Story from the center-left Politico.
Excerpt:
The Coakley adviser’s memo: National Dems Failed to Aid Coakley Until Too Late
[…]— From the beginning, Brown labeled President Obama’s health care and cap and trade plans as tax increases. Polling throughout the race showed this to be the most effective attack on Coakley.
There were other policies that hurt Coakley, but this was the most effective.
More here from Gateway Pundit.
Awesome. Just awesome.
WINTERY KNIGHT 
She lost because she assumed the seat was hers and she wouldn’t campaign, she wouldn’t debate, she didn’t hold rally’s, etc. She lost because of her own hubris, not because of Obama or anything. Her opponent is pro-choice and left of most of the other republicans, so he didn’t turn of an overwhelmingly democratic state – she really needed to get out campaign if she wanted the spot (reading up on her – with that type of attitude, I’m glad she lost personally)
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That will be the way the left tries to spin it, but it doesn’t makes sense of what happened in Virginia and New Jersey, not the polling in a bunch of other blue gubernatorial races, like Ohio, Michigan and Illinois.
Regarding Brown, he opposes partial-birth abortion,violation of conscience rights of medical personnel, the radically pro-abortion Freedom of Choice Act, and government-funding of abortion. He favors parental notification, the born-alive infant act and adult stem cell research. That is not bad for the most liberal state in the union. That is a very moderate position on abortion.
Here is a breakdown of his position on abortion.
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spin doesn’t matter – you can spin a loss all you want but at the end of the day you’re still out and so is the filibuster-proof majority. Crying over spilled milk doesn’t clean up the milk…As for the gubernatorial races you speak of, you reference the states that are the hardest hit by the loss of manufacturing jobs and claim that it is red vs. blue thing? It doesn’t matter what political affiliation the governor has, if you’re state is doing bad (and all 3 are), the other party is going to win.
As far as MA, from what I’ve been reading this morning, it was the independents that turned on coakley and obama’s health care plans and spiraling deficits – all good reasons to vote out the current majority (though unfortunately both parties are spend happy)
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Yeah baby! Last night was one of the rare occasions I tuned in to MSNBC for a good chunk of the night. Although I had to go to Fox when they cut off Scott Brown’s victory speech after just a few minutes.
Chris Matthews looked borderline suicidal. Maddow was in denial and kept trying to explain (over and over and over again) how this election didn’t mean anything for the national democrats or the healthcare plan. And Olbermann was his usual defiant, pompous arrogant self. Every once in awhile you could see the mark of defeat in his facial expressions though.
Watching the CNN crew (especially Begala) was entertaining as well. These are the rare special moments when watching the MSM is just so darn entertaining!
I’ve got to say, I’m pretty impressed with Scott Brown. If he had been more strongly pro-life I would have contributed to his campaign. I still suspect that the pro-life cause will fare better with his vote than it would have with Coakley’s though.
wgbutler777
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Abortion is the law of the land, it’s not going to fixed in one swoop. All of the interim steps are supported by Brown, so he is good enough on this issue. If he could help us pass all the things he believes in, that would be a good start.
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