Da bomb: Brown reportedly raises $1 million a day this week; Cook also moves race to “Toss-Up;” Update: New poll: Brown-50, Coakley-46
Well, this sure takes some of the sting out of that thorough waste of national GOP money dumped into Big Labor Republican Dede Scozzafava’s NY-23 bid!
Who needs Beltway Republicans to decide where best to send money? Do. It. Yourself.
Alex Pappas of Tucker Carlson’s new Daily Caller reports:
Knowledgeable sources in Massachusetts tell The Daily Caller that Republican candidate for Senate, Scott Brown, has raised at least $1 million dollars every day this week, most of it online.
Although Brown’s campaign touted Monday’s money-bomb fundraiser that brought in $1.3 million dollars, the campaign declined to confirm totals for other days this week.
“I can’t comment on figures,” said spokesman Felix Browne.
I can: WOW.
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Following in Rothenberg’s steps, the Cook Political Report has also now moved the race to the “Toss-Up” category.
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Update: From the Boston Herald tonight…more WOW…
Riding a wave of opposition to Democratic health-care reform, GOP upstart Scott Brown is leading in the U.S. Senate race, raising the odds of a historic upset that would reverberate all the way to the White House, a new poll shows.
Although Brown’s 4-point lead over Democrat Martha Coakley is within the Suffolk University/7News survey’s margin of error, the underdog’s position at the top of the results stunned even pollster David Paleologos.
“It’s a Brown-out,” said Paleologos, director of Suffolk’s Political Research Center. “It’s a massive change in the political landscape.”
The poll shows Brown, a state senator from Wrentham, besting Coakley, the state’s attorney general, by 50 percent to 46 percent, the first major survey to show Brown in the lead. Unenrolled long-shot Joseph L. Kennedy, an information technology executive with no relation to the famous family, gets 3 percent of the vote. Only 1 percent of voters were undecided.
Paleologos said bellweather models show high numbers of independent voters turning out on election day, which benefits Brown, who has 65 percent of that bloc compared to Coakley’s 30 percent. Kennedy earns just 3 percent of the independent vote, and 1 percent are undecided.
Given the 4.4-point margin of error, the poll shows Coakley could win the race, Paleologos said. But if Brown’s momentum holds, he is poised to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy – and to halt health-care reform, the issue the late senator dubbed “the cause of my life.”
Yet even in the bluest state, it appears Kennedy’s quest for universal health care has fallen out of favor, with 51 percent of voters saying they oppose the “national near-universal health-care package” and 61 percent saying they believe the government cannot afford to pay for it.
The poll, conducted Monday through Wednesday, surveyed 500 registered likely voters who knew the date of Tuesday’s election. It shows Brown leading all regions of the state except Suffolk County.
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Wow.
I did my part. Small part.
And where is the rnc? I guess these Tea Party people want to give their voice! Good luck and a hopefull election to Brown.
L
Do you think yet that Obama and the libs realize how angry the previously sleeping giant is and what this fall is going to look like?
A million bones a day!! Snoopy do a happy dance.
Good luck Scott Brown! Awesome!
Coakley is croaking!
Did my part and sent him $35 today online..now how bout the rest of you guys?
Please, please, please. Let there be light in Massachusetts on Tuesday! Go Brown!
Inspector Clouseau: “Special delivery, a bomb. Were you expecting one?”!
Thank you, Ed. ((hug))
Did you see this:
Obviously some were much smaller, and some much larger, but the average is a good indicator of the number of individual donors.
Here’s a virtual ((hug)) for you too.
Over at Hot Air Allahpundit muses whether this might be [the] first ever moneycarpetbomb?
*I sent some coin earlier; Brown may not win, but the message will have been heard loud and clear; P-BO, Pelosi, Reid, and all the other Dem rat bastards need to stop monkeying with this country once and for all; We are not going down the path to socialism any longer; The people will prevail in the end!
This is great news but the vote still has to be counted. Considering how democraps react to strong challenges (Black Panther poll watchers with billy clubs), I hope real poll watchers will be present when the polls close and the count begins.
Coakley will win after the 5th recount.
I hope you’re wrong hangfire, but won’t be surprised if the election plays out as you say.
Do it yourself — It’s what made 1994 work. Radio ads proved most effective BTW.
If you have a Congressional Clunker, adopt a real conservative regardless what state they are from. Make your voice heard.
