Is the MA special election a preview of 2010?

[branders seine]

[One_Life_To_Give]

1. Preview of Deval Patricks Re-election Bid?

Which coincidentaly is also 2010. Most likely also might be indicative of Incumbants chances in the MA Legislature this fall. But indicative of a national trend? Not so much.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. He'd better get his act together

or he's going no where.

[branders seine]

17. do you think he's learning a lesson from Coakley?

This should not be close...

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. If not, he had better start soon.

[FBaggins]

2. How about "oh lord, I hope not" ?

but if something doesn't change it could be.

[branders seine]

5. what you said.

[SteppingRazor]

3. Kinda. The fact that there's no incumbent makes this different than most races.

That said, it certainly doesn't bode well for the many open-seat elections in 2010. IIRC, there's 9 or 10 of them now.

[branders seine]

8. several open seats on both "sides."

[SteppingRazor]

12. Right. Four Dem, five GOP if I remember right, though I could be forgetting one or two. n/t

[FBaggins]

10. Not THAT much different.

Sure... open seats are more vulnerable, but it's also true that MANY incumbent senators lack such strong registration/party affiliation advantages.

If even as much as 2/3rds of the shift can be attributed to it being an open seat, the remaining 1/3rd would be deadly to incumbents in red/purple states.

[MineralMan]

4. Other: I'll let you know tomorrow, when we have the returns.

[branders seine]

16. what criteria would change for you based on the final results?

[T Wolf]

6. It will be u nless the administration and the Congressional Dems begin to act as if they

have different goals than the GOP.

Libs are historically suckers for not giving up hope. I am afraid that all Obama has to do is throw us a little bone or two and we will (mostly) come back, at least at the ballot box.

But if they continue down the road they are clearly on, more and more of us will simply stay away.

Our patience is NOT infinite.

[invictus]

11. +1

[Tailormyst]

7. I am afraid so, yes.

And if the Dem leaders choose to ignore this warning shot, then we are in trouble.

[NightWatcher]

9. now might be a good time for Obama to throw us hippie dippy lefties a bone or two

so that we can get motivated as we were last year.

Ever heard the saying, "dance with the one who brung you"

Repeal DADT or DOMA or something to make the Progressives feel like you remember them.

[old mark]

13. Sadly, I think any "bones" we may get from the administration will be the

"bend over-here it comes again" variety.

mark

[branders seine]

15. It sure seems that way.

:shrug: