{"id":34439,"date":"2010-01-18T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:30:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T01:30:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:30:07","slug":"it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Falling Apart for Obama and the Democrats in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

RUSH: Now we move on to Massachusetts and the special election tomorrow. The weather forecast does not augur a large turnout. There\u2019s snow and freezing rain, sleet today, 60% chance of the same tomorrow. And the people on the ground that I\u2019ve spoken to, the Scott Brown people are far more fired up. He drew larger crowds than Obama did yesterday, far more energetic. Obama seemed to be not really interested in being there. He was thrown totally off track by a heckler on abortion. It\u2019s like the teleprompter did not offer guidance or direction on what to do if he got heckled. They put this thing together at the last minute, and they chose a small venue. Now, normally during the campaign they picked venues of ten to 15,000. They chose a venue of 2,500 because they knew they wouldn\u2019t be able to fill ten or 15,000 that late. And even before it started, Carl Cameron on Fox is reporting that there were seats galore that were empty and there was not a line outside and finally they got that together and there was a line outside and so forth and they did fill the arena. <\/p>\n

Now, Public Policy Polling, which is this lib bunch down in North Carolina, this goes together with a Washington Post poll on Sunday that they undersold. The Washington Post had an ABC\/Washington Post poll yesterday that has a really great nugget of information in it that they did their best to ignore, but first Public Policy Polling: ‘If Martha Coakley loses –‘ oh, and how about Patrick Kennedy calling her ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley? He doesn\u2019t even know her name. Yeah, he went up there and started calling her ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley, and they talked to some people coming out of the Obama event yesterday afternoon, some woman said, ‘Oh, it\u2019s just so sad, it\u2019s so sad, poor Obama is working 36 hours a day to try to fix the mess George Bush left us in,\u2019 and the people walking out of that thing were blaming Bush one year later for all the problems that we\u2019re having. It\u2019s Bush\u2019s problem that Coakley is in trouble, ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley, according to Patrick Kennedy. He doesn\u2019t even know her name. <\/p>\n

Chris Matthews threw the religion card recently. A very Catholic state, Chris Matthews pointed out that Brown is Protestant. And he\u2019s surprised here that the tribals have not arisen here. He\u2019s trying to alert the Catholics that this guy is not a Catholic, he\u2019s a Protestant. I kid you not. I kid you not. Look, they\u2019re pulling out all the stops, Obama with a television ad now, and he did this in Virginia, too. Obama with robocalls all over Massachusetts. Now, he did this in Virginia and there was no hope of saving it in Virginia, and he did it in New Jersey, and it was a toss-up going in, so I don\u2019t know what to make of this. I really am going to come down on the side that Obama, if the ship\u2019s going to go down, he\u2019s going to go down swinging to try to show Democrats he\u2019ll run in for \u2019em and try to protect \u2019em. I think that\u2019s what\u2019s happening here. I\u2019m still having trouble, folks — and I\u2019m not trying to infuse any negative, I\u2019m just being truthful here — I\u2019m having trouble getting my arms around the fact a Republican can win this state, a Senate seat with the voter registration the way it is. <\/p>\n

But I\u2019m heartened by this data from Public Policy Polling: ‘If Martha Coakley loses tomorrow it will certainly have a lot to do with her running a poor campaign, but ultimately it will be a repudiation of the President. Scott Brown is winning 20% of the vote from people who voted for Barack Obama last year, but these are not people who think he\u2019s doing a great job and just think Coakley is a duddy candidate. For the most part it\u2019s people who voted for Obama and aren\u2019t happy with how he\u2019s performed in office. Among the Obama\/Brown voters just 22% approve of the President\u2019s work and only 13% support his health care plan.\u2019 That\u2019s of the 20% of the vote that went for Obama that\u2019s going for Brown. ‘Coakley is leading Brown 87-10 among voters who still approve of Obama, so it\u2019s not as if she\u2019s losing a ton of support from people who are still happy with him. Brown has a 96-3 lead with ones who disapprove of Obama.\u2019 And Tom Jensen here at Public Policy Polling says: ‘Coakley has run a bad campaign, no doubt. But the state of the race in Massachusetts is more a function of unhappiness with Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats than anything having to do with her.\u2019<\/p>\n

