Frankly, I think something's fishy about the polling of the race between Martha Coakley and Scott Brown, the republican and one-time "sexiest man." There is just no way that a republican could win that seat. But that's not how the democrats ought to be acting. They should never think it's a shoe-in. Bill Clinton is visiting Massachusetts and Obama may visit the state.
President Barack Obama and the family of Edward M. Kennedy pushed Thursday to keep a Democrat in the late senator's seat and protect a 60th vote needed to pass the health care bill that would be Kennedy's legacy.
....Republicans claim they have the momentum closing in on Tuesday's special election, and Democrats fear a loss could not only cost them the health care bill but the rest of the president's legislative agenda heading into critical midterm elections this fall. Brown has said that if elected, he would provide the 41st vote needed to effectively kill the health care bill.
"They believe that by defeating Martha, and replacing Ted Kennedy with her Republican opponent, they'll be in a position to tie up the Senate and prevent a vote on health insurance reform, financial reform and other issues so important to working families in Massachusetts and the nation," Obama said. "The outcome of these fights will probably rest on one vote in the Senate." MSNBC
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