Washington (CNN) – The polls haven't closed yet in Massachusetts, but the Republican National Committee distributed a memo to committee members and reporters Tuesday boasting about their under-the-radar efforts to help Scott Brown defeat Martha Coakley in the Senate race.
The memo, written by RNC chairman Michael Steele, asserts that the national party "has been working very diligently behind the scenes" in Massachusetts along with the state Republican Party and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Steele said that because Democrats wanted "to make an issue of 'national Republicans" interfering in this race ... we have stayed out of the limelight while supporting the Brown campaign and the Massachusetts Republican Party."
But Steele said the RNC has been on the ground for more than two months, having dispatched staffers to Massachusetts immediately after big GOP wins in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections last November, in addition to sending an additional 32 staffers to the Bay State along with busing in 160 volunteers as Election Day approached.
An RNC official would not say how much money the party spent on the race. (UPDATE: Alex Castellanos, a consultant to the RNC, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that the national party sent roughly $500,000 into Massachusetts, in line with what the National Republican Senatorial Committee spent on the race.)
Steele said that with the help of "innovative" voter identification technology and get-out-the-vote programs implemented by the RNC, almost two million voters were contacted before Tuesday's vote.
Despite the cheerleading, the memo acknowledged that a Brown victory is not yet a certainty.
"Win or lose, Scott Brown has run an excellent campaign, a campaign focused on the great issues of our time, and a campaign that we can all be proud of," Steele wrote.
Story updated at 5:45 p.m. EST with RNC money figure.
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Let's hope it pays off!
So if the Republicans win, it makes total sense to distribute your game plan publicly.
He is a liar!
So much for behind the scenes. What a putz, to publicize this before the election finishes. Talk about self-importance.
Perhaps it would be more prudent of the Chairman to keep his mouth closed until the election is over. Telling people who are voting for Brown because they see him as "anti-establishment" that the RNC actually snuck into MA in the dead of the night to secretly back Brown for months doesn't quite seem like the best message to convey while voters are still making their way to the polls. I mean, granted, at this point it wouldn't make much of a difference; but as the Chairman, these intelligent thoughts SHOULD come to his mind.
The GOP's technology will have to be pretty innovative in order to fool people into thinking that Brown, like the GOP, is merely a tool of the health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. It may work though, American voters are long on opinion and short on knowledge (as exemplified by the teabaggers) and have the attention span of a gnat.
Yes. cons operating "under the radar" is the reason we are in the economic mess we are currenlty in.
Two wars and tax breaks to the rich are a very poor foundation for "trickle down" economics.
Only fools think we got into this mess in the last year.
Lets hope the RNC's extra efforts have helped Brown enough to win this election. This would be the kind of success I'm inspired to donate for. Imagine getting the Federal government back working for the American people...the ones besides the unions and Wall Street financiers and bankers!
What democrat would criticize national republicans for campaiging when Obama himself was here last weekend begging for votes?
I remember George Bush was a regular guy too!!...so what next for Brown..I meant what's his agenda? invade Russia, China or Africa? beside NO to everything and DO nothing to everything.
I can’t wait till Steele is replaced. He does the dumbest things and I can’t believe republicans would have him as their voice. Why would you say this before the poles close, why would you say it at all. He was put into this position based on his skin color not his qualifications. I guess that is politics though.
All I've heard is if Browns wins it will be great for the Republicans. What about Americans?? Don't we count. This guy Brown has made it clear he is party first. Typical Republican.
Watergate was behind the scenes too.
He is a pig, Sterele the large mouth bass.
Steele sounds like the villian in typical superhero movies detailing his "evil plan" to the hopelessly ensnared superhero...how does this usually end???
under the radar or under the table?
this is what the republican party is good at working behind the scenes........
The Tea Party bus was all over the news and not one person was fooled into thinking the GOP was not involved in this campaign. Steele shoud e very quiet.
Steele should not get to cocky.
If he will check the voters are none to happy with him and the Repubs.
In fact they don't like anything about the way Washington works!
This strategy sounds like the same thing that the DNC, ACORN and SEIU did for Obama.
