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Gov Deval Patrick (D, MA) just gave the GOP three more House seats.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 8th, 2010 at 11:59 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

And I’m blaming the Governor for this one because I find it inconceivable that he would have let his subordinates set policy in such a nakedly partisan fashion without him first signing off on it.  Apparently the Democratic party just doesn’t care how many ‘moderate’ Democrats have to have their careers sacrificed to the leadership’s ambitions.   I don’t know where we’ll use this development – yet – but if you think that we’re not going to use this (win or lose):

The U.S. Senate ultimately will schedule the swearing-in of Kirk’s successor, but not until the state certifies the election.

Today, a spokesman for Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, who is overseeing the election but did not respond to a call seeking comment, said certification of the Jan. 19 election by the Governor’s Council would take a while.

“Because it’s a federal election,” spokesman Brian McNiff said. “We’d have to wait 10 days for absentee and military ballots to come in.”

Another source told the Herald that Galvin’s office has said the election won’t be certified until Feb. 20 – well after the president’s address.

Since the U.S. Senate doesn’t meet again in formal session until Jan. 20, Bay State voters will have made their decision before a vote on health-care reform could be held. But Kirk and Galvin’s office said today a victorious Brown would be left in limbo.

In contrast, Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) was sworn in at the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 18, 2007, just two days after winning a special election to replace Martin Meehan. In that case, Tsongas made it to Capitol Hill in time to override a presidential veto of the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

…to hammer home the point that Democrats Lie, think again.  The ads write themselves, and even should Coakley win the speed with which she’ll be installed will still let us run those ads.  And she would be installed speedily: her party’s leadership doesn’t just lie.  It assumes that the electorate is dumb, too.

It’s not, by the way.

Moe Lane

PS: That SCHIP veto wasn’t actually overturned, by the way.

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • vettepilot

    nt

  • NeoKong

    In 2004 when Teddy thought Kerry might become presidrnt he convinced the state legislature to strip then Gov. Romney of the power to appoint Kerry’s replacement.
    When he died the state legislature quickly changed the law back almost overnight to allow Deval Patrick to appoinnt Kennedy’s replacement.
    Pretty bleepin’ sleazy and the hypocrisy was off the scale.
    I can definitely see some questionable shenanigans being perpetrated.

    Deval Patrick actually arm twisted the state legislature to not allow a successful petition drive to put gay marriage on the ballot in 2007 by convincing (bribing) state legislatures not to give it fifty votes out of nearly 200.
    That has never happened before.
    He doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the will of the voters as this may be his only term as Governor.
    State run health care in Mass. is going bankrupt btw.

  • Swamp_Yankee

    They dont call Deval Obama’s mini-me for no reason. This is definately coming from D.C. Deval’s reputation cant take too much more with the gubernatorial race around the corner.

    But Kirk of Coakley, I dont think they’ll rush to install anyone. They are one and the same.

    But great campaing fodder for now. This works in Brown’s favor.

  • NeoKong

    A man who can put the final stake in the health care opposition might have a pretty big chit to redeem by some powerful friends.
    They would promise him anything. Not that he would need to be bought off as he is a big supporter of state run health care already but he would definitely have a favor to cash in later.
    The corruption in Massachusetts would make a Mexican politician blush.

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    Under my non-legal interpretation of the new Mass. law, there will be no MA senator beginning the day after the Special Election until a new Senator is sworn in. Even if the Democrats maintain the seat, it seems by their own admission they would not have their “60th vote” sworn in until February 20th.

    Of course, by the time they realize this tomorrow they’ll reverse course again.

    SECTION 1. Section 140 of chapter 54 – (f) … upon a vacancy … the governor shall make a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy; provided, however, that the person so appointed shall serve until the election … to fill the vacancy …

    http://www.mass.gov/legis/ht04246.pdf
    http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G09/MA.phtml

    I believe the original special appointment was itself unconstitutional and wish the Republican Party — either the state or National party, would have fought this more.

  • creditman

    Here is another close friend of Bill Clinton’s. He is a graduate of political correctness and equal opportunity. Wow.

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    .

  • walter_hanson

    Okay. I assume in 2007 the Congresswoman was certified because she won by a big enough margin that there weren’t enough votes outstanding.

    Assuming Brown wins if the margin is by thousands that is big enough to override the number of the military ballots and Brown should be certified immediately.

