How long would Brown or Coakley's term be?

[villager]

Regardless of who wins, and what the ultimate "message" is perceived to be, how much remained in Teddy's Senate term? Is the Seat coming up again this November?

Or in 2012?

[Vincardog]

1. The seat is up in in 2012

[villager]

3. Thanks! Also noticed the unreccers are getting weirder by the minute.

But if it helps their innate sense of snark to unrec something as innocuous as the OP, I'm glad they're all a-tingle!

[scarletwoman]

6. Well, I gave it a rec to help out. The mindless unreccers really piss me off. nt

[WeDidIt]

2. Next election is November 6, 2012

Seat will be held until January 2, 2013 with the winner of the 2012 election being sworn in on January 3, 2013.

[Sebastian Doyle]

4. Hopefully some REAL Democrat will step forward by that time

This seat cannot remain in the hands of the enemies of the American people (Repukes OR the DLC)

[karynnj]

11. Martha Coakley has likely never been a DLC member - few DAs are - Howard Dean was when he was Gov.

The DLC seems to have been more a thing of the 1990s - there first endorsed candidate was Al Gore. They then had their glory days during the Clinton years. They have not created an updated list since the very early 2000s. Yet, you have posted for years labeling some of the people there then as DLC, and absolving others.

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. When all the insurance and pharma criminals show up at her fundraisers

...and when she is an enthusiastic supporter of Romneycare, I think her loyalties are obvious. And it's not with the American people.

[Mass]

14. Really? You do realize the names given originally in a RW blog and

nicely propagated by some lefty bloggers are Democrats (Podesta, Elmendorf, among others) who have worked with Democrats for years.

Some worked with Dean when he was DNC chair, I am sure, or at least people from their family.

[karynnj]

15. Not to mention that it was the MA legislature that is VERY

Democratic who wrote the legislation - Romney actually vetoed parts, but was overridden.

Many of those people are prominent Democrats - I bet more than a few actually donated to Howard Dean at some point in his career.

[HughMoran]

13. Hey, don't attempt to kill the name-callers favorite boogieman

:hide:

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

5. 3 years... But the problem is if Brown wins, it hurts the senate dems & Obama alot.

Future bills will be watered down even more because there will be no super majority.
Electing brown WILL hurt the Obama administration and only make people more displeased with it.

An incubant opposing party seat is very hard to knock off when the public is not pleased with the current administrative party.
Said otherwise, a public with split approval of Obamas performance will likely keep an incumbant republican.

The loss of a democratic seat (and supermajority) could also cause MORE dems to LOSE seats in 2012 if Brown helps obstruct Obama.

[timeforpeace]

7. Plus he will be an incumbent.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

10. Isn't that waht I (tried) to say?

granted, I'm not the best at conveying ideas.

An incubant opposing party seat is very hard to knock off when the public is not pleased with the current administrative party.
Said otherwise, a public with split approval of Obamas performance will likely keep an incumbant republican.

[scarletwoman]

8. Thanks for asking the question, I hadn't even thought about that part.

I hope the Mass. Democratic voters come through on this one. The crowing on the Right would really be too much to bear if Brown takes this seat.

I don't care how cleverly anyone manages to rationalize wanting Coakley to lose, I can't see how it would do any good for any of us at any level.

sw

[Bitwit1234]

9. I really do no understand

why anyone would want brown to win over Coakley...for that fact want any republican to win over a democrat. Are we the now the party of spite.

If we dislike a candidate, we go to the primary vote in a good replacement and hope they win. Then put them up against a republican. But which every democrat is the candidate I think it is reprehensible if we true democrats don't support them.