Interesting analysis by SF Mayor Gavin Newsom related to the nailbiter Mass. special election for the Senate seat, front page of today’s SFGate.
“Regardless of the outcome … this should be a gigantic wake-up call to the Democratic Party – that we’re not connecting with the needs, the aspirations and the desires of real people right now,” said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.
The article suggests that Boxer’s popularity is waning, and that a Brown win could mean a potential upset in solidly blue California.
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But Newsom said the Republican resurgence in Massachusetts suggests “there’s real intensity and fervor out there, as represented by the Tea Party” activists expressing anger at government spending and at job losses.
“This is real,” he said. “At our own peril, we dismiss these tea parties as … some sort of isolated extremism. … It’s not.”
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Boxer is TOAST! Reid is TOAST! they both have huge bulleyes on their back. Reid is polling right below herpes in Nevada. Get the popcorn ready cause this is going to be fun to watch.
So it’s official! Scott Brown wins in Massachusetts! I wonder how many ‘Millenials’ voted for him. Rachel Madcow and Chris Mathews on MSNBC are ready to slip into deep depression.
Wow – maybe we are not destined to live in a progressive utopia forever………