(Above) Martha Coakley, Scott Brown


UPDATED FROM JAN 14: Now that Brown has surged ahead of Coakley 50% to 46%, (Suffolk University/WHDH-TV poll Thursday) Dems are panic- dumping big bucks into advertising. You can help support Scott Brown who really has a good chance of winning.  Visit TeaParty Express III to donate today or tomorrow. Last chance to purchase TV time is Monday. And forward the link to this story to your friends and relatives in MA. Remind them to vote for Scott Brown.

At first glance, she is attractive. On second and third glances, she is tough and quite rude. She could be all of those things and still warrant winning but the perception is that she is another progressive, far-left, controlling big government clone of the majority party — deceptive, secretive and doesn't give a hoot about the people.

Martha Coakley, the 55 year old lawyer and current Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the Democrat candidate for the seat in the United States Senate vacated by the death of Ted Kennedy.

Now she is concerned about her diminishing popularity, so she revs up the negative ads, drags out the big Washington guns and that may be a mistake.  They just add to the perception that she is one of them —another one of those out-of-control, power-hungry, socialistic group of lying dictators who want it their way regardless. And she'll see that anyone gets literally, pushed out of the way who doesn't agree that the terrorists have left Afghanistan!

Then there is Republican, Scott Philip Brown, a 50 year old lawyer and three-term Massachusetts State Senator. Browns record is proof of his promises. In the State Senate he has helped lead the fight against wasteful government and against raising taxes. He has helped reduce pension abuses by elected officials. 

Nude Cosmo photos or not, the perception of Brown is that he is intelligent, that he listens and that he has heard what the people are saying about a lot of issues, especially health care reform, taxes and out-of-control spending. He has acknowledged that the Senate seat belongs to the people of Massachusetts and not to any elected official. Because he has lived up to his promises in the past, one can assume he will indeed, represent his constituents in the future. His positive TV messages are perceived as direct and sincere.

This is a special election and therefore, voter turnout may be low. Liberal democrats will respond to Obama's cry that the passage of his health care reform legislation depends on electing Coakley. 

But, you live in Massachusetts, ignore the last minute pressure by progressives. If you are a Republican, moderate Democrat or an independent ,and are a registered voter, your vote for Brown could turn the tide and help bring truth and trust back to Washington. Snow or not, please vote for Scott Brown on January 19.

All eyes are on you.

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