Posts from — October 2009

Thanks to Cape Codders for Coakley for reminding us that now is the time to encourage people to register to vote and to request absentee ballots.  Coakley needs your vote, your college student’s vote, and your parent’s vote, too!  Here’s more info on how to register and to obtain absentee ballots: [Read more →]

• Coakley Way in Front http://bit.ly/1McCnJ #

Points made by Dan Payne on NECN (video below):

• Candidates were boxed in by the format.
• Capuano spent a lot of time yelling at the moderator for the questions, which is bad form.
• Khazei kept running through the stop signs, which also is bad form.
• We’ll see a much more aggressive campaign in the future.
• The “worst kept secret in Massachusetts politics” is that Joe Kennedy will endorse Capuano.  “He’s doing it because he wants the seat to be open so that his son can run for congress out of that same seat.” [Read more →]

Go ahead, call me low brow.  There were many moments during the debate when Martha clearly outshone her opponents.  And yet, the debate moment that I will remember most came during a question about a second stimulus package, when Capuano said:

If you made me emperor, I would raise taxes on the wealthiest people in America… [Read more →]

According to KennedySeat.com’s information on new poll results from the Western New England College Polling Institute, the Capuano campaign is failing to gain ground with voters. As was widely expected, the lead for Coakley (who began with by far the highest name recognition) has narrowed as voters get to know the other candidates. However, I haven’t heard anybody predicting that the trend for Capuano would be dead flat. [Read more →]

During the senate candidates’ debateMonday night at 7pm, the Coakley Campaign staff will be blogging their impressions live on the campaign blog. You also can follow along and interact with others on the KennedySeat.com blog.   I won’t try to compete with those forums, but will follow up with my take later.  Here’s NECN’s preview:

On the right is Kathleen Manning Hall, director of NE Women for Change, at the fundraising luncheon held by Women for Coakley (not affiliated with this blog).

New England Women for Change has endorsed Coakley for Senate.  According to their website, the organization was:

formed in February 2007 and was originally known as Massachusetts Women for Obama (MA WFO), a group dedicated to electing President Barack Obama to office.  [Read more →]

Curious about the women who bring you the Women For Coakley blog?  Even though most of the posts are written by Mass4Martha, there are seven others behind the scenes contributing ideas and research, and making things happen. Here’s who we are: [Read more →]

Check out this site:  Cape Codders for Martha Coakley!  The group has been waving signs, hosting Coakley at a house party, phoning their neighbors and writing letters to the Cape Cod Times.  From Nicola Burnell:

… I was thrilled to see the house overflowing with Coakley supporters, many of whom I recognized as fellow activists during the Obama campaign…  [Read more →]

The four senate candidates will debate this Monday night, October 26, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  That’s a short time for four candidates; they’d better have their sound bites ready.  [Read more →]