How to Cause a Political Tsunami

Imagine that you were Martha Coakley and you were a shoo-in for the United States Senate only a month ago, making you a solid vote for President Obama's health care plan. Being a Democrat in Massachusetts with a twenty-point lead over your Republican opponent, a month before Election Day means you could spend the rest of the campaign on a beach in Tahiti with a Mai Tai in your lotion-covered hand. You could sip the rum cocktail through a straw and listen to the latest favorable polls from the land of the leftists. However, Ms. Coakley, being a veteran politician, knew there was something in the air that made her feel uneasy. In one of the most liberal states in the union, where the Kennedy dynasty has ruled since time immemorial, people were beginning to awaken from the slavish devotion to Democrats that threatened the future of their children and grandchildren. Notwithstanding her large lead in the polls, Coakley must have been feeling the ground move as she heard almost daily news...(Read Full Article)

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