And the evidence can be found in question 15 of the Public Policy Polling survey. Here\u2019s the question, it\u2019s number 15: ‘Do you think that congressional Democrats are too liberal, too conservative, or about right?\u2019 Too liberal: 53%. This is in liberal Massachusetts. Fifty-three percent say congressional Democrats are too liberal. Fourteen percent say they are too conservative. And 33% say that they are about right. So Scott Brown, if you want to know what\u2019s really going on, the Democrat narrative is to throw ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley — call her that out of respect for Pat Kennedy — the narrative is to throw ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley under the bus, that she blew it. I mean if it weren\u2019t for her varicose veins she would be totally colorless, there\u2019s no question about that. But here are the biggest factors. Scott Brown worked his tail off. Scott Brown projected the image of a winning candidacy. That hasn\u2019t been done on the Republican side since Romney. Scott Brown made it clear that he would vote against Obamacare, no hedging on that under the pressure brought to bear by State-Controlled Media. <\/p>\n

Scott Brown is refusing to accept the traditional Massachusetts Republican Party role as token opposition to the machine. He is full-fledged opposition to the machine. He is positioning this as him and us against the machine, and that is resonating. He\u2019s also had some extremely effective advertising. My spies on the ground up there say it\u2019s some of the best TV spots they\u2019ve ever seen anywhere, and his supporters are energetic at every stop. My spies on the ground went to some of his events on Saturday. He had at least 500 people in Plymouth fired up like you can\u2019t imagine. They needed state police to direct traffic because passing cars kept slowing down to honk. There are pictures of Service Employee International Union workers brought in by the Democrats carrying Brown signs. A lot of SEIU carrying signs for Scott Brown after they\u2019ve been brought in by the Democrats. Brown is signing autographs wherever he goes. <\/p>\n

I think the key here, supporting a Republican in Massachusetts may no longer be something to keep quiet about. The situation has reversed. It\u2019s now the Democrats have to keep a low profile, and all of this is because — and I\u2019ve been trying to warn them, as you know I\u2019ve been trying to warn the Blue Dog Democrats and any other Democrat up for reelection who would listen, you do not understand the mood of the people all over this country. They are totally opposed to the Obama agenda. They are totally opposed to the Pelosi Politburo way of running Congress. This is a country steeped in the traditions of liberty and freedom and self-reliance. They do not want big government, and that\u2019s what the ABC\/Washington Post poll showed yesterday. They didn\u2019t emphasize it. They did report it, but they didn\u2019t highlight it.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: All right. ‘[T]he Washington Post\u2019s Sunday story that focused primarily on a new Washington Post-ABC News poll — ‘Poll Shows Growing Disappointment, Polarization Over Obama\u2019s Performance\u2019 by Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta — made no mention of the fact that the poll found that 58 percent of Americans say they favor a smaller government that provides fewer services… A large majority of Americans say they want a smaller government that provides them with fewer services, according to a new poll from the Washington Post and ABC News. But the Washington Post story about the poll makes no mention of this fact,\u2019 and it\u2019s huge. ‘The poll asked: ‘Generally speaking, would you say you favor smaller government with fewer services, or larger government with more services?\u2019 Fifty-eight percent said they favor a smaller government with fewer services, and only 38 percent said they favor a larger government with more services. The Post did not mention the results from this poll question in its news story about the poll.\u2019<\/p>\n