There couldn't have been any better proof of Coakley's claims about national Republican influence in this race than what Mr. Steele just provided.
Unbelievable.
You BETCHYA! They have pulled out all the stops and then some. Can you smell slime! I can smell it really well!
Yes, you do nothing for the people of America, but you do a great job at distorting the truth..
Dumbocrat... too dumb to listen UNLESS you YELL
Republi CON... too smart to listen
he can read "My Pet Goat" while America burns.
It' s okay if BROWN wins. Pretty soon, people will know all he likes is peanuts and nothing else and will give you nothing in return, but everything for the drug company.
Brown = $300 a pill = nothing for u = U better start breathing down his neck to lower the cost of healthcare = will he even legislate to lower the cost of healthcare = if not, U GOT THE WRONG MAN..
Oh yes! It must be an evil Republican plot if Brown gets elected! It couldn't possibly be because we people who live in Mass have already elected him to public office once and liked what he did well enough to move him up into the big leagues. Oh Woe Is Me! How could we Bay-Staters possibly have known how stoopid we obviously were to elect a guy that the rest of the country doesn't think we should have! -Look-Brown didn't just materialize one day, take the hayseed out of his mouth and drawl "vote fer me fer national office ya dumb rubes"-he actually has a track record here that apparently most of us in ths state approve of. Imagine that! we voted him into state office-had a few years to watch what he did-and we liked it! And guess what? We're voting for him again!
Americans will die under republican public officals – look at the wars. Ma you are killing americans if you vote Brown.
The Republican party is good at obfuscating the truth. They outmanuver the Democrats in "branding" ... Remember how the word "Conservative" became a positive and "Liberal" a negative.
I seems that just like last summer (July & August), they may have spun enough "bumper sticker" simplicity to turn the simple minded people against Ms. Coakley.
Given the Democrats 2008 much touted advanced technology (Twitter, Facebook, Text messaging, YouTube) edge ... it is unacceptable that the Republicans could mount a "get-out-the-vote" effort anywhere close to making this race competitive.
Someone (in the DNC) should be fired over this if true. I think it should also put heat on David Axelrod. During the Presidential campaign, along with Plouffe, he was all over stuff like this.
In the end, this type of inepptitude makes it impossible for President Obama to be the transformation figure he could be and that this nation needs.
Cant wait for Brown to play basketball with Obie! I am sure it'll be pretty intense...
Under the radar, under the table, you say potato I say potatoe. More of the same, Americans WANT MORE OF THE SAME. THIS TIME WE ACTUALLY WANT TO SWIRL DOWN THE TOILET BOWL NOT TEETER ON THE EDGE. We deserve what we get. We have no memory of a year ago when this country almost bottomed out. Now we want to elect more of them to the Senate. Go figure!! Dolts!
Adorro a la familia Pailian.
I love the Pailin family. I know they will win in 2012 if she runs.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot: stick a potatoe in it Steele!
Sounds like uncle Mike cant wait to shine his own apple and try to save his job,how cute.Wake up Mike,it wont be long before they throw you under the bus and are done.You could always stand out front of a cigar store.
Isn't the DNC backing his opponent? Why wouldn't the RNC support Brown?
Coakly or whatever her name is DOES NOT DESERVE TO WIN!
She was a crappy candidate and it is sad that the Dems could not find a better candidate.
Hmmm, I don't doubt that the RNC has been involved (both parties have been actively campaigning–Obama, Clinton...), but it seems like a silly idea to publicize it the day of the election.
Although I wouldn't doubt that the story is media ploy to get more democrats to vote.
To Pilgrim
You have a point. We'll see real soon if he stands for the people.
He better have plans and common sense plans to fight against $300.00 a pill, otherwise, he's just one of those PEANTU-EATING AND FEASTING elephants.
I just we had more politicians that were willing to do the right thing.
repubs working secretly?? would this be like the dems negoiating health care behind closed doors?? no wait, they were on C-span
This guy has the brains of an ostrich. It is too bad he pulled his head out of the sand to spout this bull. What a real stratagist!