    If I’m running as a Democrat for the US Senate I won’t want that commercial running just before election showing the games that Democrats want to play to retain their control of the Senate. Easy way to convince still undecided voters to show up and vote Republican.

    Not to mention there has to be some Democrats who believe in fair play and rules. After all that is what Franken was using to steal the election in Minnesota.

    Walter Hanson
    Minneapolis, MN

  • AndrewHyman

    If Chairman Steele hasn’t yet started coordinating and consulting with Ben Ginsberg and Norm Coleman, then something is seriously awry. I’m off to phone bank in Holyoke tomorrow.

  • AndrewHyman

    “the person so appointed shall serve until the election and qualification of the person duly elected”

    The main question would be how long Galvin can stall between the election and the qualification.

  • bk
  • bk

    1) Libs called for the MA legislature to undo the 2004 change.
    2) The legislature wrote such a bill.
    3) It was debated in both chambers.
    4) It passed in both chambers.
    5) It was signed into law.
    6) Patrick named Kirk.
    7) Kirk was sworn in as US Senator.

    The above steps (I may have missed a few) were completed in less than four weeks.

  • joayn

    they must think they’re dead – this is going to cause one big sh*t storm.

    And I like the way these guys announce this on Friday. No talk radio. No Fox shows, to speak of. Hope Drudge front pages this tomorrow.

    Make this go viral, people.

  • AndrewHyman

    Massachusetts law provides that the Governor may certify the results of this special election seven days after the election. That officials are now allegedly conspiring to wait for weeks after the special election appears illegal:

    The governor shall issue certificates of election to such persons as appear to be chosen to the offices of senator in congress, representative in congress, clerk of the courts, register of probate, sheriff and district attorney, which shall be countersigned and transmitted by the state secretary. No certification shall be made or summons or certificate issued under this section until after five o?clock in the afternoon of the fifteenth day following a state election, or, in case a state-wide or district-wide recount is held in accordance with section one hundred and thirty-five, until the tabulation and determination under the preceding section have been revised in accordance with the results of such recount; provided, however, that such certification may be made or summons or certificate issued on or after the seventh day following a special state election, unless a candidate who received votes at that election files with the state secretary, not later than five o?clock in the afternoon of the sixth day following the election, a written statement of intention to seek a recount or otherwise to contest the election.

  • Scope

    will they be using? Hope they do better than the NY 23, which by the way sent the Democrat to Washington within days of that election, just in time for the House vote.

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    You are correct. I took the ellipse quoted from the Green Papers. I also wondered what was between the ellipses, so found the original law in it’s entirety (which I linked to), and read the bill. However, I didn’t see anything of substance that was lacking. It was very early in the morning (EST), but I still missed it. Thanks again, as this certainly changes my analysis.

  • bk

    Ted Kennedy dies as number 1

    From Kennedy’s death to Kirk’s swearing in was one day under a month, and that included the Labor Day holiday.

    Patrick and company are saying it will take one day more than a month (with no holidays) from election day just to get to certification if Brown wins. If Coakley wins, no doubt they’ll find a way to move things along more smoothly.

  • bk

    If Brown wins they change the law before the seven days are up to make it longer.

    It’s not that much different than how Kirk got in to begin with, right?

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/bill-owens-sworn-in-as-congressman-for-new-yorks-23rd-district.php

    The below November 12th (Thursday) article states that Owens was sworn in on November 6th (Friday), 3 calendar days after the special election, and that winner in the California election was sworn in on November 5th, only 2 days after the special election.

    http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/its_not_over_recanvassing_shows_ny23_race.html

    Shhhhh. All this scheming by the Democrat Party leads me to believe the internal polls looks bad for Coakley and the momentum trends are favorable to Brown.

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    …being the nice people that we are and wanting to just get-along.

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    Thanks for the leg work, Andrew.

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    Of course, while background is important so is state law.

  • Carol Tarasewicz

    I knew something was going on and nothing good when suddenly I got responses from emails I sent to John Kerry months ago. Kerry never responds, he’s known as a do nothing senator.

    I never agreed with Ted K on a single thing, but must give him credit for having a staff that responds. I would call his office and even when I called to disagree with him I woud get a letter either in the maill or email, sometimes both, telling me why Ted felt the way he did. I called once just to tell the staff that I appreciate it that he does respond. Staff member told me that Ted appreciates us even when we don’t agree.