I did my part, too. Since we (the people) have no way of influencing the scoundrels (just being nice…) in congress, what could be better than having an election that would turn the tide on them? They obviously don’t listen to their own constituents and definitely not to others in the USA, maybe Brown will give them the much-needed wake up call they deserve!
Hopefully (but doubtfully) the “light-skinned non-Negro dialect” guy in the White House (I can say that after this past weekend, can’t I?) and the other tone-deaf a$$ clowns will take SOME notice…
Sort of OT – but not really since it’s about donating money – as thrilled as I am at the donations coming in to Scott Brown’s campaign, please don’t forget the people in Haiti. The need there is both immediate and long-term.
There are too many worthy organizations to list, but a couple that have proven track records for putting the money where it belongs are:
World Vision
Food for the Poor
The Salvation Army
Samaratan’s Purse
I know our hostess has some other links up, one of which is to blogger Elizabeth Scalia and her list of organizations.
And of course there’s our own on-my-soap-box’s website.
Blessings to you all.
Oh Please
Stick it to the Republican Brass Hats and Democrats. May this be the start of something good.
I donated to Brown’s campaign — and I live in CA. This has become a national race if you ask me.
Guess I’m lucky because as a resident of Massachusetts I get to:
1) contribute to the Scott Brown campaign
2) volunteer at the local call center
3) do stand-outs, holding up campaign signs in town centers and outside the polling places on day of the election
I get GREAT feedback from people driving by, honking, waving and giving the thumbs up!
You can tell the Coakley drivers – they try to slink past without making eye contact, looking ashamed.
Same with making phone calls to get out the vote: Brown supporters are enthusiastic and eager to tell me they are supporting Scott. The Coakley supporters almost all say that they are undecided and need to think about it some more – at this late date in the election. Almost no one says they are voting for her – like the drivers they seem ashamed. Just my 2 cents.
Brown by 5.5
On January 14th, 2010 at 9:16 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:
Absolutely.
What can Brown do for you?
Break the Democratic Socialist’s supermajority!
I’m hoping, and I donated on Monday, but I’m really trying to not be overconfident of a BRown victory (htis is MA, after all).
But even if Brown loses by only a few points, it will send shockwaves through the blue dogs.
Thank you for that encouraging update!
Republicans, Independents, and moderate Democrats are all excited about a Brown WIN.
Democratic Socialists are running so scared that even their underwear is turning … brown!
This race has done a lot to expose the truth about who the Democratic Socialists really are…
…elitists who look down on average citizens, and would much rather leave their state to go ask Fat Cat Washington D.C. lobbyists for support…
… thugs who try to intimidate and silence those who dare to question them…
… liars who promise one thing but then do another … (during the Democratic primary, Coakley promised she would not support Obamacare, but then “flip-flopped” after winning the primary)
… domestic enemies of our Constitution …
… sympathetic to terrorists and dangerous to our national security …
The list goes on and on…
Did anyone remember to tell Steele that there was an election he should know about?
Why let him know and destroy any possibility we have of winning?
Just posted at HotAir:
Fingers and toes are crossed!
I think this is the money quote:
People who know Martha, don’t love her.
One elderly woman, who was interviewed on the street, stated that she’ll vote Democrat just because she’s a Democrat herself – her phrasing was along the lines of ‘of course I’m going to vote Democrat.’ But she admitted that she wasn’t excited by either candidate.
Hmmm…
Thanks again WS.
Update from my best friend on the ground in Haiti.
Polls are nice but the real count will be found in who turns out on voting day. I suspect a low turnout, so it could go either way. People can give their opinions on Brown or Coakley, but if they don’t vote, the opinion is meaningless.
I’m still afraid Acorn and Union thugs will steal it. I am sure there are thousands of ballots already marked for Coakley stuffed in boxes somewhere, ready to be pulled out if needed.
You know that’s what the Demonrats are planning. How can they let Ted Kennedy’s seat be the one to lose health care? Their minds will warp and shrink away.
On my soap box: glad your friend is ok and doing such important work. My prayers are with him and others who are trying to help the people of Haiti, as their lives are in danger as well. Thank God our military has arrived to keep order, as it is going to get much worse.
Regarding the MA race:
GO BROWN!
I’m from MA and everywhere you look there is excitement for voting for Brown. It’s unlike anything I have ever seen here. Ask around and everyone here has anecdotes about their office, their neighbors and their family voting for Brown. All the callers to talk radio and the majority of comments on the paper’s blogs are pro Brown. Sure its not the most scientific analysis out there but everyone is seeing this happen. And its happening at the right time, 4 days to go and he’s peaking at the right time. Her negative ads are seen as comical at this point and way over the top. No one is buying what coakley is selling.
