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Day By Day January 19, 2009 – A Bridge Too Far

Day By Day by Chris Muir

there is NO doubt that today’s Massachusett’s special U.S. Senate election between Scott Brown, the Republican and Democrat Martha Coakley is a referendum on President Obama’s health care reform efforts. The President with his Sunday visit on behalf of Coakley validated the high stakes involved.

The latest polls have Scott Brown ahead.

  • Of eight surveys completed and released since Wednesday, seven show Brown leading by at least a point. The one exception shows a dead heat Our chart of all polls shows a nearly seven point Brown gap between the trend lines for Brown and Coakley (51.2% to 44.3%).
  • Browns’ support on our standard trend estimate has increased by nearly twelve points (from 38.5% to 51.2%) in just the last two weeks.

But, Republicans should not be complacent and have been working their GOTV efforts (Get Out the Vote).

Nationwide, Twitter followers have set up out of state phone banks to campaign on behalf of Scott Brown. And, there is a level of enthusiasm from the RIGHT that has not been apparent since 2006.

What are the ramifications of a Scott Brown victory today?

  • Obamacare is DEAD
  • GOP House and Senate recruitment and fundraising efforts to take control of Congress in 2010 will be intensified

Stay tuned…..

Chris, as far as Ted Kennedy goes: there used to be a joke about Jane Fonda and good ol’ Teddy. Remember it?

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