Kerry Charges Brown With Palin-Like Tactics As Dems Prepare For Worst

Kerry Charges Brown With Palin-Like Tactics As Dems Prepare For Worst

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) lashed out at Scott Brown's Massachusetts senatorial campaign on Monday for adopting "intimidation tactics" that he deemed "reminiscent of the dangerous atmosphere of Sarah Palin's 2008 campaign rallies."

In a post to his own site, Kerry insisted that reports of out-of-state tea party protesters showing up at Brown rallies, the vandalizing of Martha Coakley signs, and the threats of violence and rape directed at Coakley herself were "not how we do business in Massachusetts."

The broadside by Kerry came as Democratic Party officials braced themselves for an election that seemed increasingly out of grasp. While polling numbers for the Coakley campaign took a small turn upwards on the campaign's final days, in private the picture looks quite dim. Indeed, sources say that Republicans in the state are jubilant with their position -- with internal surveys showing Brown up around five percentage points or more. A Politico poll conducted by the firm InsiderAdvantage on Sunday showed Brown surging to a nine-point advantage over Coakley.

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In the case of Brown v. Coakley, there have been several incidents that have party members somewhere between concerned and outraged. On Sunday, an attendee at a Brown event called for the candidate to stick a curling iron up Coakley's butt. The next day, a comment was left on Facebook from a woman hoping that Coakley would get shot.

A source in the state's attorney general's office confirmed to the Huffington Post that police officials had investigated the Facebook poster. They also relayed that she likely had some connection to the Brown campaign. "I believe she did make a statement in her discussion that she was affiliated with the brown campaign though I'm not sure if it was staffer or a volunteer," said the law enforcement official.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/18/kerry-charges-brown-with_n_427305.html

If Capuano had won the primary, he would have been fighting the Republicans from day one because it's fun for him.

...a few more economic downturns and environmental upheavals down the road...

this..I'll prepare for the worst case scenario of having a sociopath as the Jr Senator in Mass taking over Teddy's Seat but I'm hoping for the Best with Martha Coakley winning that seat and going on to becoming a great Senator in her own right.

:patriot:~STAND WITH MARTHA~:patriot:
http://www.marthacoakley.com/splash_out_pre

is a great reminder.

We shall see if Mass. really falls for this phony and what he stands for.
I say Coakley is going to win-no matter how the RW press tries to spin this.

Other than one misguided poll, Coakley still has a lead going into tomorrow's elections. If MA Democrats do their part in GOTV, Martha will beat Brown with room to spare.