Yes. Indeed. Expect that in the fall, and in 2012, too.
Democrats get away with this because they know their little ACORN/union lackeys will miraculously discover ballots in the trunk of a car somewhere…
In other news Coakley opens mouth, inserts both feet, then puts the whole kaboddle up her backside.
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/01/game-changer-martha-coakley-devout-catholics-probably-shouldnt-work-in-the-emergency-room-video/
Just as the Dems made a big mistake of thinking they had a voter mandate after the ’08 election… The GOP needs to understand we are coming for them next. Its too late for them to jump on the ‘reformed conservative’ bandwagon, we already know who fake ones are.
Brown is just a plug in the dike, until we replace the dike.
Even more LIBERAL HYPOCRISY exposed!!
Former President Clinton is the UN Special Envoy to Haiti.
Yet Bill Clinton decided it was more important to spend his time campaigning for Martha Coakley in Massachusetts.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Despite-earthquake-UN-Haiti-envoy-Bill-Clinton-to-stump-in-Massachusetts-81521657.html
Somebody should tell the Secretary of State about this outrage!…Her name is Clinton too? Nevermind!
Vote for Scott Brown!
Croakley croaked a long time ago. It’s only geography that has given her the slim chance she once had.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Don’t count your chickens on that one just yet. Mr. Brown has more than enough left-wing tendencies to warrant skepticism and intense monitoring of his actions while in office.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
… and only after the pregnant chads deliver their baby chads, assuming they weren’t aborted.
Don’t count ACORN and their particular brand of voter fraud out of this one just yet either.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
That’s why it’s soooo important, that even if you think “it’s in the bag for Brown”, even if he’s 10 points ahead or 10 behind, get to the polls and cast that vote!
I keep thinking of Florida in 2000 when the MSM called it for Gore and all of the polls hadn’t closed yet. Folks on their way to vote, went home, thinking “why bother?”
Sarge
… or consider running yourself. I have a corruptocrat congressman and I’m considering doing just that!
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Amen to that. Don’t assume that Obama making a huge donation on your behalf is going to do the trick. It’s not going to come close, as these extortions are paid not to people who need help but to people who promise to use it to help and then use it instead to line their own pockets.
Help out in any way you can!
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Please. The imagery …
–Skin crawls–
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
All fine and well, but be prepared to deal with the Republican Socialist majority that follows after the 2012 elections if things continue as they have.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Only one time zone in Massachusetts – so this scenario is unlikely.
Do watch out for ACORN and SEIU though. Those people are bad news.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
The current margins at any point should be NO influence on the American voter. You have a vote. Use it. Landlside? You go in and vote anyway. You waste your vote if you do not cast it, regardless.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
If he really has raised $5,000,000 this week by the end of the week you do realize that this puts his coffers in better shape than those of the RNC, don’t you?
That should scare the old fart big government Republicans silly, if it doesn’t.
{^_^}
This is a time that Mike “Tin Man” Steele, John “I endorse Arlen Specter” Cornyn, et.al. need to hear from US, not the other way around.
OK, I’m broke, (no kidding), but I want to donate something to the Brown campaign……I’m sure money for the last few days push is needed.
Again, what is the website for contributions?
And to On-My-Soap-Box, I want to thank you and those who are in Haiti and are doing everything they can to help. May they stay safe and find the strength to make it through this horrific disaster.
It makes you wonder how many registered likely voters did not know the date.
gee, a republican winning in boston. could it be that even massachussetts residents don’t like government by el heffe rules? we might as well consider this a socialist dictatorship just like venezuela, with the same rules.
RWR, consider something; for decades here in Massachusetts many [ if not most] seats, from the local level on up, have been held by Democrats who are uncontested in the elections.
Now the conservatives are energized, encouraged by this one amazing race to take the senate seat that the Dems persist in referring to as the Kennedy seat (remember it was held by JFK, and a seat warmer was put there to hold it till Teddy could come of age to run for it).
We’re hearing now of conservatives who are planning to run against other entrenched Democrats – some of them ‘conservative’ enough even for you.
That’s what we’ve been praying for, a real awakening among the voters, and among potential candidates.
You know the old saying: a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
And we’re taking it with our eyes wide open.
Thanks for that encouragement, RWR.
Even a couple of dollars helps, combined with the contributions of others.
