Comments on: The Society Column & The Sports Page:On Visuals, Coakley & Clinton Lose to Brown & Giuliani

By: DaveP.

DaveP. — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:45:29 +0000

Darkeyedresolve: After a certain point in their lives, people begin to physically take the form of their character: you end up looking like what you are. I think the reason is that The Big Creep has finally grown into the face he has earned: a creepy old guy who talks too much and thinks too much of himself.

By: Gene in Pennsylvania

Gene in Pennsylvania — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:02:24 +0000

I think I even heard that the voters in MA would be LESS LIKELY to vote for someone endorsed by the Kennedy clan. Vickey Kennedy came out of course and endorsed Coakley a few weeks ago, then a pollster said that endorsement would take away more votes than it would add.
Are we through the looking glass here? Who has flipped the world upside down? (Obama)

By: Americaneocon

Americaneocon — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:08:06 +0000

American Power tracked-back with, 'Martha Coakley's Radical Tax-and-Spend Ideology'.

By: chad

chad — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:08:05 +0000

I’m not even sure Tom Brady would be too much help at the moment, considering his truly awful performance versus the Ravens last weekend. Tom Brady is a fantastic quarterback and a future hall-of-famer, but right now, a campaign appearance featuring Tom Brady is probably just going to remind Massachusetts voters of their team’s embarrassing season-ending defeat. The Patriots and Massachusetts Democrats are both famous for winning, but maybe not this month.

By: Darkeyedresolve

Darkeyedresolve — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:38:06 +0000

And I got too distracted thinking of Tom Brady to bring up this other point, Bill Clinton. He has lost his magic touch with winning elections for Democrats, he has had a miserable track record over the past year. He isn’t going to really turn the tide for her, he just doesn’t have the star power anymore.

By: Darkeyedresolve

Darkeyedresolve — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:34:28 +0000

Interesting idea whether people would actually have their vote tipped based on the sports team the candidates support…or end up badly faking they support. I honestly think thats probably…well…a less than great reason but wonder how often it comes into play.

Anyway, what a stupid thing for her to do. You are in a close race, which you seem to be trailing, and you decide to get into a fight with one of the state’s sport stars. Thats just stupid, she needs to be focused and not distracted.

Really if she wants to win, go get Tom Brady. He can at least give her some visual fire power…

By: chad

chad — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:37:19 +0000

For a lot of people—most people, maybe—sports is more important than politics. I think even in such a solidly Dem state, that is probably true, given the success and iconic nature of the Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics. It’s one thing for a candidate from Massachusetts to go to Wisconsin and call it “Lambert Field.” I think it’s another thing for a “Massachusettes” democrat to be so out-of-touch with sports fans in her own state. Yankee fan Rudy can connect with Massachusetts sports fan better than Martha can because he understands and respects the culture of sports fans (as does Scott Brown). Martha Coakley may have never rooted against Boston’s teams in her life, but her aloofness on sports culture makes even John Kerry look deserving of a gig as an ESPN analyst. I think it’s entirely possible that the direction the Congress and the President are taking our country is too liberal even for the voters of Massachusetts, but swing voters often vote based on image and personality issues at least as much as on policy. If the personalities of Scott Brown and Martha Coakley were switched, there is no way Scott Brown could win Massachusetts no matter how much people hated the healthcare bill.