I don't know how much effort they put or how much money they spent but this is a crucial race. Coakley ran a weak campaign, and that's based on reports and assertions made about her. I heard good things about Brown so is no surprise it can be close than expected.
I don't know mass but I do know how its people think. I do want them to send a message and if Coackley losses, she's gonna look back and see the lil mistakes she made because she thought it was already in the bank. Nothing is a guarantee, especially in politics.
I want her to lose, I do. I'm getting tired of their liberal and egoistic agenda.
"Why is showing off a truck and playing basketball more important for a US Senator than working to reduce the budget deficit and downsize every federal agency?"
Same reason that calling Shilling a Yankees fan and some dumb techy mispelling Massachusetts in your advertisement merited more news than Coakley's policy positions:
BECAUSE THE "NEWS" MEDIA SAID SO BY MAKING THOSE THINGS WHAT IT FED THE PUBLIC INSTEAD OF REAL JOURNALISM AND DISCUSSION OF ISSUES.
Come on CNN! As others have stated the DNC has worked this election too. This is nothing new! A much better question would be "has ACORN worked behind the scenes as well"?
It is making me sick.
Angi's mom January 19th, 2010 5:02 pm ET
Watergate was behind the scenes too.
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So is this healthcare bill!
As an Independent-who-leans-Left & campaigned for President Obama, I know that we can not CHANGE EVERYTHING that IS wrong with our Nation in........ ONE year! People need to take a deep breath.
I am praying that Coakley wins, because we can not afford to have Healthcare demolished. Americans need healthcare, everyone who has healthcare now, can LOSE their healthcare at the whim of Big Insurance.
So, Massachusetts, we need YOU to go vote and to choose a Democrat again! We can not go back and hand the Congress to the GOPers again...... they did way too much damage!
This guy doesn't get it. I ama conservative and I don't like the Republicans either. Let me make one thing clear, this is about getting rid of the idiots of both parties, so don't claim victory for anything.
Easy does it.
The Chairman is running his mouth a bit ahead of himself.
Perhaps Mr, Steele could teach Scott Brown how to speak that silly jive-hip-ghetto like vernacular that he believes is the way to get votes.
Hey Mike Steele...stop trying to cash in on Brown's surge as if you really did something. You're incompetent and there is no way you orchestrated this. Yet, you always seem to show up when something goes right in an effort to take credit. You're a hack!
I am shocked!!!! RNC had "voter identification technology and get-out-the-vote programs" – horrible.
Oh wait – that's like ACORN.
I hope dem wins nomore wars we need new ins police
To Sniffit
It's a test of leadership. If you can play it well, you'll more than likely going to be able to succeed. When you play it well, you'll be able to face MENACES like Kim Jong Il, Putin and Osama... YOU"ll find a way out.
Proof already. Brown IS a liar and connected to the very Washington "establishment" he claimed he was not..."shocking"
So-called "regular guy" is a farce, but many Americans could already see through the Brown's hypocritical nonsense.
Let's hope the good voters of MA also saw through Brown's facade.
Looks like Rove has been teaching Steele a few tricks of the trade.Now lets jerrymander some districts,smear more people and get lying through your teeth down to a science and Rove will give you a job shining his shoes
The real meaning: we're stealing this election like we did the presidential one in 2000 & 2004! GOPers lie!
Obama, Clinton, et al; national Democrats doing a bunch of, albeit, last minute stumping for Coakley and the Democrats complain about "interference" by "national Republicans".
Wow.
The election results are for from in at this time, but if Brown even gets close it was a good effort. If he does win, good for him, but I will believe it when I see it. I very much hope that the voter turnout was high.
To TOM
You hit it on the nail!! We need to be make sure they serve the people, not the corporates. It's okay to serve the corporates, but not at the cost of 1 trillion dollars.
Unfortunately, the Republicans are under estimating the Democrats will and might. I believe health care reform will get through and it will have a bi-partisan flavor. We tend to forget that there are Republicans who need to run for re-election too. If the republican congress totally votes against health care reform, some will definitely loose their seats as a result. It's good that the media is spicing this up. But media please be fair in the reporting. Health care reform is too important to be media-down.