Same with with relief efforts for Haiti. Every penny counts, especially when placed in the right hands.
Amen and amen!
The White House sees what’s going on in this race and they are going all out to get that health care Obomination done before Brown would be in a position to torpedo this it.
Reid, Pelosi and Obama might just be the most hated human beings ever to set foot on American soil. They continue to shove this down our throats despite the fact that America DOES NOT WANT IT.
Yet, Barney Fwank will make a state saying that his Bank Tax is needed because “it’s what Americans want.”
No democrat can be trusted. Unless you happen to be a lazy good for nothing who opts to live off the public teet rather than use your able-body to go get a job. Then you can trust that the Dems will steal money from those who work for it, so they can give it to you. Oh,…. and keep a sizable chucnk for themselves. Sufficiently laundered of course.
When angry conservatives take back our country (which we are poised to do), when can we ship all progressives to France?
wow the cold weather must be keeping ACORN from throwing another election…
If Brown were to win, when would he take office? Soon enough to block this bill from leaving the Senate on the next vote?
They will hear – loud and clear.
Still doesn’t mean they’ll listen.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
While I have not put in anywhere near the massive amount of time my younger brother has in Scott’s campaign, I will be standing out there Tuesday with a sign; the first time I have ever done it in ANY election.
Maybe. Senate will not seat without certification. Mass. can’t certify until 15 days after election. And that is only IF there is a clear cut winner (though the recount rules in Mass. definitely favor Brown).
Apparently a deal on the HCR bill will come today. They will send it to the CBO to be scored, so…they could have the cloture vote within a couple weeks. It would be close.
I’m not saying this is a bad thing.
What IS a bad thing is the way this guy is being portrayed as the second coming of Ronald Reagan when he’s nothing of the sort. This is not a good thing. Conservative voters are in for a huge disappointment if they think Scott Brown is going to act like a conservative once he gets to DC.
I do want him to win, but my reasoning lies in the weakness of the Libertarian and the liberalness of Masachusetts in general. I sincerely think Scott Brown is the best Massachusetts is going to do. I do not think Croaky will bring about the kind of vigorous Constitutionalism that Obama has (and boy has he ever – Thank God!). She’s just too small a voice. Not that it’s impossible, but your chances of moving Massachusetts to the right are much better with Scott Brown.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Good, but only in the sense that conservatives are energized for their own good as opposed to the good of the Massachusetts voter. If conservatives can finally make some moves as a result of Scott Brown’s candidacy, great. I’m all for it. I do see this, and it’s part of the reason I support Scott despite the huge reservations I have about him once in office.
Indeed it does. Make sure it’s a sober and sure step, though.
This part I can’t honestly say I agree with. What I see is this step being taken blindly by people who want us to believe that the LOTE vote is right in and of itself – that you should vote for Scott Brown even if you think Joe Kennedy or Martha Croakhead is better for the job. I moved on from this thinking when I realized that capitalist progressivism is just as bad in most ways as fascist/socialist progressivism. The point isn’t how to finance your progressivism, it’s the progressivism itself. It is wrong for America and needs to be stopped, regardless of its means.
Get all excited and energized, by all means, but don’t pervert the Tea Party movement by pretending Scott Brown is part of it or some great conservative. He’s neither.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Don’t trust ANY politician – EVER. If he earns your trust, trust him even less.
Remember that government is evil by nature, and that vigorous monitoring by the governed is necessary to keep it in line.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Put a fork in her. The French Tart is cooked.
haha…
or “Coaked” …
MUAHAHAHA
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
soap, I missed your link to the update earlier; thanks. I’ll pass that along. I’ve already heard back from friends that they’ve made donations, and I know that they’re praying.
Our pastor has sent out an e-mail to our congregation about the special collect we’ll be taking Sunday; we work most closely with World Vision, which has people on the ground there in Haiti too.
But as important as the money, we will be praying together as a congregation for everyone there in Haiti, and for those who have loved ones there.
Blessings.
That is a bald faced lie; no one has said any such thing.
Ironically it’s the Democrats that are portraying Scott as a die-hard conservative.
Who’s perverting it? For the record, libertarians [or 'constitutionalists' - however you care to define them] don’t own the tea party movement.
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been American citizens of every political party – or some who claim no affiliation – who have mobilized to put a stop to the massive government screw-job that’s going on in Washington – and on Beacon Hill.
That’s the tea party movement. Scott’s as much a part of that as any of us.
Just when I though you might be a bit of alright, you had to go and make statements like those. Sheesh.