  • RedBeard

    The remaining question is whether or not the national Republican organizations will use any of it, or if the fight will be left entirely to the rest of us.

    Don’t waste time waiting for the RNC or the NRSC to get busy; send money to Brown NOW. If you already have, do it again. I just did.

    https://www.icontribute.us/scottbrown

    Info on how else we can help is available on his home page and on the contribution confirmation page.

  • bk

    - Kennedy dies
    - Patrick and other liberals call for changing the “Romney” law back to the “Democratic Party” law
    - Labor Day weekend
    - Kerry joins the chorus of liberal calls for undoing the 2004 change
    - New bill gets written
    - Debate takes place in Mass House
    - Bill passes Mass House
    - Debate takes place in Mass Senate
    - Bill passes Mass Senate
    - Patrick signs bill
    - Patrick considers choices
    - Patrick reduces list to six finalists
    - Patrick selects Kirk
    - Mass GOP offers some feeble challenges
    - US Senate receives Kirk’s certification
    - Kirk is sworn in

    All that was done in a couple days less than what they say it will take them to certify Brown if he wins.

    And I’m willing to bet that 32-day clock doesn’t even start until after any recounts and challenges and court cases and whatever else are complete.

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    Kirk “agreed” that he would not run as a candidate in the special election. If he had explicitly agreed, this would have been illegal.

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    in order to bypass the 90 day waiting period for the ex post facto state law to take effect.

    http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/09/kirk_to_be_name.html

  • mootzu

    If they’re already signaling that it would take a long time to get the winner installed, I’m guessing they have some information that Brown just might win…

    (I’m not ignoring that this is total Democrat hypocrisy at its finest, just trying to find the bright side)

  • smagar

    Tuesday, Jan. 19th: MA Special Election

    Friday, Jan 29th: 10 day deadline for military & absentee ballots passes:

    ?Because it?s a federal election,? spokesman Brian McNiff said. ?We?d have to wait 10 days for absentee and military ballots to come in.?

    Saturday and Sunday, 30 and 31 January: No military or absentee votes are counted. (Dems run election process in Mass—’nuff said).

    Monday, 1 February: Dem-run election apparatus begins detailed, time-consuming forensic analysis on military/absentee ballots to assure their “authenticity,” for the People’s sake and out of respect for the memory of Ted Kennedy.

    At the same time, Tea Party members—who’ve seen this scam coming from a mile away—mass in MA and “convince” the Mass Dems to quit stalling and count the votes. (Because they’re Tea Partiers, they thought ahead and secured permits for public demonstrations outside the appropriate local offices throughout MA).

    Tuesday, 2 February: MA localities grudgingly report their military/absentee vote totals. GOV Patrick looks for other ways to stall the process. DNC helpfully files lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit. Tea Party converges on Boston.

    Wednesday, 3 February: Mass Dem Party leaders corner Governor Patrick and tell him that they’re not willing to risk a revivial of the GOP statewide., simply so Governor Patrick can collect a “solid” with President Obama that he can translate into an ambassadorship or lucrative position at Fannie/Freddie (once the Mass voters blow him out of office in 2010.) Patrick relents and certifies Brown as Senator.

    A crew of Tea Partiers throw newly-elected Senator Brown into a minivan, trade shifts for driving, and drive him down I95 to Washington.

    Thursday, 4 February: The minivan arrives, and GOP staffers hustle Brown into the Senate chamber.

    So, Senator McConnell, can you stall until Thursday morning, 4 February?

  • eburke

    of pieces of male anatomical parts which he seems to be sorely missing.

  • eburke

    been so proactive as to have done all the things which you have described in your post in the event of a Brown victory, I’m impressed.
    Ok, actually, being *that* far ahead of the Dem crapweasels actually would earn you a spot on my conservative hall of fame.

    OMG…did I just venerate smagar into my Hero Hall? What *is* this world coming to? :-)

  • kmacwayne

    He will still be there for the upcoming agenda. This congress and administration has more devastation to our country on the agenda – mass voter registration, immigration reform, etc…. even if Scott does not make it in time for the Health Care vote, he will be there to insure against the next nightmare they throw at our Constitution and the American People.

  • smagar

    Off the top of my head, I’d expect those tactics to be:

    1) Challenges of all types to the ballots.
    2) Drawn-out procedures at the local levels, to delay cerrtification at the local levels.
    3) Demand recounts, wherever they can get away with it.