It is also unfortunate that some Mass. residents feel that because they have health care reform, they do not want to see the country undergo the process, like Sen Edward Kennedy wanted. I don't think some of the residents see the benefits to them.
I listened to Martha Coakley and Brown. Brown is a celebrity want-a-be, and I don't think he will be office long. He sound radical and unorthodox. Coakley is quiet but a good public servant, and I feel she would make the best US senator.
So? The President is campaigning, why not the RNC?
Has this guy really said anything other then he will happily march over the bodies of the dying who have no health ins, I own a pickumup ttuck, and will pose nude for money. I think there is a name for a woman who will do the last. I'm not validating Obama, as far as I am concerned (and I campaigned for him) he is a milque toast failure whom will probably not see a second term. But do we really want a republican war monger back in office. Remember it was under the Bush watch that the ecomony went down the tubes, and I do not believe for a second that he was a member of the Green Party. Time for the dems to find a real replacement for Obama and not just another stuffed suit. It is apparent now he never stood with with the common man. Of course neither do the republicans.
Ah, so now the republicans are "stealing" the election. This accusation coming from the party that invented voter fraud and still refuses to allow any verification of identity at the polling place. Get over it you bunch of whiners. America is sick of your socialism and spending the future of our kids into oblivion.
No Nick, the GOP didn't steal the election in 2000 or 2004. Al Gore TRIED to steal the election in 2000. Hanging chads my hairy backside. Kerry lost fair and square in 2004. Go cry to mommy and give the rest of us a break.
To Sniffit..
This is just a quick snapshot of reality. It's actually tougher in the real world. You'll be UP against Osama Bin Laden and Ahmajedinah of Iran, their pressing you up against the blazing fire, behind your back, WHAT are your PLANS?
Yeah, you gotta be quick and you betta have plans.... it's the way of the world. U snooze, U LOSE...
In this case, the donkeys do deserve to lose, although, I rather wish that she wins...
Get ready to start all over again, oh wait that's not on the republicans menu, just lower taxes, Wars are doing great, stocks are up, that all folks !
I do not believe a word of it..........What I do believe (if Brown wins) this election UNDERSCORES the desire for Change. Neither Party has bragging rights on anything...folks are tired of the same ol'same ol' and are voting to see if there is sometning better out there. Problem is that the Party of "NO" stick to VERY condervative values that are not reflective of the Majaority of Mass, voters. Brown will support the Republicans NO MATTER HOW HIS VOTERS FEEL. Bad on The Mass. voters.....Sen Kennedy gave them his life in order to change their state...if Brown is elected they have turned their Backs on the man(Kennedy) when he needs them the most to pass health care for all of the USA.
You mean they actually let Micheal "It's personal" Steele make a statement? All the Republicans are good at is attacking
Democrats. Hello, they still don't have any plans, and still don't want to help fellow Americans who need help. Steele is a ridiculous pawn.
GOP has been a pack of sneaky thugs since the days of Nixon and nothings has changed.....
Nobody is stealing any elections... We all know it's a SNAKE game and it only GETS worse in the international arena. If you cant play it at this level and come out of fiery FIRE, ANOINTED, you dont deserve to win.
Obama, in my book, is one lucky man. I dont know how he got passed Hillary and the DOGS from the elephants....
So the DNC was NOT in there working "under-the-radar" for Martha?
Give me a break!
To Lynda
Who needs a plan when you have a BRAIN?
Dictionary:
Donkeycrat or Dumbocrat: Democrats that are too dumb they will listen and may even change the country for the better
Republi CON: Republicans that are too smart they cant hear you and they may even save you from terrorists because they're ignorant
Jim January 19th, 2010 5:18 pm ET
Americans will die under republican public officals – look at the wars. Ma you are killing americans if you vote Brown.
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...because Obama is doing such a good job bringing the wars to a close and bringing all of our troops home?!?!? Did you just return from a year long vacation to Mars or what, dude?
