIN.
Coakley is a horrible (read it: typical for MA) candidate for Senate.
The fact that she is endorsed by the Kennedy’s is reason enough to deny her the seat.
She has more baggage than you could believe, including the Amirault debacle, refusing to prosecute a child rapist who was a cop and more.
Gutless, rubberstamping rumpswab for Reid would be a nice summation of her sentorial potential.
I was just driving around the Merrimack valley north of Boston and the enthusiasm for brown is just AMAZING! He can indeed win and if all you people all over the country send in your support by your contributions. After all, he will be the 41st US Senator who can SHUT DOWN healthcare and other debacles sponsored by Harry.
For anyone still reading:
Support looks quite strong here. Made calls today from Littleton, just a bit west of you, mdt. It got to the point where volunteers were on the bench, waiting for an open phone.
Coming on Monday: Scott Brown’s money-bomb.
Thanks everyone!