    Things that I HOPE the MA and national GOPs are in the process of doing RIGHT NOW:

    1. Securing permits for public demonstrations in the MA communities most likely to mess with the ballots or the ballot certification procedure. The Tea Partiers and others will need a place to legally gather when the time comes. In some places, it takes a while to get these permits; we need them in hand on 20 January. Surely we already know which communities are most likely to slowball the process—-where are the Dems the strongest in MA? If we haven’t filed for permits already, get cracking on Monday.

    2. Identify the legal tacks the Dems can use to slow the process down, and PUBLICLY prepare a legal response. Make it clear that GOP lawyers are ready to attack. Perhaps that might make the Dems think twice about filing lawsuit after frivolous lawsuit.

    3. Study the Minnesota Senate election from 2008. A classic example of how smart political tacticians (Franken’s team) worked the system to their advantage. Does anyone think the Mass Dems will miss any trick they can pull, if a recount or ballot certification do become central to the election’s outcome? Shame on us if we’re not ready.

  • smagar

    Do they serve refreshments at the Eburke Hero Hall induction? If so, could I have a Dos Equis Lager, mildly chilled?

    :)

  • Castor

    before killing the bear(donkey?), but we should certainly line up the skinners ready to work and the buyers!

  • 1stRichard

    To The Honorable William Francis Galvin

    I am writing to urge you to revoke Governor Deval Patrick’s enactment article II of amendment 48, The Referendum, II, declaring an emergency to enact the law allowing for an interim senator to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat and subsequent law.

    So stated as evident, one person?s last wish, that of late Senator Kennedy that his seat be immediately and prejudicially filled. Consequently so enacted by Deval Patrick. Further that one partisan group also enacted to obtain advantages, or particular and exclusive privileges. Thereof, Part of the fist article 7.

    At present are the largest ever federal tax increases and entitlement under debate in the U.S. Senate with a partisan majority rule at risk. 417 Mass. 406 In the first place, art. 7 speaks essentially to a right of the people to institute and change government?

    Of part of the fist art.23, No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duties, ought to be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people or their representatives in the legislature. No continues effusive representative preexisted for the reason of illness, therein the merit of immediate disorder is negated. Thus the consent of the people must be upheld, that all the inhabitants of this commonwealth, having such qualifications, have an equal right to elect representatives, of the fist art. 9, thus consent of the people as paramount and no other.

    440 Mass. 309 In broad terms, it is the Legislature’s power to enact rules to regulate conduct, to the extent that such laws are “necessary to secure the health, safety, good order, comfort, or general welfare of the community” (citations omitted). Opinion of the Justices, 341 Mass. 760 , 785 (1960). [Note 12] See Commonwealth v. Alger, 7 Cush. 53 , 85 (1851).

    CA No. 209-4078 failed to make safe and secure the health, safety, good order, comfort, or general welfare of the community.

    Respectfully submitted,

    And they burred these requests

  • Gigi

    I went the site to donate to Scott Brown and it asks whether or not I am a Federal contractor. While I personally do not hold a contract, my employer does. A portion of my salary comes from that contract. Can I still donate?

  • eburke

    and with a side of Patron Gold if you so desire…

    and, preferably, at the Scott Brown Victory Party.

  • 10ksnooker

    You need to know about Democrats, they lie, cheat and steal, and that’s all they do.

  • eburke

    I’ll send you an entire case.

    Have already chipped in a C-note to Brown’s coffers from my “Obama’s Gonna Get It Anyway” fund and am planning on adding more on Monday’s money-bomb (send out a note to remind me on Monday)

    Spend it wisely and go save our country, would ya? :-)

  • eburke

    Brown’s folks have *got* to be willing to bring out the brass knuckles and realize in their guts that the people that they’re dealing with have no morals and no scruples.

    Coleman’s team made all the right legal moves but lost this whole thing in the arena of public opinion because they were too busy playing by the Marquis of Queensbury rules with nicey-nice press conferences and press releases instead of calling out SOS Mark Ritchie and his ACORNuts for the thieves that were and are. As a result, this entire bastardization of the electoral process can’t even be used as a campaign issue against Ritchie this fall.

    Fight…fight…fight!!!

  • RedBeard

    It would be good to get the opinions of people more in tune with legalese, but as I understand the gobbledegook of the overblown and bloated FEC regulations (roughly 30 times longer than the U.S. Constitution), it’s ok for an employee of a federal contractor to donate. The prohibition is against companies and individuals who themselves hold government contracts.

