Brown's campaign created a populist image for him.

[Avalux]

Much like what Bush's campaign did for him when he ran for governor here in Texas, and then for president. Bush suddenly started wearing boots and jeans and became a cowboy; lived on a ranch, drove a truck. It was an image created to connect with the common people - he became "someone you'd like to have a beer with"; a compassionate conservative, a populist.

Same blueprint.

Brown connected with the blue collar Catholics this way and Coakley failed. Did she and her campaign think because it was Kennedy's seat she didn't have to work for it?

It breaks my heart that Ted Kennedy's senate seat will be filled by a Cheney Republican. There's no one else to blame though than Coakley and the Democratic leadership in MA.

Brown simply ran a better campaign.

[Cha]

1. lieberman told all the right lies in

his campaign too.

[Avalux]

2. Yep. Same thing.

If the other campaign doesn't do a good job squashing those lies, this is what happens.

[Mojambo]

3. It's a strat they are going to run HARD with in 2012.

Such a shame that the DLC Democrats have made it so easy for them to do it by carrying the water for Wall Street.

[Avalux]

4. A formula that works. Romney won the governorship the same way.

Republicans will defnitely go that route in 2012.

[msongs]

5. prominent dems rejected any populist role. somebody else chose to step up and do it nt

[zbdent]

6. they voted for him just because he looked better naked ...

and that's all ...

if he were a Dem, it would be all over the media how obscene and against "family values" he is ...

[Avalux]

7. That part of it, for sure.

I'm sure a lot of women voted for him because they think he's sexy. Nothing complicated about that.

[zbdent]

14. hey, if some Facebook poster can get to write off every good thing Obama does

with "He was elected because he can read a teleprompter" ...

This guy then can have been elected because of a staple in his bellybutton ...

[fascisthunter]

8. that's right.... something Coakley couldn't do

the Healthcare mess didn't help. I don't believe this would have been the case if the bill itself had a real public option. But, knowing politics, many on this board will deny such a claim to maintain an illusion that liberals issues aren't popular. That's bullshit... what isn't popular in this country are the wannabe's who use a progressive platform to further their careers, just to turn on the people and feed them a corporate friendly line.

The longer folks in this party keep pushing to the right or just maintaining the status quo, the worse this political party will do.

With all that said, it's 8:29 and there is plenty of time yet. It sickens me to think of how this party turned it's back on liberal ideals, ideals that go back to a time when "liberal" was perceived as a good word. The phonies have been convincing Americans that liberal is a bad word... time to take the party back.

[AspenRose]

9. Same thing with McConnell in VA

Exact same blueprint - they're trying to make their extremist wolves look like harmless fluffy little lambs. And it's working.

You would think they learned from VA - guess not :banghead:

[Avalux]

11. It proves the American people have short memories and are stupid. n/t

[depakid]

15. Then it behoove the leaders to remind them in no uncertain terms

and OFTEN how things got to this sorry situation.

[high density]

10. cut taxes, hate poor people, blah blah blah

Same old bullshit

[democrat2thecore]

12. He's a libertarian for all practical purposes, I'm not sure about CHENEY Repub.

But losing Kennedy's seat to any stripe of Republican is sickening. Sad.

[Avalux]

13. He doesn't think waterboarding is torture.

That's why I called him that. x(