A few weeks ago Martha Coakley held a substantial lead in the polls and it was a foregone conclusions that she would succeed Ted Kennedy in the Senate. The Coakley campaign eased up while Brown put on the pressure. Now it seems Coakley has woken up and the campaign has become an all out slugfest of negative ads, fingerpointing and namecalling.
The national politcal organizations have taken notice. The Republican party, which itself seemed to have conceded the race, has suddenly taken interest and big name Democrats are stepping forward to endorse Coakley.
Massachusetts Senior Senator and former Democratic Presidential Nomminee, John Kerry has endorsed Coakley and Teds widow, Vicky Kennedy, has reitterated her endorsement of Coakley.
The Boston Globe has endorsed Coakley and the Boston Herald has endorsed Brown.
Folks we have a race!
What started out as simply a reflection of the polical makeup of the state, which is decidedly liberal, has become a war of personalities.
Brown is handsome, well spoken and is married to a local TV newsreporter. His daughter was a runner up on American Idol. He comes off well on camera and on the campaign trail. He's posed nude for a national magazine. But he comes from an entertainment family. They know how to work the camera, how to yield a microphone.
Coakley's biggest disadvantage is that on TV and on the trail, she comes off as being cool and aloof, not very warm and fuzzy.
But those of us who know her , know she is actually a very warm and carring person.
As a Massachusetts voter, what I know Brown for is standing behind his party on the floor of the Massachusetts Senate. His voting record has been more along party lines than the independant free thinking politician he wants us to think he is.
I do have personal experience with Martha Coakley, when my elderly mother contacted her office to get help with an unscrupulous debt collector that was hounding her. It was really a small deal but Martha got on the phone herself and set up a three way call with my Mother and the collector. She read them the riot act and they backed down. Thank you Martha.
She could have passed this on to somebody else on her staff, but she took care of it herself...and got results.
This is the sort of action that Ted Kennedy has been known to do...stand up for the little guy and get things done. And I expect that as Senator, Martha Coakley will continue with that tradition.
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