MA Special Election Watch Thread

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Rep. Stephen Lynch has reached out to key allies in the labor movement and told them unequivocally he will run for Senate if Sen. John Kerry, as expected, is tabbed as Secretary of State.

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Lynch getting in has to be a serious blow to Brown though maybe that would depress turnout amongst more liberal voters (and the already low turnout in a Special is beneficial to Brown, too).

Yes, that was my thought as well. That said, I suspect that Lynch would not lose his own Congressional district against Brown the way Coakley did.

A clown car primary is to be expected as Democrats are now in the minority in the House.

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Brown probably cannot win and has little reason to even want to win.


http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/275683-rep-stephen-lynch-making-preparations-for-massachusetts-special-election

In any case, here comes Mr. Lynch.

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Stephen Lynch should pull a Lieberman and run a strong independent campaign against that Cambridge nutcase.

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Stephen Lynch should pull a Lieberman and run a strong independent campaign against that Cambridge nutcase.

Stephen Lynch is a union man, and Ed Markey is in fact from Malden.

I think he's saying he wants that so that the vote is split so a Republican wins, but maybe I'm wrong.

Hmm, that's a thought. Lieberman won, though. Eliot Cutler would have been a better (though still inane) comparison from recent New England politics, except for having been an independent all along, or at least throughout the campaign.

That is of course a possibility if a Republican enters the race. In a head to head matchup, as Brad Sherman just showed, a patch to victory is possible by associating your opponent with leftwingers such as Maxine Waters, Barney Frank, and Barbara Boxer. Frank of course has endorsed Markey.