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Today is the day.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 19th, 2010 at 08:50 AM  | 

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The polls are open in Massachusetts, and the usual reports of heavy early turnout have begun.  What men and women can do, we have done: it is now in the voters’ hands.  All that’s left is to ensure that today’s is a clean fight and a fair fight.

Scott Brown for Senate.

Legal Insurrection will be live-blogging throughout the day.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • thelonebostonconservative

    It’s lightly snowing in Boston. Don’t know what its like outside the city or what effect this has on turnout.

    On the one hand, it might keep less enthused Coakley voters home. On the other hand, Boston has better public transit and more Coakley voters.

  • EagleWatcher

    Walking around my little town in MA I’ve noticed several Scott Brown signs. Some are hand made. No Coakley signs.

    It’s like being on another planet to see people in MA coming out in droves for a Republican.

  • ilgop24

    The suspense is killing me.

    Also, check out CNN.com and MSNBC.com frontpage “coverage” of this seat. It’s laughable.

  • proudgop

    being very close to polling place which is against legal law

    http://www.electionjournal.org/2010/01/19/electioneering-across-boston/

  • Castor

    ACTS LIKE SHE?S FROM ANOTHER PLANET!!!!

  • http://www.voteforteri2010.com teridavisnewman

    The shot that was heard around the world in 1775 is being followed by the election that tells the Obamunists that they are DONE. The Second American Revolution begins today with Scott Brown’s election and will end in November with a huge turnover in the House of Representatives. I’m a candidate from IL and I’m going against a PAC tool that doesn’t know how despised he is by the voters. I’m going to beat him just because he’s so arrogant that he thinks he’s unbeatable and plans to put his son in his seat in 2012. Not going to happen–my support is huge and growing every day and by November, the PAC/Special Interest Tool Costello won’t know what hit him. The people are coming in the 12th Illinois and I am leading the charge!

  • malbis

    Nikatas3 has posted a really detailed, interesting report of what’s happening in western Massachusetts this morning.

    It’s interesting how most of the news sites are already talking about the Dem finger-pointing and blame-shifting for the Coakley loss. And the new “combative” strategy that Obama plans–along with the determination of Pelosi to get health care passed.

    Gosh, I sure do hope they don’t get all combative and assertive and insist on passing health care even after the way things are going today in Massachusetts. That would be just awful. Really terrible. I mean, Democrat digging in their heels and getting all stubborn and pushing through health care and stuff would be just like every conservative candidate this Fall being tossed in a big, old thorny Briar Patch. I sure hope they don’t do that to us. :-)

  • malbis

    Except, I imagine that the Dems were counting on global warming to make it mild and sunny so that their GOTV effort would go better. :-)

    Hey, after this election, you may be forced to change you ‘nym.

    But I don’t think that’ll bother you, will it? *gr*

  • EagleWatcher

    For the first time in my life I’m proud of Massachusetts (spelled correctly).

  • dwander

    I’ve been really surprised at the lack of coverage by CNN. Do they think if they don’t cover the race that the nation won’t notice?

  • Trelaina

    I’m keeping a positive attitude today. Things just look good and we need to believe in the fight.

    Whatever happens we sent the message loud and clear – we CAN fight and we WILL fight. We know now what it takes…we just have to take that lesson with us into November (and beyond).

  • Trelaina

    that people in the NorthEast are used enough to large snows to be able to travel to a polling place…if it is important to them.

  • USNJIMRET

    On a separate note……
    I see on lots of sites the hope that Mr Brown wins by a sufficient margin to overcome the anticipated voter fraud.
    How sad a commentary is it that this hope has become the norm, and that given the chance-Dem’s will put in place some kind of mandatory Universal Voter ‘Registration’ program that will dirty up the process even more.
    As one of the most fundamental aspects of this Nation, the sanctity of the voting process should be, but increasingly is NOT, of paramount importance.
    It’s kind of a ‘dry’ topic, I realize.
    Unless one can convince others that their vote matters less then they might imagine, when countered by the shadow votes of the dead, illegals, and the sundry others that crop up more and more each cycle.
    If ever a voter for the ultimate “loser” were to conclude that their ‘guy’ lost, with the resulting consequences, because some polling official ‘found’ a box a ballots in their car days after the polls closed, there might finally be a proper reaction.
    But so long as there is no campaign, local OR National, to point out the problem, and a proposal that helps solve it, much of the country will continue to deal with the consequence of ‘elections’ that are more a court based selection, then a “will of the people” as expressed at the ballot box.

  • EagleWatcher

    Take nothing for granted. Keep fighting until the polls close.

