So I wasn't planning on voting in the special election for the senate seat in Massachusetts. I don't particularly love the democratic candidate, and I certainly wasn't going to give my vote to Scott Brown. I confess that I just thought Martha, as the democratic candidate, would win without my having to actually help get her there. It's cheating my civic duty, I know, I know. But it's not just that I don't like her -- I also forgot to change my voter registration after we moved, so I'd have to go to Brighton to grudgingly cast my ballot. So it wasn't just my lack of enthusiasm -- there's some laziness involved as well. Not that that's especially redeeming.
But when I saw Channel 7 News sensationalizing the recent Suffolk University poll showing Brown ahead by several points, it reminded me that, despite vastly preferring Mike Capuano -- who lost in the primary -- I really ought to get behind Coakley if I want a senator who's more likely to vote the way I prefer on legislation. Brown isn't exactly someone who sees the world the way I do. Neither is Coakley, but at least she's a few degrees closer.
And now that my favorite (ex-?)Alaskan is weighing in on the Senate race in Massachusetts, I AM ABSOLUTELY VOTING ON TUESDAY:
It’s going to send a very strong message that the status quo, even in Massachusetts, the status quo of just accepting the big growth of government and health care takeover measures that it seems capital hill wants to cram down our throats today things are gonna start changing thank god things are gonna start changing, but even and I would love to be able to at some point interview “Senator Brown.” I anticipate victory there, but even if he doesn’t win already poll numbers showing that his message is resonating and his message is just, you know, common sense conservative values, principles, solutions, being plugged in to meet the challenges facing America today. People in his state they’re listening to him and are getting excited about this dynamic candidate.
Vomit, vomit, vomit. Cough, hack, wheeze. Rinse, and repeat.
The Girl -- who is still registered in her hometown -- just mailed her absentee ballot, and I've penciled in a couple of hours to get to Brighton, wait in line, vote and come home.
And I suspect that a lot of Massachusetts folk who felt similarly about sitting this one out are seriously rethinking it.
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