I am wathing cnn and the3 vr4epublican leader is saying t5he republican party spent Only $500,000, very 15 minutes on all these stations. that has to be a big lie when they were on every station. I also think the democrats spent a lot. But no one wants to say how much they spent. CNN is behind the republicans,what sorry state we are going to be in if a republican wins mass.DO THE PEOPLE IN MASS THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL HELP Mr Brown. Mass will lose all help we had.I guess cnn is afraid to run this b log
What would be real cool is Brown gets to the Senate, reads the bill, likes what he reads and votes "yes" I think Steel would be out of a Job.
As far as I am concerned, the people of MA are just perpetuating the normal "politician for life" program. This guy's been a state senator and wants to make a career out of being a politician by running for US senator. If people really want change, they need to vote out every career politician and vote for newbies. People seem to forget these politicians were supposed to represent the people, not their own best personal interests. Since we can't get the senate to vote for term limits, we, the people, need to put term limits in place by only letting them serve 8 years and then vote them out. If we continue to let them serve year after year, we only get what we deserve.....nothing!
Behind the scenes is the proper place to work; not in the limelight like aour Pretender to the throne, Barack Obama.
Nan C
What Scott Brown really wants is the great medical insurance that Congress members get for themselves and their families.
He has already promised to vote "no" on health insurance for the rest of us.
Massachusetts, if he wins, you get what you PAY FOR. His insurance but not yours!
The disgusting thing is when either party takes credit for something instead of giving credit to Americans for voting or acting in a certain way. They think everything is their work and you are just some mindless moron waiting for them to tell you what to do. Neither party has a high opinion of you. You are just pawns to them.
Scott Brown received biggest donation from ordinary Americans all over the US. He also has many volunteers, a lot of young people volunteer for Scott Brown. In his phone bank alone, people are lining up to help making phone calls in MA.
This election in MA don't have D and R anymore, it's about country, survival of a nation. Independent voters in MA which is the majority of registered voters (51%) are fired up, they're very angry; they're voting for Scott Brown, 17% of registered Democrats are voting for Scott Brown.
Massachussetts, for their own good better certify Brown right away if he's the declared winner or else the people of MA will have a riot.
Isn't this the kind of thing that people rail against when Obama and the DEMs do it?
Your all on this blog who'[s picture is on it when you sign on? Brown , How much is this ad costing? he is all over cnn. on every blog. where is common sence? sINCE WHEN DO YOU PUT ADS ON A TERRIBLE TRAGITY AS HAITI? Poor taste, and a shame that cnn would even put that ad on the Haiti tragety?
Is it me or is there anybody else in this country that is getting real irritated with Steele. This is a very irrelevant person.
Working behind the scenes is nothing new for the republican party. Most of their dirty work is done in the dark. If the republican candidate wins the Massachusetts race, democrats can say the win is a perfect example of political propaganda at work. After all the republicans ran up the US debt and had control in DC for 8 years. The Obama administration is not the reason our country is in the mess we're in. However, America has a short attention span and all the republican led propaganda has made us forget all the woes left from the last administration. Therefore, we rely on CNN and other news media to give us truthful facts, "just the facts." All the other stuff just muddies the water.
That Michael Steele, Rush Limbaugh, Mitch McConnel and ANY Republican, Democrat, or "Independent- (laugh)" conservative confederate...
...still has a platform upon which to spew their lies, misinformation, and racist ideology...
...is a testament to the profound STUPIDITY of today's American electorate...
I wonder if Newt is on the phone with Cosmo now. How's that for a mental picture?
Who put us in this mess anyway? Who started the war in Iraq, not the President He voted agains it. Also he voted for a womans right, i think a lot of woman are voting for him because he is a good looking Man.He says he has a plan to get us out of this mess Pres Bush put us in remember the republcans had the majority and what did we get. a big fat windfall for the rich.
Actually Actually I am glad to know that the Republicans finally woke up to the fact that this race was important - not to the political parties but to the nation and ACTUAL healthcare reform. Does anyone think that the Democrats didn't know the importance of this election? The Democrats just thought that Massachusetts voters would blindly follow them and overestimated the political savvy of their candidate.
No matter how this race turns out, at least both political parties have been issued a wake-up call. My hubby and I both quit our respective political parties and we, like many, are looking for true CHANGE.
