Hope and Change in Massachusetts

With the significant victory of our newest senator, many are scratching their heads wondering, “How did Scott Brown go from 30 points behind to 5 points ahead?”

From a strategy standpoint there are a few reasons Martha (or “Marsha”) Coakley didn’t join ranks with Pelosi and her minions.

First, though the media would have you believe otherwise, this race was about the health care bill. There’s no doubt about that. Democrats and Conservatives alike are sick of having the health care bill being shoved down their throats.

Massachusetts health care (instated by Romney) serves as a model for proposed health care bill. According to Rasmussen polling data over 2/3 of Massachusetts voters don’t like their current health care. Obamacare would be even worse than Romneycare and the voters knew this.

It was unwise for Coakley to repeatedly promise to vote for Obamacare. Health insurance costs have jumped through the roof in Massachusetts.

Not only are voters in Massachusetts having to pay for the burdens of their socialized medicine, but their current Governor raised the sales tax 25% during a recession despite promising to cut property taxes.

The people of Massachusetts simply cannot afford, in the very literal sense of the word, another Democrat.