In reality, if Scott Brown is elected, it won't have as much impact as everyone is now saying.
What have the democrats done so far with their super majority? Not much. They took too long, battling among themselves, demonizing each other. They blew their super majority.
Perhaps it's best if the democrats are forced to be more bipartisan. After all, if they had worked with Olympia Snowe at the get go, healthcare could've been done already and we wouldn't have had to witness a year's worth of drama. But no one thinks about the common good anymore. There are so many precious groups that insist on getting things done their way.
With that said, I still believe Martha Coakley is going to win.
The turnout is high in Boston: "I'm trying to save the nation today," said Robert Cappello, 69, a registered Republican and enthusiastic Brown voter from South Boston who reveled in what he described as an "overwhelming sweep" of momentum for his candidate.
"This election is a lot about sending a message," Cappello said in an excited voice outside a polling place on H Street. "It's telling Washington to slow down."
In West Roxbury at St. George Orthodox Church, Phil DiCarlo cast his ballot for Coakley but noted how quickly the Brown campaign gathered steam.
"It seems like people have short memories," DiCarlo said. "They forgot about the last eight years" under former president George Bush. BG
By 9 a.m. in Boston, more than 23,000 ballots had been cast, an early turnout significantly higher than in the primary last month. In Back Bay, the crowd voting at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square far eclipsed the numbers for the primary last month. Poll workers said the difference in turnout was like night and day.
