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Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) (house.gov)
Despite this, the anointing isn't quite going as planned. In small-sample polls, AG Coakley appears to have a large lead, but the last poll was three weeks ago; before the revelations about her being opposed to the health insurance reform bill that passed the House (voted on by Rep. Capuano) due to the Stupak-Pitts amendment being added. More savvy politicians would have realized that it was more of a poison pill attempt, and that the amendment could be deleted or watered down during the Senate mark-up.
Now it appears that AG Coakley was also pro-USA PATRIOT Act, and is trying not to be now. Because of this, it's impossible to know how Coakley really feels. Rep. Capuano has recorded votes on these issues. All AG Coakley has are words and more words.
With Mitt Romney Donor and former Romney campaign worker Steve Pagliuca continuing his massive ad buys, and with Alan Khazei being recognized a little by the general public as a good guy who worked hard and achieved great things; and with Rep. Capuano “informing” the electorate of AG Coakley's “inconsistencies”, many who were strong for AG Coakley on Dec. 8th have now fallen back to the “undecided” column.
It's going to take a monster push by Capuano to get himself over the finish line, including another huge TV Ad buy, to overtake Coakley on election day. The latest Channel 7/Suffolk University Poll showed that less than one in ten voters even knew when the primary was.
The primary is on December 8th. If no one shows up, Coakley is going to be your next U.S. Senator. If lots of people show up, it's anybody's guess. It's interesting that the Presidential Election a little over a year ago drew such an impressively high turnout; but in the last two elections that meant more to us locally, the City Elections a few weeks ago and the Special Election Primary next week, have or will have brought some of the lowest turnouts seen in years across the Commonwealth.
You should go. For off-year elections, they give out stickers and magnets and stuff.
Seriously though, this race is far too important to ignore. And one would imagine that they'd want the most progressive voter filling that seat. We shall see.
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Capuano is another DiMasi. Progressive on many issues, but skirting ethical lines in a disturbing way- earmarks for clients of the lobbying firm PMA, fundraisers and large campaign and PAC contributions from PMA and associates, corporate and lobbyist funded trips... Just Google "Capuano and PMA" or "Capuano travel Brazil". It's not enough to have votes on some litmus-test issues. Vote Coakley and you get an incorruptible public servant.
Also, Capuano has a temper problem. He threatened to kill a woman and her dog in a public park with a baseball bat because he was scared of the dog and narrowly escaped charges - the dog's owner filed a complaint, but it was a he-said/she-said, and he got lucky. You can Google that, too, it was in the Globe.
Extremely disappointing how MA progressives have embraced Capuano.
Thanks for reading Arlington. For me, it comes down to this. I'd rather have someone who votes for what's right, rather than someone who votes how they're told to vote.
We already have one Senator like that.
As far as PACs and being "incorruptable", we'll see about that when and if she gets on the national level. Someone who has as much union support as she does; it's laughable to think that Coakley is "incorruptable".
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