MA Senate Special Election Poll

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The one that comes from the party that doesn't control the entire state. (I)

Edit: Scott Brown is a moderate IMO. It appears he would not support repealing Roe v. Wade nor would he vote for a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a women.

Oh, and his election would effectively make Democrats start over on healthcare

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The one that comes from the party that doesn't control the entire state. (I)

Is that how you make all your political decisions; voting, who to criticize, etc? Just whoever has power?

No. Off the top of my head, I support Mark Udall, Orrin Hatch, Ron Wyden. Massachusetts is the only state that hasn't elected or reelected a person from the state's minority party in almost a decade (8 years), making it a unique exception.

I support Brown because he seems to be reasonably moderate on social issues and him being elected would effectively kill the current healthcare bill.

Besides, I have yet to know of a sitting Republican in New England I didn't like (not including state legislature, county offices, etc).

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The one that comes from the party that doesn't control the entire state. (I)

Is that how you make all your political decisions; voting, who to criticize, etc? Just whoever has power?

In a state overrun by wacko Liberals the only way to be Independent is to vote Republican.

Oh, and this

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I was just thinking about how hilarious it would be if Coakley lost because Kennedy the independent stole a few % points from her.

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One thing I do wonder though, if you demand minority input on every piece of legislation, saying the majority has no right to push its agenda through, what are elections ultimately for then?

Uh, the Gingrich congress and Bush's Republican congress got lots done.

The majority has a right to push it's agenda, but not without checks. Like Yankee said, a reasonable, monderate, though still Democrat-leaning healthcare bill would've passed.

The majority here doesn't cancel elections because it will lose.

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Yankee, you may have worked constructively on healthcare as a senator, but I tend to doubt that the GOP ever intended to cooperate in any way on healthcare.

Not that I demand that, that's perfectly fine as they're a pathetic minority, which shouldn't have any influence on the legislative process anyway.

Only thing is the Democratic caucus needs to hold its votes together.

Like you'd say that if Republicans were in power

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Saw the debate on online streaming, and Brown won it in a landslide according to most viewers. Coakley again seemed impersonal, and she didn't leave her same talking points and take a political risk. She clearly blew her final chance to get momentum back to her campaign.

"Her final chance?"

She's winning by a lot.

There is a difference between leading and having momentum.