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To: LindyBill who wrote (344017)	1/19/2010 2:20:45 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793957

Why There Won't Be Exit Polls in Massachusetts One out of four Massachusetts voters think ACORN will try to steal the election By JOHN FUND JANUARY 19, 2010, 12:38 P.M. ET online.wsj.com The Massachusetts Senate race was a complete snoozer until January 5, when pollster Scott Rasmussen released a survey showing Republican Scott Brown trailing Democrat Martha Coakley by only nine points. That surprised many, but still wasn't a true wake-up call that the race would be a barnburner. As late as January 10, the Boston Globe carried a headline trumpeting a poll showing Ms. Coakley with a 15-point lead. Mr. Brown's surge was so sudden that many of the usual accoutrements of closely-contested elections are missing in the Bay State. One is exit polls. There will be none tonight from Massachusetts, disappointing journalists and political scientists alike. As Mike Allen of Politico.com reports, the consortium of news outlets that normally organizes such surveys didn't bother when the race was expected to be a blowout and now "wasn't confident a reliable system could be built so fast." Another casualty of the expectation that the race would be a cakewalk for the Democrat will be an absence of absentee ballot fraud, the preferred method of putting an illegal thumb on the scale in a close race. Applications for absentee ballots had to be submitted by last Friday, providing little opportunity for those with ill intent to organize such an effort once they realized the race had tightened up. That doesn't mean voters aren't suspicious of electoral fraud in a machine state like Massachusetts. Public Policy Polling, a firm with Democratic connections, included a question over the weekend about the infamous left-wing voter registration group ACORN, which has been linked to fraudulent activities in many states and several of whose members have been sent to jail. When asked whether "ACORN will try to steal the election for Martha Coakley," a surprising 25% of those surveyed in Massachusetts said "yes." A total of 38% said "no," and another 37% weren't sure. Lest you think concern about ACORN was limited to Republicans, one out of six Democrats thought ACORN would attempt electoral hanky-panky. One out of four African-Americans expressed the same concern, along with the same number of voters who called themselves moderates. Both parties have concerns about vote fraud or intimidation in today's election. Hundreds of lawyers and observers have been deployed at key polling places. But it's likely to be a relatively quiet election from a litigation angle unless the final margin is razor-thin. The Brown surge came so suddenly there was no time to plan anything devious beyond the usual negative commercials -- which in this race ran everywhere, including, for the first time in anyone's memory, The Weather Channel.

To: LindyBill who wrote (344017)	1/19/2010 2:58:49 PM
From: mph	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793957

"He's driving his truck around the commonwealth and he says that he gets you," Obama said of Brown at the rally. "Everybody can run slick games," he added. "Forget the truck. Anybody can buy a truck." The Slickster-in-Chief knows about slick games. Btw, how's that hopey-changy thing goin' for ya, Barry?<g>

To: LindyBill who wrote (344017)	1/19/2010 3:59:26 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793957

dave.s. Says: January 17th, 2010 at 9:55 pm Quote ..best line I have seen about Coakley so far is, I’ve seen politicians shoot themselves in the foot, but I’ve never seen anyone reload so fast.. tjic.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (344017)	1/19/2010 4:17:14 PM
From: MJ	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793957

Obama should know---- he has done a lot of 'slick maneuvers' in his life. Remember that Obama couldn't buy anything before he wrote his books and did the deal with Rezko. Then he went on a tour of the USA to see how he could buy America the country he was historically ignorant about. "He's driving his truck around the commonwealth and he says that he gets you," Obama said of Brown at the rally. "Everybody can run slick games," he added. "Forget the truck. Anybody can buy a truck." And Obama is still running around claiming to be the President of the United States of America without producing his authenic credentials. Pretty slick----Obama should know. Win, Lose or draw----------Brown and his supporters have done a fantastic job of rallying the people and uniting the grassroots of America. mj