    Am I right?

  • patriotparty1

    Democrats have admitted to a scheme to ram through the Healthcare Rationing vote before Scott Brown can be sworn in as Senator, should he defeat his Democrat opponent on January 19th.

    Paul Kirk, currently serving as interim Senator in Massachusetts, has declared that Brown, if he should be elected, will be delayed from any voting in Washington for as long as possible. Masssachusett?s Soros-funded Secretary of State, the corrupt William Galvin, has promised to do everything he can to stall the certification of Republican Brown ?so that Democrats can pass the healthcare bill?.

    Governor Deval Patrick, Senator Kirk, and Secretary Galvin fully intend to steal the will of the people and jam this Healthcare Rationing bill through the Senate, election be damned, no matter what the people of Massachusetts want.

    Martha Coakley remains on vacation regarding all this, not bothering to comment on any of it. ?Why should I?,? we imagine her asking, ?I?ve already won this. It?s the Kennedy Seat. I get it next. Caroline Kennedy said so. Vicki Kennedy said so. Other Kennedys said so. It?s mine, and I?m going to vote the way Harry Reid tells me, and I think it?s good Deval and Paul and William intend to do everything they can to prevent Scott Brown from ever voting in the Senate. I think this is all funny. I must, or I would be out there condemning it. Remind me why I?m back from vacation talking to you again??.

    This is despicable.

    It?s going to backfire on Democrats in a very big way.

    It?s the kind of thing that, if this happened in Illinois, we?d actually take to the streets and riot over, screaming and yelling and demanding the government be dissolved and new elections be held for Governor and Secretary of State.

    But what do you think would happen if some Americans began to rise up and heed Thomas Jefferson’s admonition “Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.” and decided to disobey unconstitutional congressional edicts?

  • Gigi

    for the info. That is what I thought as well, but legalese is certainly not my strong point. I just want to help Mr. Brown, if I can.

  • Scope

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/01/paul_kirk_threatens_constituti.html

    Funny how the Democrats use the word “Constitution” when it is to their advantage.

    I hope Brown wins by a large margin, because if the vote is close, it will be another Coleman/Franken debacle.

    Is the Secretary of State a Democrat? Probably a dumb question.

    Has Obama’s aunt endorsed Coakley?

  • patriotparty1

    I have been asking Cornyn over and over to be ready to legally battle this in Mass. But I am not convinced that he and Hutchison both are not such RINO’s that they are not more of a help to dems than a hinderance.

    Hutchison runs ads in Texas that she if fighting for health care and that is why you should feel sorry for her and vote for her in the primary for Gov. I have not heard ONE WORD from her about how Texas will fight healthcare. On the other hand Gov. Perry and Texas Attorny General Greg Abbott are on it.

    We have told Cornyn to STOP backing RINO’s for office and start working for conservative candidates. We again warned him this morning that they should not be caught with their pants down on this election. Kirk’s term will be over on the 19th. Any vote after that will be ILLEGAL and they should be ready to stand and fight!

  • Carol Tarasewicz

    I filed, online today, an ethics complaint against Kirk, Deval Patrick et all. I will not take advice via phone I wrote that I want writen advice.

    I encourage all MA citizens do to so as well. Thank you. If enough of us complain they may just pay attention to us, doubtful, but worth a try.

  • pat09

    Whatever it takes to pass healthcare. Following last Nov 09′s NY-23 election, Pelosi had Owens-D sworn in immediately to vote on the house healthcare reform (HCR) bill with full knowledge that NY State had not yet certified the results. No problem for Pelosi….she simply needed his vote, so laws and constitution be damned.

    A large reason that certification had not occurred was that Owens-D, fearing Hoffman-R would win and get to the Hill to vote against HCR, had premptively contested the results to slow the potential certification of Hoffman until after the vote. This was known by Pelosi (probably had her fingers all over it) at time of the rushed swearing in. Clearly laws are only a one way street for Dems, to either wield or ignore, to force their agenda on the People.

    Source:

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/more_on_the_postelection_ballo.html

  • http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

    If so, well done! (Even if it wasn’t acted on.) Keep fightin’ the fight!

