BOSTON – President Obama will be stumping for Martha Coakley Sunday at an event at Northeastern University that will likely draw thousands of people, far more than any rally either Coakley or Republican opponent Scott Brown.
Brown, though, says he expected the Democrats to throw every single resource they have at the race, which a new Saturday poll has declared a dead heat.
“I’m not worried,” Brown told the Examiner Saturday. “I hope he has a safe trip.”
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Brown and Coakley are hitting Bay State hot spots for undecided voters this weekend, with Coakley kicking off an event with Vicki Kennedy in Boston early Saturday and Brown shaking hands with throngs of supporters outside the historic library in Quincy with former Republican Gov. Bill Weld by his side.
Both candidates will be making numerous appearances at towns across the state every day leading up to the Jan. 19 special election.
Coakley and Kennedy were met Saturday morning by a crowd of about 200 cheering people. She put out a statement criticizing Brown for not giving his staff health insurance. Brown later told reporters the workers already have their own insurance.
Brown has declared the final days of the campaign “a battle” and called on Coakley to drop the attack ads against him, which seem to air every 30 seconds here.
Brown is also hitting the airwaves with constant advertising and has attacked Coakley.
But Brown perceives himself to be at the receiving end of the Bay State’s powerful Democratic attack machine, which seems to make him a bit uncomfortable. He’s trying to pair what he calls “malicious and destructive” campaign tactics with Obama
“When the president comes in tomorrow,” he told the crowd. “Remind him it’s us against the machine. ”
