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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
You don't have to wait until November.
The Mass. Senate race, this Tuesday will be an interesting indicator.
That a republican candidate is even close is astounding, and if the democrat party were not so arrogant, it might act as a warning that they need to do like Bill Clinton, and move toward the center.
If a republican can win the Mass. Senate seat, what does that mean on a national level?
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As I said, I don't really care who wins american elections, but I very much doubt this type of nonsense is going to influence many people; although it may influence small numbers at each lunatic fringe (left and right) who normally wouldn't bother to vote.
I do understand the political strategy in MA; when the republican candidate comes fairly close and the libertarian takes a few percent in a traditionally democratic state, the conservative talking heads will declare victory and say that they would have actually won a two-way race, etc. The current "news" stories are just prep for that spin. We could probably both write the fox story for Wednesday and come very close to their actual story (jz would need help with the spelling). This isn't rocket science, and fox isn't that clever.