For Democrats left dumbfounded over Republican Scott Brown’s shocking Senate win in Massachusetts yesterday, the short response statement from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) probably won’t offer much solace.
“Regardless of the size of their minority caucus, Senate Republicans have always had an obligation to join us More…
BOSTON — The volunteers, journalists, and donors who entered the ballroom of the Park Plaza Hotel on Tuesday were greeted by enthusiasm that didn’t usually belong to Republican campaigns in Massachusetts. The room was packed–no one else allowed in–only an hour after the polls closed. And among the throngs were More…
BOSTON — The Republican National Committee’s well-timed poll of what Massachusetts voters want after the ballots are counted tonight provides a roadmap to the party’s strategy if Scott Brown wins tonight. The key bit:
Should the winner of this special election be seated in the U.S. Senate immediately or should
BOSTON — A little while after noon, a steady crowd of Democratic voters streamed into the Cathedral High School Gymnasium to cast votes for their party’s embattled nominee, state Attorney General Martha Coakley. This was Boston’s third ward, which the Obama-Biden ticket carried with 74 percent of the vote in More…
Several last-minute donations in the Massachusetts Senate race caught my eye. While mining Martha Coakley’s and Scott Brown’s 48-hour filings with the Federal Election Commission, I turned up these interesting donors:
-Curt Schilling, former Boston Red Sox pitcher, donated the maximum $2,400 to Brown. (And in case you’re wondering, this More…
From a rental car in Massachusetts, TWI’s intrepid David Weigel sat down with The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein yesterday for a Bloggingheads.tv session to talk about — what else? — the Senate special election in the Bay State and its potential implications for health More…
QUINCY, Mass. — In this city a few minutes south of Boston, working-class voters were splitting between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown.
“I always vote Democratic,” said Frank Creighton, a construction worker who voted with his wife Patty at a polling place in St. John the Baptist church. More…
BOSTON — Having signed up for Scott Brown’s text message service for election day, I just got this text:
Are you about to have lunch? It’s a great time to vote for Scott and bring fellow supporters with you! If you have any problems, call us [at the campaign number].
BOSTON — The mysterious Election Journal blog, which first released the infamous 2008 video of two bumbling New Black Panther Party members waving nightsticks outside of a Philadelphia polling place, is on the scene in Massachusetts. They haven’t quite got the goods yet. The big stories, so far, is More…
BOSTON — That, via Alex Isenstadt and Josh Kraushaar, is the number that defined the Massachusetts Senate race more than anything else. From the primary through last Sunday, Scott Brown held 66 events of varying size. Coakley held 19.
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