anyone else on the ground that can counter this anecdotal report? i'm seeing a lot of these and the TPM post below pretty much summarizes most of what i've been reading about the race.
I'm a Mass. resident and a Coakley volunteer. I too think she's at risk of losing---and, in fact, that she stands a greater chance of losing than wining. I've been phone banking for the past ten or so week nights, and many reliable D voters are undecided or leaning the other way. I'm referring to 70-year-old Democratic voters.
And to be clear, those are NOT the people RD is talking about. Coakley is struggling in this race not because she's an establishment candidate. She's struggling because she was invisible from the day of the primary to the middle of last week. Meanwhile, Brown was up and visible---on TV, and with plenty of signs in yards accross the Commonwealth. He's campaigned hard, in visible way; she has not. (see today's Boston Globe coverage for specifics).
Brown is an empty suit---look at his record, he's has literally zero accomplishments as a state senator. When asked why he differs from Bush and Cheney he says its because he drives a truck. You'll rarely find a jaw made of thinner glass, but Coakley didn't throw a punch for a month.
Now she's fighting. And it looks like bitter nervousness. It's been a case study in how not to run a campaign; and Romney's guys are running Brown's and doing a damn good job at it. They simply waited too long. Massachusetts is a state of establishment Dems---you needn't look farther than Hillary crushing Obama in the primary and Mayor Menino's five terms as proof of that. Coakley hadn't even reached out to them. No she is at the last minute. And if it's too late---and it looks like it might be---her failure could spell the end of any progressive policy successes for this White House.
Like i said, this is the only type of story i am reading from anecdotal accounts here and elsewhere.
Please donate to Martha Coakley's ACTBLUE here (h/t john cole)
So far, only $7,960 raised from 147 supporters, while Scott Brown just had a $1 Million moneybomb.
and here's OFA http://www.barackobama.com/...