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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
I wasn't thinking so much that he was actually liberal in comparison to the whole electorate, just in comparison conservative bloggers.
ETA: I haven't looked at his record at all really before today. The bloggers weren't anti-Brown at all, but were just noting kind of where things stood that the right was this fired up over a fairly moderate guy and was it wise to be.
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Oh, I definitely understand what you're saying. Brown is probably more moderate than the most vocal conservatives (which is another topic that I can get fired up about). But, it's not like MA would be electing a RINO if Brown were to win.
I think people tend to make the same mistake with MA that they do with NY. They put a lot of emphasis on the most liberal areas (around NYC and around Boston) and forget that both states have areas that are heavily conservative (upstate NY and western MA).
It's true that the conservative areas have less population, but they're still large enough to make a difference when properly mobilized. This election has been a interesting combination of circumstances: Brown has run an excellent campaign, and Coakley has run a terrible campaign. Unlike the Kennedy/Romney race in 1994 (where Kennedy mounted a great charge near the end), Coakley may have waited too long to actively work for the job.