Here is State-Controlled Associated Press. Headline: ‘A Year Later, Hope Dissolves into Disappointment — A year ago, on an Inauguration Day like no other, Barack Obama placed his hand upon the Lincoln Bible and then assured a weary nation that, with hope and virtue, we could ‘brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come.\u2019 Across the country, in Seattle, Glen Boyd had only just entered his own economic storm. A couple of weeks out of work as a DIRECTV salesman, the Obama supporter nevertheless watched the inauguration on TV with a kind of goose-pimply, things-are-bound-to-get-better anticipation. He really felt it, that thing which the poet Alexander Pope said springs eternal. ‘I felt a tremendous sense of pride. I felt like he was the right guy. I felt a sense of optimism,\u2019 recalls Boyd. <\/p>\n

‘Now, a year later, Boyd writes this in his blog: ‘We believed what the man said in all those ‘yes, we can\u2019 speeches. My one question is, where are all those reassuring speeches now?” Mr. Boyd, the reassuring speeches are there. The recovery is in full-fledged swing. The stimulus has worked miracles. Have you missed them? Obama is still giving lofty, oratorical speeches. Your better question would be: Where\u2019s all the change and what happened to the hope? He concludes by saying, ‘To say I\u2019m disappointed by the Obama presidency thus far would be an understatement.\u2019 By the way, they collected a bunch of letters to the editor to approve the headline. It\u2019s nine pages long if you print this story, and it\u2019s nothing but letters to the editor all over the country. ‘A Year Later, Hope Dissolves into Disappointment.\u2019 I can\u2019t help but say again what an absolute scam was perpetrated on the people of this country, not just in 2008 during the campaign but for five years prior. The mainstream media convinced a majority of people that the country was in worse shape than it had ever been in, that George Bush was a lout, that the country was hated and despised. They really were convinced to believe that, when none of it was true.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: As usual, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have. Now, many people ask me to illustrate many of the things that I say. What do you mean, Rush, arrogant? What do you mean liberals are arrogant? What do you mean that they hold average people in contempt? Well, I have the two sound bites that will illustrate this as well as anything could. We have a montage, first off, the elitist party of Barack Obama making fun of people who drive pickup trucks. Scott Brown happens to drive a pickup truck. Scott Brown happens to drive a GMC pickup truck. GMC is General Motors owned, which means Obama owns it. His truck is a GMC Canyon. Now, maybe Obama forgot yesterday, and maybe John Kerry forgot that the United States and Barack Obama now own General Motors. You would think that Obama would want people to buy trucks. Here first a montage. We have ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley — you know, it\u2019s a good thing that Patrick Kennedy didn\u2019t call her ‘Martha Moxley.\u2019 You know, it\u2019s a good thing he goofed up on the first name and not the last name. You remember who Martha Moxley is? Michael Skakel was convicted of killing her. That\u2019s Ethel Kennedy\u2019s brother, whose father was Rushton Skakel, yes. Just a little interesting trivia. So here we have ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley, we have Senator Kerry, we have Obama and state Senate candidate Scott Brown talking about his truck.<\/p>\n

KERRY: I\u2019ve never seen an advertisement in a campaign for the United States Senate that begins with ‘I\u2019m Scott Brown, and I drive a truck.\u2019 I didn\u2019t know it was a qualification for being in the Senate. Well, I got news for you, Scott, George Bush drove a truck, too, and look where it got us.<\/p>\n

COAKLEY: And I\u2019ll tell you one thing, just because you\u2019re driving around in Massachusetts in a truck doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re headed in the right direction.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: Forget the ads. Everybody can run slick ads. Forget the truck. Everybody can buy a truck. I\u2019d think long and hard about getting in that truck with Martha\u2019s opponent. (laughter) It might not take you where you want to go.<\/p>\n