It is a testament to the type of people who attended Tea Parties that they seem to be decent persons or there would be riots instead of mild mannered concerned citizens who are tired of the status quo and the media.
Coakley is a horible canidate, she killed her own chances. She doesn't know who Kurt Schilling is and she represents Boston. I mean come on, that's pretty bad. Keep talking Steele, you're as stupid as Coakley is.
Victory for THE PEOPLE!!! You dems need to learn one thing...WE PUT YOU THERE AND WE CAN TAKE YOU OUT!! NO OBAMA CARE!!!
If this had of been the democrats they would have been screeming about them being behind closed doors and secretive. They would have been yelling transparency
If BROWN wins, then, it's a win for PHarmaCorp A La Lobbyist
wonder how many people of voting age and are democrats . had the purist party threaten them to not vote for COAKLEY? probably alot . the purist party has a chance to upset the apple cort and make it very hard for our nation to achieve a helth care equal treatment . and take away the over charging of the CEO'S of insurance giants .. Brown is just a pupet for the whities of the purist party of NO republicans ..
Steele ....... You Lie!
Well, anyone heading to the polls thinking of voting for Brown has just been hit with "Buyers Remorse" BEFORE pulling the lever!! Self-destruction at it's finest! Thanks for helping Coakley and Healthcare Reform!!
What folks forget is that Massachusetts already has universal health care with 98% of MA residents covered, so the Obamacare would only hurt us AND COST US MORE IN TAXES. This is where Coakley got off track, and why Kerry is also wrong. Massachusetts is more concerned with jobs than health care. We do not need and do not want the Obama version of health care. Why would any Massachusetts taxpayer want to pay for the medicare of Montana and Nevada (in this bill to buy the votes of Nelson and Reid)? And why would Massachusetts want to tax small business owners because on this trillion dollar white elephant? The answer is – WE DO NOT WANT IT. WE WANT JOBS JOBS JOBS
I'm on both Dem and Rep email lists and they've definitely reached out. I'm in CA and McCain spammed an email asking for help making calls out to MA. Haven't seen anything from the Dem side.
Every state congressman from Massachusetts is a Democrat, including many powerful ones. And what did these guys do for us - NOTHING
Obama and the dems like to blame verything on Bush and Cheney. People forget that for the past two years of Bush, the Democrats controlled Congress.... and the Dems controlled COngress for 34 of the past 40 years. Bush had to deal with 9-11 and a world wide economic disaster as a result. And becasue of this, the defitis went up. BUT Obama has increased the deficit in one short year by more than all previous presidents COMBINED> It ain's close folks - the problems this country faces now is largely the fault of democrats in congress and Obama's inexperience and inability to control Pelosi and reid
We don't have a Democracy anymore, we have a Republican Minority
Dictatorship. Good luck with that.
I can't wait to vote for a Republican again. Lower taxes on my $500K; raise taxes on the lazy middle class; add a couple of wars and cook the books so the dumb people won't know the cost ; love to see the faces of our allies as Palin/Limbaugh shut doors on their faces; hospitals and shelters will be filled with the same lazy middle class; we will be last in math and science....who needs this when God is there; bring back Cheney and let us see him water board on Fox.
Bring out the popcorn.
Tomorrow's headline is going to be, "Democrats lose Kennedy seat: Obama blames Bush!"
The palatable desperation Obama showed at the rally last weekend would have been comical if it were not so sad. Nothing's my fault, everything bad is my predecessor! I know the democrat's aren't usually the brightest bulbs in the fixture, but don't they realize that they have been in control of congress for the last four years straight?
Maybe someone should let them know.
There are few people in politics that are as sleezy as this guy. He will certainly take credit for anything "good" and never accept blame for any of his failures and stupidities.
If the Dems loose this,,, they fumbled at the goal line...
No doubt buying any and all votes possible...paying homeless people with booze and cigarettes to vote numerous times...real classy RNC. Brown is a shill, and will be disastrous for the people of MA.
