Well, Mike Capuano for Senate 2012, anybody?

liberalpragmatist

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:08 AM
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Well, Mike Capuano for Senate 2012, anybody?

He should have been the nominee this time.

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JI7

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:09 AM
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1. why did Bill Clinton endorse Coakley in the Primary ?

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Ildem09

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:11 AM
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3. shes a triangulator DLC moderate

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KittyWampus

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:12 AM
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5. no. she is actually quite progressive.

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andym

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:14 AM
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12. Not according to this NYT article

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7503450

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Dinger

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:11 AM
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2. Ignorant Question (by Me)

But I have to ask. Is brown's term up in 2012?

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liskddksil

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:12 AM
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6. Yes - because it was a special election

he only gets the seat through the end of Ted Kennedy's term.

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JI7

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:13 AM
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7. yup, he is up for re-election in less than 3 years

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Cha

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:13 AM
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9. It's a special election

Edited on Wed Jan-20-10 12:32 AM by Cha

to fill in the last two years of Teddy's seat so that's the up side.

Will brown work for the people of Mass and get elected in the regular election in 2012 or will the two years show him to be what he's really like?

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liskddksil

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:11 AM
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4. I hope we learn from this that if a candidate is endorsed by the establishment

we should look elsewhere.

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FrenchieCat

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:13 AM
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8. Why didn't he win?

Who endorsed Coakley during the primaries,
that made those progressive MA voters for her
as the candidate to face Brown?

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JI7

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:13 AM
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10. yup, where was "the base" during that primary ?

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Cha

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Wed Jan-20-10 12:14 AM
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11. I've read that she is the

Mass party machine candidate and we know that doesn't always work out so well.

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Jim Lane

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Wed Jan-20-10 02:43 AM
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13. I've heard that Capuano was MIA in helping Coakley.

The rap I heard on Capuano was that he did little to help Coakley, figuring that if she won then the seat was hers for life, but if Brown won then Capuano would have another shot in 2012.

From what I've heard about Capuano, I like him, but if he was playing that kind of game, he loses several million points in my book.

I must admit, though, I'm just mentioning rumor. Can you give us any hard facts about what Capuano did or didn't do after losing the primary?

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