BROWN: I\u2019m Scott Brown, I\u2019m from Wrentham, I drive a truck and I\u2019m asking for your vote.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, that is arrogance, that is genuine arrogance and conceit and holding average people in contempt, and Scott Brown is just like Sarah Palin in that sense: not Ivy League educated, doesn\u2019t have the right pedigree, just an average, hardworking, real guy, drives a truck. They\u2019re making fun of him for driving a truck. George Bush drove a truck, and look where that got us. You can\u2019t get any more elitist than this. By the way, President Obama, because of your economic policies, not everybody can buy a truck. There are a lot of people who would love to buy a truck who can\u2019t afford a truck right now. Since Cash for Clunkers expired, almost no one can buy a damn truck and those who can are scared to thanks to your economic policies, coming tax increases. So here we have Scott Brown doing what Obama wants: buying a GM truck. GM needs it, Bam\u2019s union thug supporters at GM need it, Americans need it since we\u2019re all going to subsidize the union thugs\u2019 health care now, and here\u2019s Obama and John Kerry and Martha Coakley slamming Scott Brown on his truck. <\/p>\n

So that\u2019s a great illusion of that and I don\u2019t think you need any more. And I guarantee you this is the kind of stuff that behind the scenes kills them. Making fun of somebody because of what they drive? And they jump on my case for some of my absurd humor? All I do is illustrate absurdity by being absurd. I simply tell the truth about these clowns. These people who claim to be the holier-than-thou, who claim to be Mr. and Mrs. Sensitivity, Mr. and Mrs. Compassion, Mr. and Mrs. Tolerance, Mr. and Mrs. Understanding, these are some of the most hateful people around. They are all found on the liberal side of the Democrat Party. Obama got heckled yesterday at his Coakley rally. During the speech he was interrupted by a protester. Here\u2019s that portion of it.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: You — (protester screaming) you — you — you need somebody — (booing) you need somebody — that\u2019s all right. That\u2019s all right. No, we\u2019re doing okay. All right. We\u2019re okay. (crowd chanting) I, uh — we\u2019re doing fine. Now, listen. (protester screaming) Now, where were we? All right, let\u2019s go, everybody. Now, listen. Now, more than ever — that\u2019s all right. Hold up, everybody. Hold up.<\/p>\n

RUSH: He was totally taken off his game. Lost his place, didn\u2019t know where he was, did not look as if he wanted to even be there yesterday. Didn\u2019t sound presidential, didn\u2019t look to me like he even knew where he was. Just put him on the plane, going to Massachusetts somewhere, after that we\u2019re going to go somewhere else. During this appearance at Northeastern University, Obama tries to hold up his fired-up line from 2008.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: Understand what\u2019s at stake here, Massachusetts. It\u2019s whether we\u2019re going forward or going backwards. It\u2019s whether we\u2019re going to have a future where everybody gets a shot in this society, or just the privileged few. If you were fired up in the last election, I need you more fired up in this election. I need you out there working just as hard right now in those final days; I need you knocking on doors; I need you making phone calls; I need you talking to your friends and your neighbors and telling them what\u2019s at stake on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, and what\u2019s at stake on Tuesday is not Martha Coakley — couldn\u2019t care less. What is at at stake is his health care plan and the rest of his agenda. He wants people making phone calls and talking to their friends and neighbors telling them what\u2019s at stake. We have two stories on this. First from The Plumb Line, WhoRunsGov.com: ‘The Brown campaign is hiring scores of paid temp workers from temp agencies to help staff Brown\u2019s get-out-the-vote effort, work that\u2019s typically handled by unpaid volunteers.\u2019 The Brown campaign is hiring temporary workers. We pay people to help with the campaign. They pay people to vote. <\/p>\n

And the companion story here, there\u2019s a YouTube video out via the yidwithlid.blogspot.com blog: ‘Martha Coakley Phone Banks Are Empty as She Continues to Slip in Polls&hellip; Below is a look at one of Martha Coakley\u2019s phone banks today. Granted there is a mixture of snow and rain, and it is a holiday, but the office is quite empty.\u2019 Below is a look at one of Martha Coakley\u2019s phone banks today, granted the mixture of snow and rain, it\u2019s a holiday, but the office is quite empty. Maybe the morale there is not all that high.\u2019 Obama asked them to staff the phones, get out there, tell people. Meanwhile, Brown is paying people and his phone banks are busy and tied up and being used and hers are empty.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: This could be the death knell for Martha Coakley. Last Friday on the radio in Boston, Coakley had this exchange with the host.<\/p>\n