  • Aaron Gardner
  • louisiana

    Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t a phobia an irrational fear of something?
    So Brown must have an irrational fear of black homosexuals? No, no, I’ve got it–he’s irrationally afraid of black people and homosexuals. Just another example that ol’girl’s mouth is directly attached to his colon.

  • izoneguy

    are directly tied into Obama’s agenda.

    Once Obama’s agenda is destroyed the next three years for Bathtub boy look bleak indeed. NBC is already a laughing stock because of the way they have handled the Leno/Conan shows.
    How much longer before NBC throws off the green monkey and decides it is a business and not a mouthpiece for socialist politicians?

  • sharonmcp

    I’m don’t know how reliable they are, but I’ve seen two reports at Boston.com Poll Watchers of SEUI and ACORN presence at the polls.

    CITY/TOWN: Boston
    NEIGHBORHOOD
    :
    NAME: Salvatore
    VOTED AT:

    VOTED FOR: Didn’t say
    HOW CROWDED:

    OTHER COMMENTS: What the heck is going on? SEIU and ACORN thugs are out in force. The Boston police need to make an appearance. They are trying to strong-arm people to vote for Coakley.

    CITY/TOWN: Boston
    NEIGHBORHOOD
    :
    NAME: Sully
    VOTED AT:

    VOTED FOR: Joseph Kennedy (Lib)
    HOW CROWDED: Average, at best.

    OTHER COMMENTS: People with SEIU shirts are standing with people from ACORN shirts. They are trying to intimidate voters to pick Martha Coakley. I’ve taken pictures and will be sending to the Justice Department, Boston Police, and Dem and Rep National Committees.

  • MGamo

    Dems got everything they wanted today, snow to scare off Republican voters, AG running against small town Senator, and they blow it. Huge turnout in my precinct and I’m loving it.

  • izoneguy

    will only make MORE people vote for Brown.

    Remember – the union thugs are the ones that want to do away with secret ballots when voting for unions. Next they want to do away with secret ballots for all American voters.

  • http://vbushmills.blogtownhall.com/ vassar

    …make them pay.

  • jackbenimble

    It seems like you are rooting for Obamacare to pass because you think it will give the GOP an electoral advantage next November?

    I agree that it would be a bad move for the Democrats and would help Republicans but I am not willing to see our healthcare system destroyed just so the GOP can re-take Congress. I have little faith that Republicans could repeal Obamacare or, based on their performance in the last decade, would even seriously try.

    I would way rather stop Obamacare and then run on the basis of that achievement.

  • IJB

    See here:

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31639.html

    Looks like some people owe the NRSC an apology… he he he…

  • jackbenimble

    Just another example that ol?girl?s mouth is directly attached to his colon.

    There seems to be some sort of gender mismatch between “girl” and “his”. Are you referring to a she-male with female face and lips and a male butt and colon sucking on themself? Or are you referring to two different people where some girl has her lips attached to some other guy’s colon. You left me confused.

  • http://impudent.blognation.us/blog kyle8

    somehow I think what is going on in this world is the least of Ted’s problems.

  • Aaron Gardner

    Especially considering they didn’t start helping until 2 weeks before the election and even then they only gave half as much as they did to Dede Scozzafava.

    They still have a long way to go before they can claim to be a functional apparatus again.

  • louisiana

    have used girl at all, as it is an insult to my gender. However, I can’t use man or boy, either, for the same reason. So, any suggestions?

  • proudgop

    http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/01/19/2178073.aspx

    early reports from Boston

  • LisaDe

    Absentee voting is over, isn’t it?

    http://michellemalkin.com/2010/01/19/massachusetts-senate-race-voter-fraud-watch/

  • pilgrim
  • USNJIMRET

    then multi-screen feeds of real time voting for his, hopefully, Republican replacement would be just one more ‘torture of ten thousand cuts’ (Hades version) might very well be his special of the day!!
    And, for what it is worth, couldn’t happen to a much more deserving dude.

  • Aaron Gardner

    Insert Crist, Carly, and any other moderate that the NRSC chose to help rather than supporting Brown early on.

    500000 dispersed in installments isn’t really all that much. Heck the grassroots raised 1.3 million for Brown in a day.

    The NRSC doesn’t deserve any credit if Brown wins.

  • pilgrim
  • Aaron Gardner

    I am politely requesting that yo don’t do that again.

  • janis

    Which is a whole lot like using the word “comity”.

  • Aaron Gardner

    Especially when the majority of her links come from MSNBC.

    Seriously, that would be like linking to Kermit D. Frog reporting live from Sesame Street and calling it real news.

