Obama in Boston: Was it enough to turn Senate race for Coakley?

[andym]

By Tracey D. Samuelson Correspondent / January 17, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0117/Obama-in-Boston-Was-it-enough-to-turn-Senate-race-for-Coakley

With only two days left in the race for Massachusetts' open US Senate seat, President Obama delivered exactly what Democratic candidate Martha Coakley was hoping for: the potential for a momentum shift. In recent weeks, Republican Scott Brown had turned the race toward the economic issues that are angering so many voters: high unemployment numbers, worries about healthcare reform, and the soaring federal deficit.

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Led by Obama Sunday, Ms. Coakley tried to turn the voters' anger on its head. The frustration was justified, they said, but it was misplaced. “We have had one year to make up for eight,” a dressed down Obama told the crowd, referencing the eight years of the Bush administration. “It hasn’t been quick, it hasn’t been easy.... But we’ve begun to deliver on the change you voted for.” It was his exhortation to motivate Democrats and independents with sour memories of the Bush years: “We don’t want to go backwards to the policies that got us into this mess in the first place,” he said.

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(about the President's visit)
“It let me know how serious it is,” says Jeremy Smith, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Mr. Smith wasn’t planning to vote before Obama’s visit but says that now, even though he wasn’t able to make it into the rally, he plans to cast a ballot for Coakley on Tuesday. “Living in a heavily blue state, you can lose sight of the fact that your vote matters,” said Smith, who volunteered for Obama’s presidential campaign. “If it wasn’t serious to Obama’s agenda, he wouldn’t have come.”

Steve Moran works in the health insurance industry and said he was also undecided before Sunday’s rally. “I hadn’t made a clear choice,” he said. But after attending the rally, he said he will likely vote for Coakley. “It’s important enough to bring the president here,” he explained.

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Looks like Obama's visit may have helped at least by the testimonials in this article

[smalll]

1. Um, "Steve Moran works in the health insurance industry..."

"Steve Moran works in the health insurance industry and said he was also undecided before Sunday’s rally. “I hadn’t made a clear choice,” he said. But after attending the rally, he said he will likely vote for Coakley. “It’s important enough to bring the president here,” he explained."

Do they think we're all morans?

Sayin'!

[andym]

2. I noticed that too (ironic isn't it)

Strange that he wasn't sure who to vote for before.

[mplo]

3. A bit of irony there;

This:

“We don’t want to go backwards to the policies that got us into this mess in the first place,”" he said."

is rather ironic, given the fact that Obama appointed people to his cabinet who got us into the mess we're presently dealing with in the first place.

[frazzled]

4. No, your buddies Bush and Cheney got us into this mess

No further explanation needed.

[mplo]

8. I disagree with you, frazzled.

The fact is that Obama appointed people from the Clinton Administration who helped pave the way for Bush and Cheney. So, yes, a number of Obama's appointees did get us into this mess, and that's not a myth.

[FrenchieCat]

5. What is rather ironic is that you are here posting instead of there.....

Actually, even saying Geithner got us into this is more of a myth
than the actual truth of the matter.

[democrattotheend]

6. Notice this person admits they did not vote for Obama

So hopefully he/she will at least have the decency not to pretend to be a disillusioned supporter.

[mplo]

7. Okay, so I admit to not having voted the Obama/Biden ticket. So what?

I'm not pretending to be anything, and I reserve the right to put down the reasons why I refused to vote for him.

If I'm negative, it's because I saw this whole thing coming.

[Aramchek]

12. thanks for admitting that you are a Repuke, now no one needs pay you any mind

[mplo]

13. Thanks for your accusations, Aramchek.

I don't need to pay you any mind, either.

[mplo]

9. I disagree, FrenchieCat.

n/t

[FrenchieCat]

11. Well you disagreeing doesn't mean a god damn hting.

especially since your reasons don't make any fucking sense.

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. I guess we'll know Tuesday evening, and not a minute before. n/t