COAKLEY: Probably if it weren\u2019t so close, Rudy Giuliani wouldn\u2019t have come in, either, and, besides, he\u2019s a Yankee fan. I just want people to know.<\/p>\n

RADIO HOST: Yeah, but, now, Scott Brown has Curt Schilling, okay? <\/p>\n

COAKLEY: Another Yankee fan.<\/p>\n

RADIO HOST: Schilling?<\/p>\n

COAKLEY: Yes.<\/p>\n

RADIO HOST: Curt Schilling, a Yankee fan?<\/p>\n

COAKLEY: No. All right, I\u2019m wrong on my — I\u2019m wrong —<\/p>\n

RADIO HOST: The Red Sox great pitcher of the bloody sock?<\/p>\n

COAKLEY: Well, he\u2019s not there anymore.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Uh, my friends, Curt Schilling responded.<\/p>\n

SCHILLING: I will cast my vote for Scott Brown. (cheers and applause) One more thing. For the record, I am not a Yankee fan. (cheers and applause)<\/p>\n

RUSH: I mean, that sound bite she just sounded… Obama didn\u2019t know where he was and I don\u2019t think she knows where she is, either.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Somebody tell me: How many people have fainted at an Obama rally lately? Big, fat zero, right? Remember all those people fainting at Obama rallies during the campaign? Not happening now. Greetings. Welcome back. It\u2019s Rush Limbaugh and this is the EIB Network, the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. Great to have you with us. The telephone number, 800-282-2882. E-mail address, ElRushbo@eibnet.com. <\/p>\n

Brown versus Coakley. I really don\u2019t think any of the talking heads — any of the State-Controlled Media or Democrat Party — will truly grasp the profundity of a Scott Brown victory if it happens. And the reason I think that is they\u2019re so focused on health care. ‘Oh no! What\u2019s going to happen to Obama\u2019s health care?\u2019 I have to tell you I think something else is happening here. The Democrats have made no secret of the fact that if Brown wins this tomorrow they\u2019re going to take steps to make sure health care gets done before he gets there to stop it. This cannot bode well for them. David Shuster on PMSNBC asked if Massachusetts Democrats have lost their minds. No, they\u2019ve lost their freedom. They have lost their freedom. This is what the talking heads and the Democrat Party do not realize. They\u2019re so focused on Obamacare.<\/p>\n

‘Let\u2019s win one for Obama! Let\u2019s keep the Kennedy seat! Let\u2019s keep the blue state vote!\u2019 They\u2019re missing the real story, and the real story is the pulse of our nation. America is hard-wired for liberty, independence, and freedom from overbearing government. The ABC News\/Washington Post poll that was released yesterday proves it. In that poll, 58% want smaller government with fewer services. They don\u2019t want what we have now. The Founding Fathers built in checks and balances. The liberal politicians for life get around that, and they\u2019re trying to get around the checks and balances even now. One of the balances and one of the checks is an election, and they\u2019re still maneuvering to try to make the election meaningless. Our founding journalists had built-in checks and balances on politicians, but today\u2019s pretend journalists are nothing more than liberal propagandists and liberal activists. <\/p>\n

So the only real check and balance left is us: The people. We, the People. Tomorrow it will be ‘we, the people of Massachusetts.\u2019 In November, ‘we, the people of America.\u2019 I really think they\u2019re in such a bubble that they don\u2019t understand that this is not just about health care. It\u2019s about far more. It\u2019s about the fact that people do not want this agenda. They do not like a Nancy Pelosi Politburo-style House of Representatives and a Harry Reid Politburo-style Senate, and they don\u2019t like an inexperienced president simply screwing up everything he touches. They don\u2019t like it. They don\u2019t like the agenda, period. Now, to show you that they\u2019re dumb and insensitive and arrogant and conceited, in an interview a couple days ago with the liberal journalist Al Hunt on Bloomberg TV, they were discussing this race. It was Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Chairman. <\/p>\n