  • red_mass

    What’s going on in Massachusetts is the final warning to all
    Americans. The dems are in a war with you the American people and
    they are determined to take away your liberty. Just like the old Soviet Union. To all who voted for OBAMI & co. I hope you have learned your lesson. and to rest of us if you are thinking to vote for any demoCRAP in 2010 do it on your risk. if you do you have no one to blame but yourself.
    Scott Brown will be the 41 senator who will nail the coffin of
    Chappaquiddick Teddy ‘s health care bill.

  • smagar

    The problem comes if you are the one who holds the contract directly with the federal government, because then you’re receivng money directly from the US govt. Employees of contractors get their pay from the contractor, not the federal government.

  • earlgrey

    I think they intended to do that. However, we should redouble our efforts on fundraising and calling to force the democrats to do this. It would open a lot of eyes to watch the dems pull this scam off.

  • Gigi

    Donating to him now.

  • proudgop

    Let us win this race and then we will worry about this

    Have to win first

  • djemi

    Scoot Browns statement says it all

    ?This is a stunning admission by Paul Kirk and the Beacon Hill political machine today. Paul Kirk appears to be suggesting that he, Deval Patrick, and Harry Reid intend to stall the election certification until the health care bill is rammed through Congress, even if that means defying the will of the people of Massachusetts. As we?ve already seen from the backroom deals and kickbacks cut by the Democrats in Washington, they intend to do anything and everything to pass their controversial health care plan. But threatening to ignore the results of a free election and steal this Senate vote from the people of Massachusetts takes their schemes to whole new level. Martha Coakley should immediately disavow this threat from one of her campaign?s leading supporters.?

    Which is a response to this

    I am just dumbfounded that even the Dems would think that this is a good idea. Oh yeah I’m sorry it’s the ‘autocrats’ in charge at the moment os anything goes

  • swami7774

    What else would you expect from a party that routinely runs roughshod over the rules to benefit itself?
    If Brown wins, and the Dems pull this stunt, it will mark the 3rd time in a little over 5 years they’ve screwed around with the rules to benefit themselves.
    They do it because they CAN. There’s no threat of losing their offices–not in this state. And there’s no threat the local media will call them on it–not in this state.

  • djemi

    No matter where you live?
    From: Jeremy Bird, BarackObama.com (info@barackobama.com)
    Sent: Sat 1/09/10 5:05 PM
    To:

    ***** –

    On Tuesday, January 19th, there’s a special election in Massachusetts to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat.

    While the large majority of Massachusetts voters support the Democratic candidate, Attorney General Martha Coakley, special interests have poured in hundreds of thousands of dollars to mislead voters — and the traditionally low turnout in special elections means this race could be very, very close.

    The stakes here are incredibly high. You know how hard we’ve fought and how close we’ve come to finally passing health reform. But also know this: To get the job done, we need Martha Coakley’s vote in the Senate.

    No matter where you live, you can play an essential role. OFA volunteers around the country are calling key Massachusetts voters and making sure they know when and where to vote, and how important electing Martha Coakley is to the country.

    Each voter we reach could be the one who tips the balance.

    Can you help by calling potential voters in Massachusetts?

    Offering information to voters on how to participate is a great service, and it can be a lot of fun. You can take as much or as little time as you like, and no prior experience is necessary.

    Making these calls could be the single most important thing you can do right now to ensure the passage of health reform.

    But the impact of this election goes well beyond health reform — Martha Coakley will be a vital ally to President Obama in helping our families get back to work, launching a clean-energy economy, and reining in the Wall Street abuses that still put so many Americans at risk.

    But it all comes down to you. We need you to help get the word out, so please start calling today:

    http://my.barackobama.com/CoakleyN2N

    Thank you for your help,

    Jeremy

    Jeremy Bird
    Deputy Director
    Organizing for America

  • swami7774

    “The large majority of Massachusetts voters” support Jokely? How do they make that assertion?

    Not the actions of a confident bunch.

  • earlgrey

    I think this is also part of that strategy. The union guys who object to the Cadillac tax might just stay home without hope on blocking this HCR. It still is a threat, but it also has the intention of supressing Brown supporters inside and outside of MA.

  • AndrewHyman

    The most recent public opinion poll puts Brown up by one percentage point.

  • 1stRichard

    That seems to be the problem, here I am doing what I can but where is the support. Every Republican in congress should have been doing something about this. You know the other side would have. Even now, they should be at least crying foul over one illegal member and vote but no.

  • AndrewHyman

    Your analysis may nevertheless be correct. See here.