How anyone can vote for a republican is beyond me.... WHAT HAVE THEY DONE FOR THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST YEAR? NOTHING , NO IDEAS , WHINE WHINE AND NO NO .....,... they are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites and parasites,,,at least with the democrats you know were you stand, but republicans are worst!!!!!
Is the Playboy Bunny aka Regular Joe Faux Six Pack going to win this thing? Let's hope not.
The most important thing to realize is that the American people are paying attention now. And now the socialists are on notice that their ideas are not wanted. That they should get lost because the American people are real winners not looking for handouts from a government and that they are a proud people not willing to beg for money but rather work for it. That is the spirit that made this country great in the first place and Bam bam has a lot of learning to do. Good bye socialists!
dems are getting what they deserve, they ruined the power hold they had, i mean they controlled the presidency, senate AND house and STILL couldnt get anything done, reps may be the party of NO but dems are the party of CANT, we should all have free healthcare by now, thanks for nothing obama, reid, pelosi.......but hey, getting nothing done is better than getting the wrong things done like the reps do
A Brown win may be just the shot the Democrats need to say enough is enough and go the reconciliation way and start getting things done.
They could start by giving us single payer universal health care. Then on to energy and immigration reform. Let the Republicans play their filibuster game by themselves.
If the Democrats had kicked Lieberman out already we would have gotten health care by now because we would never get the 60 votes needed in the first place because the Republicans will never help this President and without 60 votes to end their filibuster the only way to get anything done is by reconciliation.
Go Brown!!!!!!!!
And the DNC, Obama, Kennedy's didn;t do Anything ?
Hmm.. it's not OK if the RNC works in the background , but it is OK if obama , and the rest of the caracters can do the same thing.
That's what's wrong with this country. It's a free country ( for now ) ..
It's not him vs her.. or rnc vs dnc.. People.. It's because the politicians are not listening to the people they are to represent.
Everyone is getting some sweet deal n this bailout , health care crisis.. except for us, the middle class people.. w'll have to pay more because of the Louisiana Purchase , the nebraska deal, the unions..
everyon's got a deal except those of us earling less than 80,000 who are going to pay dearly for these "sweetheart deals"..
Many of us do not want to drink the "kool aid"..
Sounds right since Joakley thought she had it in the bag.
Of course both national committees were putting effort and resources into a race with clear national implications.
Hopefully those expressing outrage at this sort of "news" are feigning naivete.
I have 20 years of military service and I am 72 years old.When the democrates toke over the senate and congress they promised to bring the troops home what did they do they voted with Bush then Obama promised open goverment and to end the war.we are sending more troops to be killed and he has sold us out to the unions people that make 70 dollars a hr while freezing cost of living for old people drawing 500 dollars a month.All deals has been behind closed doors no one has any idea what is going on and I voted for it.In my life time I have never saw so many liers in on room as the democrates
I find it funny they say how they were working "behind the scenes" right after reports of the ballot already being marked for their candidate. *sigh*
I "hope" we "change" we defeat OBAMA!
Behind the scenes. It even sounds underhanded.
Yeah........they've been behind the scenes alright.......PAYING OFF ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE!!!!!
Well, no need to hide...I mean if the Dems can have outside help.......I mean they couldn't get any higher than the President himself. Besides, this is a national office .....
Yeah, after reading that some ballots are being handed out with Republican already selected, SOMEBODY is working behind the scenes.
Sad to think that Republicans have so little faith in or RESPECT FOR our Democracy that they feel COMPELLED to cheat to win.
What I draw from that kind of circumstance is this – If they are willing to cheat to get in, what will they do once they are?
I'd love an answer to that one.
I certainly hope Steele & the RNC were in Mass, we need to do anything as a party to help, it offsets what Acorn, Move On. Org and other left leaning groups are doing. It's fair game in my book. I just wouldn't announce it
In other words....if we are so repulsive that people won't vote for us when we are honest and transparent...then we'll just hide and campaign in secret.
Get your tissues ready, moonbats.
Oh as if the Democratic National Committee hasn't been working behind the scenes to help Coakley. I mean come on...they had Obama out there as well even though he has more important things to be doing as President.
Let's not forget ACORN as well. We know what they do behind the scenes for the democrats.