“She’s not a liberal. How do you figure that? Who said she was? Voters will think about philosophy and issues and whether someone can deliver on that philosophy and issues...A month ago it was a coronation."
Granted, the Globe just went for the juicy part of the interview, and the dynamics of the campaign are such that Cap simply must throw mud at Coakley if he's going to win. However, this isn't the kind of crap I'd want to see my Senator doing. Capuano seems to have a chip on his shoulder (I don't remember anyone saying this was a coronation) and frankly sounds more like somebody who isn't getting what he thinks he's entitled to more than anything else.
I'm still pretty undecided, but stuff like this makes me figure that Capuano has a good past, but a questionable future.
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“She’s not a liberal. How do you figure that? Who said she was? Voters will think about philosophy and issues and whether someone can deliver on that philosophy and issues...A month ago it was a coronation."
is mud throwing, then I'm all for it.
Sorry...building up a strawman to attack, while also trying to decide who gets to be a liberal is attack, and a weak one at that.
Gotta admit as a Mike supporter I find these attacks really low level snipes at differences that are not significant. He voted for some death penalty, she supported some death penalty in the past, both are against it now so we does it matter? Frankly as David pointed out in the related thread the Senate doesn't even decide that issue states do. Afghanistan is a far more complicated and important issue and Mike would do himself a service and really go after Martha on that issue where she has frankly been incoherent. At least that will force her to take a strong fact based stance and its a point of difference between them that is far more relevant. If the debate is 'im more liberal'>'no your not' then its not going to serve either candidate well.
I'd be interested in hearing from Coakley what she thinks we should do in Afghanistan. I don't expect my state attorney general to have a position on foreign relations, but she better put together an answer that makes sense.
I will admit to leaning toward Coakley just on "gut feeling" grounds. Capuano could easily win my vote, but so far it's more of him saying Coakley is worse, not that he is better.
This is standard Capuano stuff.
As mayor of Somerville, he was called "Iron Mike".
He made it clear he ruled, and you had to go through him to get anything done in Somerville, and if you didn't, you were an enemy of the Mayor.
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