Coakley took an ill advised vacation and did not run a serious campaign, the blame. . .

[wndycty]

. . .starts with her.

[BeyondGeography]

1. She'll be a footnote, but her monumental ineptitude should be the stuff of legend

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. And ends with her. If your campaign sucks, chances are you'll lose.

I don't see this as a huge referendum on Democrats or health care reform or anything else. I see it as a weak candidate getting defeated after running a weak campaign.

[The Backlash Cometh]

Lieberman is the only one I know who can break that rule.

[KingFlorez]

3. That's my view of it too

She practically gifted the seat to the GOP.

[treestar]

4. I wonder if she really wanted this seat

too late now, but I wonder if any of her primary opponents would have wanted it badly enough.

[gateley]

5. I was wondering -- how did it come about that she was the candidate? Do

you know?

I think the problem begins with the Dem Party who, one would think, would put forward a better candidate (granted, I don't know who was available to choose from). Then I blame her and the party for slacking, and ultimately the apathetic voters who didn't bother to vote.

[uponit7771]

7. AMEN!! WTF were they thinking?!

[Orangepeel]

15. she won a primary

:shrug:

but I guess that was all she had the stomach/energy for.

[gateley]

16. DId she run a better campaign then? I'm just thinking they (we) could have

come up with a better candidate.

[uponit7771]

6. Did she literally take a vacation? It sounds like Brown went on a 2 week lie streak

[Cha]

8. She went on vacation?

They like to say "the blame game" but it does need to be analyzed why she lost.

And, you're right..it starts with the candidate.

[KittyWampus]

17. yes, she literally went on vacation for a week. And did no opposition research.

[Cha]

18. All I can say is...Learn Learn Learn

from this, DEMS!

[Top Cat]

9. Coakley will go down in history if the HEALTHCARE BILL DOES NOT PASS....

[Clio the Leo]

10. The President should NOT have been surprised....

.... as he admitted to today (via Gibbs)

But other than that, I agree with you completely.

[pscot]

11. But it doesn't end there

The Whitehouse, the DLC and the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee didn't exactly cover themselves with glory. Now everyone is trying to cover their ass. They're a bunch of chumps, to let this bozo steal a safe seat out from under their noses.

[uponit7771]

12. I put the blame on the DNC more than anyone, there was NO ONE watching her numbers

[paulk]

13. CYA

Under the bus with you, Coakley...

[okieinpain]

14. yeah that vacation stuff drives me crazy. people out of work for

a year or more, and you need a vacation to unwind. weird.

[Kdillard]

19. There is plenty of blame to go around but I agree with you. She ran like she was an incumbent.

This is such a crappy night. I am going to have to avoid the papers and certain channels for a while.