Not only does Coakley have to beat Brown and the "punish them now"..

[annabanana]

crowd....

She has to beat Diebold.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7650
Easily Hacked Diebold Systems to Decide 'Toss-Up' U.S. Senate Special Election in MA on Tuesday

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With the 60th "filibuster-proof" Senate seat now hanging precariously in the balance, I'm sure you'll be delighted to hear that the winner will now be whoever Diebold declares it to be. The near-entirety of the state will vote next Tuesday on paper ballots to be counted by Diebold op-scan systems. The same ones used dubiously in the New Hampshire Primary in 2008, and the same ones notoriously hacked --- resulting in a flipped mock election --- in HBO's Emmy-nominated Hacking Democracy.

And to make matters even worse, the notorious LHS Associates --- the private company with the criminal background, who has admitted to illegally tampering with memory cards during elections, and who has a Director of Sales and Marketing who embarrassed himself with obscene comments here at The BRAD BLOG some years ago, resulting in his being barred from CT by their Sec. of State --- sells and services almost all of MA's voting machines along with those in the rest of New England.

[watrwefitinfor]

1. Who the hell stands to gain by un-reccing this??? nt

[annabanana]

2. (operatives - pay them no mind). . . .n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. There seem to be several DUers who want Coakley to lose

Their prime reason seems to be they want the health bill to be stopped (not that I'm saying that everyone who says 'kill the bill' wants the Republican to win, but a few do). One or two just seem pissed off that Coakley wasn't the most left-wing candidate in the Dem primary. I guess they might unrec this.

[nomaco-10]

4. Uneffin' believable. My fux/coakley post got unrec'd too.....

I'm a progressive liberal, and I'm not fond of coakley either, but I'm smart enough to know you can't throw the baby out with the bath water.

There's about 40 dems in congress that I'd like to see gone, but not if it means a puke gets elected to take their place.

I'm flummoxed by the mind set here sometimes.

[jmodden]

5. It could be simply

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