Can You Hear Her Now?

Dang, I do love Jim Braude’s interviews.  In this one, Coakley disarms Capuano’s attacks on her as being a blank slate on national issues like the war in Iraq. 

Having voted yes or no is not necessarily experience…

Coakley calls for mission clarity before sending more troops into Afghanistan.  She also takes stands in favor of capping credit card rates, an earmark for an educational institute honoring Ted Kennedy, limits on executive compensation for companies that take taxpayer bailout money, and passage of a health-care reform bill as long as it provides a basis for a future public option.

And then at about 2:15 remaining, Braude asks about Capuano’s use of the word “timid,” and about Capuano backing off of the term after bloggers (who, me?) objected to the it as  gender condescension.  I loved Coakley’s response, in which she said of the “timid” label:

It’s just wrong…  I’ve always been out in front… In getting out in this race early, before anybody else was in, regardless of who else was in the race…  I’ve gone after predatory lenders.  I’ve gone after Goldman-Sachs…  I filed a lawsuit saying DOMA’s unconstitutional.  You know, those aren’t timid…