Looks like the Dems are conceding the Massachusetts race already
From the way both Obama aide David Axelrod and Martha Coakley's own people are reacting, the Democrats know even before the polls close that Coakley is a dead duck.
Meanwhile, the impending Republican victory in the People's Republic of Massachusetts has Democrats in another solidly blue state- California- worried. Sen. Barbara Boxer is up for re-election this fall, and hasn't polled particularly well against any of the three Republicans who want to run against her.
Boxer's numbers against all three are under the 50% mark- generally regarded as a danger sign for an incumbent even early in a race.
HT: Drudge
ADDENDUM: One pollster- Democrat John Zogby- still thinks Coakley is going to win. But given the size of Brown's lead in nearly all of the polls, the lateness of the hour, and the fact that from all indications that lead is growing rather than shrinking, it's hard to see Zogby's suggestion as anything but wishful thinking.
ADDENDUM II: Zogby now says that his prediction is "just a hunch," and that he has "no idea" what the outcome will be tonight.
Looks an awful lot like willful ignorance to me. The signs are difficult to miss.
And by the way, trust me on this: at this point on Election Day, the Democratic politicos in Boston and throughout the state already know the outcome from turnout patterns and from what their own voters have been telling them
My guess is an early concession by Coakley.
HT: Real Clear Politics
Meanwhile, the impending Republican victory in the People's Republic of Massachusetts has Democrats in another solidly blue state- California- worried. Sen. Barbara Boxer is up for re-election this fall, and hasn't polled particularly well against any of the three Republicans who want to run against her.
Boxer's numbers against all three are under the 50% mark- generally regarded as a danger sign for an incumbent even early in a race.
HT: Drudge
ADDENDUM: One pollster- Democrat John Zogby- still thinks Coakley is going to win. But given the size of Brown's lead in nearly all of the polls, the lateness of the hour, and the fact that from all indications that lead is growing rather than shrinking, it's hard to see Zogby's suggestion as anything but wishful thinking.
ADDENDUM II: Zogby now says that his prediction is "just a hunch," and that he has "no idea" what the outcome will be tonight.
Looks an awful lot like willful ignorance to me. The signs are difficult to miss.
And by the way, trust me on this: at this point on Election Day, the Democratic politicos in Boston and throughout the state already know the outcome from turnout patterns and from what their own voters have been telling them
My guess is an early concession by Coakley.
HT: Real Clear Politics
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