He\u2019s a congressman from Maryland, and they were discussing such things as Scott Brown\u2019s surge in Massachusetts and the likelihood of the Republicans capturing control of the House this year, and Van Hollen repeated a talking point that I heard from many Democrats all last week — and you\u2019ve heard it, too. You\u2019ll remember when I pass it on to you. Van Hollen said, ‘Why would you hand the keys to the car back to the same guys whose policies drove the economy into the ditch and then walked away from the scene of the accident?\u2019 They are talking about the race to replace Ted Kennedy. Now, if anybody ‘walked away from the accident after driving the car into a ditch\u2019 it is Ted Kennedy. Why would they remind people of that? It\u2019s funny. They\u2019re just dumb and insensitive. <\/p>\n

Now, here\u2019s a great indicator. I saw this mentioned, too, in other polling results earlier today. There\u2019s a little blog out there, AJStrata, that I was checking out, and I think this is a good indication. Coakley is down by 16% in absentee voting. Now, in many states absentee voting pretty much tracks with day-of-vote voting. It\u2019s really not that much different in most states. Now, in some states and in some precincts, some counties run by the Democrats, they\u2019ll hold out and see how many votes they need to win a certain election, and they\u2019ll play some games with voter registration and absentees. But Real Clear Politics is reporting that with the 9% of Massachusetts voters who voted absentee (which ended a couple days ago) Brown is winning 58-42 or 16%. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s right in line with computations which indicate that Coakley could lose by as much as 10%, depending on who is energized to get out and vote. So if absentee voting is any indication of intensity — and it is; by definition it is — then by this measure Coakley is toast. But one thing concerns me, and that is all the reporting. Even the White House is saying, ‘Oh, yeah, yeah! I think we\u2019re toast.\u2019 The White House is telling CNN: ‘I think there\u2019s no way. Coakley\u2019s going to lose.\u2019 Folks, up in Massachusetts, it could be a ploy to get you to relax, to think it\u2019s already over. I know you\u2019re not going to fall for it but I\u2019m just going to remind you: Don\u2019t fall for it. The weather forecast for today and tomorrow is not good for Boston and much of Massachusetts, which would indicate a low turnout among people who are not highly mobilized, motivated, and energized to get out. <\/p>\n

I think in the race up there, turnout probably on the Brown side is going to be very high because I think this has become a cause, not just a race. People want to stick it to the machine. Coakley, ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley is just a symbol (according to Patrick Kennedy, who called her ‘Marcia\u2019 numerous times yesterday). ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley is just a symbol of their pent-up frustration against what Brown is brilliantly running against. Brown is running against ‘the machine.\u2019 So the absentee vote I think is a key signal of the enthusiasm gap that does exist up there and no late surge can take away his absentee vote lead. Now, there is a Harvard professor who explained the race: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a professor at Harvard Business School. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s at Politico. ‘Will Martha Coakley win the Massachusetts Senate seat? Yes. Will Scott ‘Who?\u2019 Brown become a national Republican darling and Fox talk show guest? Yes. Can we read the Tea Party tea leaves about next November\u2019s Congressional elections? No. Then why did the race tighten? As an adult-lifelong Massachusetts citizen, let me count the ways.\u2019 This is Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School. ‘The weather has been brutally cold. Seasonal affective disorder has set in, and people are cranky. Grouches want things to oppose, so they can express their general discontent.\u2019 So the reason that Coakley is losing, according to according to a Harvard Business School professor, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, is the result of grouches with cabin fever! <\/p>\n

