In the last few weeks, the Senate campaign of former Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, D, appears to be testing the limits in Massachusetts: Just how many unforced errors can they make, and still win just because Massachusetts is such a liberal state? Among other things:
- Coakley has minimized her campaign appearances, even pooh-poohing the notion of standing out “in the cold” and shaking hands with voters at Fenway.
- Instead of pressing flesh with the voters in the last few critical days, she held a Washington fundraiser populated by health care and drug lobbyists.
- At said fundraiser, one of her handlers pushed an inquisitive reporter to the ground as she looked on.
- Although photos show her looking directly at the pusher and the reporter on the ground, she later said: “I know something occurred, but I’m not privy to the facts. I’m sure it will come out, but I’m not aware of that.”.
- When asked about her foreign policy experience, she said — on television — that her sister lives overseas.
- She said in the debate that there are no more terrorists in Afghanistan.
- She said on the radio yesterday that freedom from coercion against one’s religion does not extend to the workplace if you’re Catholic and you happen to be a doctor or nurse.
- Her campaign misspelled “Massachusetts” in a recent ad.
So here’s another one for you, contributed not by Coakley or Massachusetts Democrats by by Democrats in Washington. Ben Smith writes for Politico:
A new ad from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee uses an unlikely symbol of Wall Street greed: The World Trade Center.
The ad has since been pulled, both from YouTube and from television, and once they get it fixed up with a new image, it will run. Meanwhile, valuable time is being lost.
