So it’s not over yet, but not looking good. Scott Brown’s lead has been holding solid as results trickle in. Results may still, change depending on whether Martha Coakley-centric areas have been tallied or not at this early point.
I know a lot of people are going to talk about how Brown’s high numbers (even if Coakley does win, it won’t be by much) is a national referendum on the Democratic agenda. I don’t buy it. To some extent, the damaged national Democratic party did give Brown a boost – something to build on. But the bigger issue is that Coakley was not a strong enough candidate. Hard to believe that the Democrats couldn’t find somebody stronger to represent the state.
EDIT: It’s over; Brown won. The scene at the Brown party includes a lot of out of state people partying – clearly a sign that there was a lot of national involvement in Brown’s win. But the reporter on the channel I was watching found a guy in the crowd that said he was a registered independent who voted for Brown; his reasoning was that Brown wears a barn coat just like a regular guy. Good god, have we learned nothing from having Bush 43 in office for 8 years? We don’t want regular people running things – we want the smartest people running things.