She continues: ‘Coakley (whom I support) has not run a perfect campaign. Brown has come across as a charmer. Coakley doesn\u2019t remind anyone of Ted Kennedy nor can she claim his mantle. So the nostalgia factor doesn\u2019t work in her favor. … These are some of the reasons the race tightened. In the end, however, what matters is not polls but who goes to the polls, so to speak. The Dems have formidable get-out-the-vote machines, especially in Mayor Tom Menino\u2019s Boston. Coakley has a big women\u2019s network, a group with a high percentage of likely voters who are mobilizing their e-mail pals. So Coakley will win, and it might not even be a squeaker.\u2019 That\u2019s from Rosabeth Moss Kanter who says all this polling showing Brown way ahead is just a bunch of grouches who have cabin fever. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s totally absurd. That\u2019s why I\u2019m passing it on to you. It is a hundred percent totally absurd. There is no energy. (interruption) It\u2019s Harvard, yes. Look, that\u2019s the machine, too, the elites. This is what people are fed up with, all these people that openly claim, ‘We\u2019re smarter than you. We know better than you. You don\u2019t know what\u2019s good for you; we know what\u2019s good for you.\u2019 We are a people who are hard-wired for liberty and freedom and the pursuit of happiness, and these people don\u2019t get it. I\u2019ll tell you, it\u2019s a condescension, an arrogant condescension that the elites have for average people. You heard it in the sound bite, John Kerry and Obama and ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley making fun of Scott Brown driving a truck, and yet these people make a play for NASCAR votes every year. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Fred Barnes from Weekly Standard, interesting story. Paul Kirk cannot vote after Tuesday, according to Republican lawyers. Republican lawyers say that Paul Kirk, who\u2019s now sitting in the Senate in the Ted Kennedy seat, will no longer be a Senator after Election Day regardless when it\u2019s certified. ‘Appointed Senator Paul Kirk will lose his vote in the Senate after Tuesday\u2019s election in Massachusetts of a new senator and cannot be the 60th vote for Democratic health care legislation, according to Republican attorneys. Kirk has vowed to vote for the Democratic bill even if Republican Scott Brown is elected but not yet certified by state officials and officially seated in the Senate. Kirk\u2019s vote is crucial because without the 60 votes necessary to stop a Republican filibuster, the bill will be defeated. This would be a devastating loss for President Obama and congressional Democrats. <\/p>\n

‘But in the days after the election, it is Kirk\u2019s status that matters, not Brown\u2019s. Massachusetts law says that an appointed senator remains in office ‘until election and qualification of the person duly elected to fill the vacancy.\u2019 The vacancy occurred when Senator Edward Kennedy died in August. Kirk was picked as interim senator by Governor Deval Patrick. Democrats in Massachusetts have talked about delaying Brown\u2019s ‘certification,\u2019 should he defeat Democrat Martha Coakley on Tuesday. Their aim would be to allow Kirk to remain in the Senate and vote the health care bill. But based on Massachusetts law, Senate precedent, and the US Constitution, Republican attorneys said Kirk will no longer be a senator after election day, period. Brown meets the age, citizenship, and residency requirements in the Constitution to qualify for the Senate. ‘Qualification\u2019 does not require state ‘certification,\u2019 the lawyers said.\u2019<\/p>\n

Nineteen states are prepared to file suit against the health care bill in the Senate because of the Louisiana Purchase and the Cornhusker kickback and this sort of thing. This is by no means over, by no means is this over. Now, whether the Republicans will actually have the gonads to go out there and file a suit and claim that Kirk has no standing remains to be seen. But, if they don\u2019t, they\u2019re missing a golden opportunity. The people of this country, not just Republicans, the people of this country are fired up. The people of this country want no part of the Democrat agenda. I mean they\u2019re even losing their base over some of this in convoluted ways, but they are. Now, listen to this montage that we put together yesterday in Boston. This is a bunch of reporters talking to people, students waiting to get into the Martha Coakley rally, and you\u2019ll hear a theme here. <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: So why are you guys here today? <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE STUDENT: To see Obama. <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: So what do you all think about Martha Coakley? <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE STUDENT: I\u2019m from New York. Eh. <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Is there anybody else here that you\u2019re here to see? <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE STUDENT: Um. Not really. <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Why are you here today? <\/p>\n

