Unknown and under financed Republican State Senator Scott Brown’s race against well known and better financed incumbent Democratic State Attorney General Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts January 19th Special Election (to fill the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat) was the political equivalent of David versus Goliath. Ms. Coakley has previously won several terms most recently in 2006 with 75% of the vote. Opinion polls two months ago showed her with a commanding 30% lead. Massachusetts is home to our nation’s most famous politically liberal family – the Kennedy’s for generations. There has been a Kennedy or Kennedy protege in the Senate since 1952. The state has been a Democratic Party stronghold with a three to one Democrat versus Republican registration advantage. The Congressional delegation is 100% Democrat having not sent a Republican to the Senate in 36 years since the late Senator Edward Brooke. Both the Massachusetts State Assembly and Senate Senate have a veto proof overwhelming Democratic majorities. A majority of Mayors, County, Town and Village public officials are also Democrats. You could not find a more reliable Democratic Senate seat in America. Add on a last minute visit by President Obama (known as a political "hail Mary pass") to assist a candidate in serious trouble, outside spending in the millions of dollars by unions, trial lawyers and every Democratic Party special interest group, how could Coakley have lost given this safe bet?
Unless you were living in a cave, between campaign mailings, newspaper ads, radio and television commercials, phone bank calls, debates along with articles and editorials in every weekly and daily newspaper, everyone knew there was a primary election. Any excuse by Democrats that the results were influenced by third party Libertarian candidate Joseph Kennedy taking votes away from Coakley based on confusion due to his name would be an insult to the well educated voters.
Massachusetts voters provided the nation with a political tsunami by Republican Brown winning. In 2009, despite vigorous campaigning and fundraising assistance, President Obama and the Democrats lost both the New Jersey and Virginia Governors race. Add to this, the Massachusetts Republican miracle of January 2010. It is now clear that the Obama/Democrats political tide wave of 2008 has subsided.
Remember only yesterday President Obama and a Democratic majority in Congress rode to victory in 2008 by promising to control deficit spending, eliminate earmarking along with open and transparent government?
Talk is cheap and actions speak louder. President Obama and a Democratic Congress continue to conduct business as usual.
Under the Democrats trifecta control of the White House, the Senate and House, the deficit has increased by $1.75 trillion in less than one year. Now, they want to add an additional $1.8 trillion.
The proposed FY 2010 appropriations bill to fund Federal agencies includes thousands of member item earmarked projects worth billions. President Obama promised an end to this pork barrel spending frenzy. Sadly, he has failed to be a true Profile in Courage and use the veto as he promised. He clearly doesn’t have the strength to take on Democratic Senate majority leader Harry Reid, our own Senator Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Negotiations on the final Health Care bill in joint conference between the House, Senate and President continue to be held behind closed doors. Republicans, the press, good government groups and ordinary citizens are treated like second class citizens shut out of the process.
The change promised by Obama, Reid and Pelosi is nonexistent.
The famous K Street Washington lobbyists have just moved across the street from Republican to Democrat.
Many Americans still desire real leadership, fiscal discipline, free enterprise, pay as you go, balanced budgets and a reduction in the size of government.
The Democratic political tide which resulted in their winning large numbers of Senate and Congressional seats in 2008 starting in Massachusetts with the election of Senator Brown has begun to recede in 2010 as taxpayers seek a refund.
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