Could Massachusetts Senate Results Derail Obamas Economic Agenda?
Massachusetts has become a paradise of sorts for pollsters and local TV networks, but that all ends today. The question for the rest of America is whether the election of Republican State Senator Scott Brown — who currently is close in the polls to Massachusetts’ Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley — in the race to succeed to the late Ted Kennedy would alter the economic agenda of President Barack Obama. And the answer is, probably not. Before explaining why, it is worth exploring how Massachusetts became such a media paradise. Thanks to the tightening of the race, Massachusetts residents have been bombarded by TV advertisements and phone calls from groups buying TV time to pound residents with their messages. I received voice mail messages from Presidents Obama and Clinton and Kennedy’s widow, Vicky. I also received several personalized messages from Brown’s daughter Ayla, who competed on 2006’s American Idol, as well as former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling All this spending
