Unions try to weaken support for Scott Brown

[Dawson Leery]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/03/23/unions_look_to_weaken_support_for_brown/

Speaking of which, who is going to run against him and how do we oust him? We need this seat.

[Marrah_G]

1. If only we could get Joe Kennedy to run.........

[Raven]

2. Where does Brown stand on the budget? Is he in favor of the PP cut?

Forget the unions, he better worry about female voters in that state if he supports this shit.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Scotty is also a supporter of Scott Walker as well as an opponent

of unemployment benefits extensions.

[EC]

4. At least on this he recognizes a need

he is with Collins and Snowe on PP. He thinks it's a need.

[Make7]

5. Kinda wish they would've done that the first time around. ( n/t )

[cali]

6. they did.

[Make7]

19. Well, apparently they didn't do a very good job.

 

A surprising poll in the wake of the Massachusetts Senate race shows more union members voted for Republican Scott Brown than Democratic candidate Martha Coakley.

The poll, conducted by Hart Research Associates for the AFL-CIO revealed 49 percent of union households voted for Brown, 46 percent for Coakley.


http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/poll-shows-union-members-sided-with-brown-over-coakley-

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. It will be tough to beat him.

I don't know who we have to do it.

[Dawson Leery]

8. Are you in Massachusetts

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. I

am.

[Dawson Leery]

10. Is Mike Capuano interested? Can Joe Kennedy be convinced to reconsider?

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. I think Joe would have the best chance

Capuano is rough around the edges - a really scrappy guy - I think he's very polarizing. A like him or hate him kind of guy.

Sadly, I think Joe will choose to sit this one out.

It's a tough situation - now that Brown is in, it'll take a real knight in shining armor to knock him out.

The question remains: Who?

[Dawson Leery]

12. I though Capuano would be a strong choice because he

is of a working class background. What about Steve Lynch or Barney Frank?

[bluestate10]

14. Capuano is too divisive. It will take a skilled, moderate campaigner to unseat Brown.

The issue at hand is whether the Left in Massachusetts see that reality.

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Very true, and Lynch

is so..., well, boring....for lack of a better description.

I watched him on last night's news, and he comes across as totally uninspiring.

[bluestate10]

13. Teabagger republicans in Congress are going to force Brown off the

fence that he has managed to sit on. Teabaggers will force his hand on caustic votes that hence Brown has been able to avoid. The election of 2012 is a ways off. Democrats in Massachusetts can't afford to nominate a weak candidate, or one that is both weak and unwilling to get out and campaign relentlessly, as Coakley proved. Massachusetts democrats have their best chance, coincidentally, with an unknown, well spoken, young candidate. The kernel is that person has to be well organized, a hard worker, quick witted and have politics that appeal to Independents and moderate democrats. The reelection of Deval Patrick when the hard left had deserted him shows that an accomplished campaigner can pull enough centrist votes to win. With Brown invariably being tugged harder right in the political battles to come, democrats in Massachusetts have an excellent chance of unseating him if democrats have the discipline to nominate a candidate that can neutralize the center and win.

[Dawson Leery]

15. I see. Any names yet?

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. Again, very true.

To Brown's credit, he hasn't snuggled up with the baggers, actually angering them, however he's still an (R).

[cali]

18. I'm afraid that Brown will win

Polls show him with broad support. He could be on his way to becoming a Jim Jeffords. I don't mean he's anywhere near Jeffords in stature or decency, but he could be a republican who holds a Senate seat in a liberal state for a long time.

[Kat45]

20. Because of his occasional votes with the Dems, he's seen as an independent.

Doesn't matter if he mostly votes with the Republs, he's still seen as being independent. :shrug:

[Dawson Leery]

21. It seems that way.