  • proudgop

    the link has to do with voter turnout which the thread is on

    its not on lets beat up the NRSC like you usually like to do

    I like unity because its about is being unified for victory today; no need for bickering

  • eburke

    Dem operative that “I don’t know if the machine can get you 10 points.”

    Translation: “I don’t know if it’s possible to steal *that* many votes.”

  • janis
  • proudgop

    The Dems are crowing they got in 3:1 number of absentee too? wonder how many are legal?

    http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0110/Dem_GOTV_picking_up_Brown_supporters.html#

    Dems worried in Boston suburbs

  • janis

    Just stuck a sharp wire in one of my functional typing fingers and I can’r hit all the keys just right. That’s my story anyway…..

  • Aaron Gardner

    Nothing at all that’s what. And you did the same thing to Neil yesterday.

    Don’t play with me today. I am not in the mood.

    Besides, I thought we had an agreement, you weren’t going to respond to me anymore. I guess you just couldn’t resist.

    Keep on trolling me and I will destroy you.

  • proudgop

    all right aaron! i disagree but I clearly am not in mood for you either

    hope you have better day.

  • ceili_dancer

    n/t

  • Aaron Gardner
  • proudgop

    We will never agree, all I did was wish you better day

    Let it go

  • The_Rebel

    still on the voting rolls. Would you believe 116,000? Those absentee ballots really need to be scrutinized. Are all those hired lawyers listening?

  • Aaron Gardner

    BTW, shouldn’t you be posting a random reply to somebody right now, in the hopes that someone will actually talk to you?

  • proudgop

    have good day

    I’ll let you get last word

  • ocleverone

    last updated at 3:48 p.m. (Of course, they also show the Croakster winning). Am I reading this wrong?

    http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2010/senate/results.html

  • Trelaina

    …is that you might have wanted to put this in its own comment thread rather than a “reply to this”, since it does not relate to this thread’s topic.

    That said, it’s kinda funny to see someone being asked to STOP hitting “reply to all”…. :)

  • Aaron Gardner

    How they managed to count all the votes before they were cast, and manage to post this 3 hours before it happened, is an amazing feat.

  • proudgop

    what the hell?

    Oh dear the Democrats might be tampering with votes already and getting number they just want

    I hope every lawyer that can be is in Brown camp right now

    watch ballot, board of canvas, and SOS closely

  • Aaron Gardner

    I just run in the same circles. ;)

  • ocleverone

    asking them where they received their certificate in clairvoyance. I also told them that they should ask for a refund.

    Any doubt that 1) the media is lazy or 2) biased is answered with that nutty link.

  • aesthete

    Consider it a “guesstimate”. Unofficial turnout is near- uniformly 50%, so those aren’t election results.

  • Trelaina

    All precints reporting 50% turnout? Someone has goofed…..

  • Trelaina

    All precints reporting 50% turnout? Someone has goofed…..

  • ocleverone
  • Aaron Gardner

    I wonder if we will see those same numbers at 3:48 today.

  • finallyhadenuff

    If we were to all call the number in this section of your link:

    3) Steven Ertelt at LifeNews.com reports that phony calls are telling Massachusetts voters that MA Citizens for Life opposes Brown. Not true.
    Behind in the polls to Republican Senate candidate Scott brown, supporters of pro-abortion candidate Martha Coakley have evidentially reached into their bag of dirty tricks. A Washington, D.C. based company is making calls to Massachusetts residents pretending to represent a prominent pro-life group.
    The calls, from 202-461-3441, a Washington number registered to a company called SOOH, claim to be from Massachusetts Citizens for Life.
    The caller claims the pro-life group is opposing Scott brown because of his stance against the health care bill, but as MCFL president Anne Fox told LifeNews.com late Monday, the opposite is true.
    ?Pro-lifers are receiving phone calls from people claiming to be Massachusetts Citizens for Life. The callers say that MCFL is not supporting Scott Brown because of his position on health care,? she said. ?The truth is that Massachusetts Citizens for Life is supporting Brown because of his position on health care.?
    The same number is also making calls to other state residents with various messages all attacking Brown.
    ?Pro-lifers are not the only victims of this scam. Our MCFL sleuths have found that this same number is calling people across the state claiming to be different groups with different messages ? all anti-Brown,? Fox added.
    Fox is hoping to get the message out to voters today that MCFL supports Brown and wants Coakley defeated because she is an extreme pro-abortion candidate.

    and ask them to kindly stop spreading falsehoods, wouldn’t it keep them too busy to be able to call any more MA voters? Or is that something that may get us into trouble?

  • LisaDe

    I printed it out. Now if I can just figure out how to get it back on my computer, I will post it.

  • Aaron Gardner
  • Finrod

    .

  • Trelaina

    Sorry about that. You think after all this time on RS I’d know who has the blamstick and who doesn’t.

    Then again, never had it swung in my direction so why would I? ;)

  • Trelaina

    Sorry about that. You think after all this time on RS I’d know who has the blamstick and who doesn’t.

    Then again, never had it swung in my direction so why would I? ;)

  • brah

    Very meager turnout at my precinct in Boston across the street from Fenway Park. Cold drizzle here today may suppress turnout. Keeping my fingers crossed that I may actually vote for a winner for once.

  • Aaron Gardner

    At least for most people. ;)

  • voteindy

    She said there was a long line when she went to vote this morning.
    She’s convinced that Coakley is going to win in a squeaker….but she’s a hardcore Dem. I wouldn’t expect her to say anything different.

    I guess we’ll see soon enough.

  • Trelaina

    No idea how accurate it is as we discussed in a prior thread, but Coakley’s nurmbers are dropping like a rock. It was at 36 around 11am ET, now at 1:25 it is 25.

    Brown has gone from 62.5 to 73.5 in the same time frame.

  • Trelaina

    No idea how accurate it is as we discussed in a prior thread, but Coakley’s nurmbers are dropping like a rock. It was at 36 around 11am ET, now at 1:25 it is 25.

    Brown has gone from 62.5 to 73.5 in the same time frame.

  • Trelaina
  • Trelaina
  • LisaDe

    I’m trying with my scanner, but to no avail…however, here are the numbers they posted:
    Coakley
    50% 1,032,450

    Brown
    49% 1,011,802

    Kennedy
    1% 20,649
    It says 50% precincts reporting. I will continue to play with my scanner.

  • LisaDe

    I’m trying with my scanner, but to no avail…however, here are the numbers they posted:
    Coakley
    50% 1,032,450

    Brown
    49% 1,011,802

    Kennedy
    1% 20,649
    It says 50% precincts reporting. I will continue to play with my scanner.

  • joayn

    For the Scott heard ’round the world.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

  • khayos

    202-461-3441

    Registered Republican in Hyannis MA

  • Brian_Roastbeef

    Notice that Kennedy’s votes added to Scott Brown’s would decide the race by 1 vote. Don’t know what it means, but too weird to be a coincidence.

    I had to submit this to the Drudge Report though. I hope somebody somewhere has a screen shot, just in case the numbers happen to turn out just this way.

  • clintonformccain

    West Newbury, MA, north of Boston

    Snowing pretty heavily this afternoon, roads are a mess, but driveable.

    3200 registered voters in my town.
    1744 unenrolled
    696 republican
    821 democrat

    Tends to vote more repubican.

    At 2 pm, the counter on the ballot box at the polls read 1130 votes. I doubt that includes absentee. Brown signs manned at the polls (in a snowstorm). Obama/Coakley signs just stuck in the ground. No volunteers.

  • wolfster38

    It’s the People’s Country, not Obama’s

    Thanks Scott Brown

  • joyce58

    Waterloo…Waterloo..
    When will Obama meet his Waterloo…

  • joyce58

    Waterloo…Waterloo
    When will Obama meet his Waterloo..
    Every poli has his day.
    Everybody has to pay..
    Today is the day he meets his WATERLOO!!!

  • LisaDe

    Boston Herald has posted the screengrab from bogus numbers earlier…

    http://bostonherald.com.nyud.net/news/politics/view/20100119globe_jumps_the_gun_in_online_map_goof/srvc=home&position=recent

  • JustLeaveMeAlone

    to God’s ears.

    From where I sit, these people aren’t listening, and they just don’t get it.

  • JustLeaveMeAlone

    IF Healthcare is, indeed, the defining mandate of Obama’s presidency, then why did he not (1) send his own legislation to The Hill, (2) allow its passage to come down the results of ONE special election, and (3) make sure that election was not even close?

    My answers:

    1. He has no idea how to even write legislation. Not a clue.

    2. He’s been too busy on his apology tours, etc., and he totally failed to read the momentum of public opinion against his healthcare agenda.

    3. His political instincts appear to have deserted him, and the “he walks on water” spell appears to have broken. His political handlers have been believing their own spin and taking way too much for granted. Pride goeth before a fall.

  • http://www.mysimplehomegarden.com tbaleno

    My mother is a Democrat and said normally she wouldn’t go out to vote but this vote was too important.

    Of course, she was voting for Brown. She told me that she is now going to register as unenrolled (independant) as the Democrats aren’t who they used to be. Also her sisters are all pretty much leaving the Democrat party.

    So, Expect the snow to probably help more than hurt.