STUDENT JAMIE RUDEN: To see Obama. <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Anybody else? <\/p>\n

STUDENT JAMIE RUDEN: No. <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Why are you here today? <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE STUDENT: To see Obama. <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: See Obama. Anybody else? <\/p>\n

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE STUDENT: No. <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Is there anybody else you came here to see today? <\/line> <\/line> STUDENT VICKIE: No, that\u2019s it. <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Why are you here today? <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE STUDENT: To see Obama. <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Anybody else you here to see? <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE STUDENT: No.<\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: All right. Is anybody voting in this election? <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE STUDENT: No. <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Why are you guys here today? <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE STUDENT: To see Obama. <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Anybody else? All right. <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE STUDENT: Scott Brown. <\/line> <\/line> UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Scott Brown? (laughing) Thank you.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: They just heard a celebrity was in town, they showed up to see Obama, clueless on Coakley. And Obama did not make the case for Coakley. He made the case for himself and he\u2019s not on the ballot. CNN\u2019s Ed Henry, I referenced this earlier. This is Sunday morning, State of the Union, John King said, ‘Republicans believe if they win this race, they can tie up the Senate, prevent a vote on health care reform and other issues. That happens to be a fact.\u2019<\/p>\n

HENRY: In terms of that fear I was told very reliably that a couple of the president\u2019s top advisors have told senior Democrats they think Coakley\u2019s going to lose. Now there may be some hyperbole in that, it may be about scaring the base, you know, turnout, just going down, but the way I\u2019m hearing it is that there is real genuine fear inside the White House that she\u2019s going to lose, that\u2019s going to have dramatic implications not just on health care but beyond.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And again, Ed Henry may have a point, they could be putting this news out trying to frighten the Democrat base into showing up. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s gonna work. You know, it\u2019s kind of being too cute by half. What\u2019s missing here from the Obama side is any desire to save the Obama agenda. See, this is what\u2019s missing. There\u2019s no desire to save it. The desire is to stop it. Martha Coakley would not be in trouble if there were a desire to save this agenda. We can look at the polls on health care, 36% of the people want it. Over 50% do not, nationwide. In Massachusetts it\u2019s the same, pretty similar. The energy to save health care is not there. The energy to save the Obama agenda is not there. The magic has been lost. All of that\u2019s gone. People aren\u2019t fainting anymore at Obama rallies. Wall Street is looking at Massachusetts as the place where the American economy could be saved from the Pelosi-Obama socialist agenda. This last Friday on CNBC, Jim Cramer, who\u2019s in the tank for Obama after a brief flirtation outside the tank (the Obama administration really came down on him, on the Jon Stewart show), so Cramer got his mind right, so he\u2019s in the tank for Obama but nevertheless said this.<\/p>\n

CRAMER: We could have a gigantic rally off a Coakley loss and a Brown win. It will be a signal that a more pro-business, less pro-labor government could be in front of us. Hey, would you say it is more childlike, perhaps? No. We can never be as capitalist as the communist Chinese. How about a little less like the old Soviet Union? Yeah, that would be more like it. Pelosi Politburo emasculation, everything from the banks, which are usually in the Democrats\u2019 penalty box, to the oils which are despised by this administration for being carbon could be propelled dramatically higher, all of this Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That would be a fascinating thing if it happens, if all of these interesting stocks and these areas of business skyrocket up because of a Coakley loss and an Obama loss. Cramer still has a job, oh, yeah, he got his mind right, oh, yeah. He drifted off the reservation. You remember, after Santelli started the Tea Party movement, Cramer got on board, and then he made the mistake of going to the Jon Stewart show and Jon Stewart pummeled him into embarrassment and submission. So he got his mind right, went back to CNBC, became one of the biggest shills for Obama and he has been ever since. But he\u2019s talking about stocks going through the roof, business rebounding if there is a Coakley loss, which equals an Obama loss because of a Brown victory. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: I was happily wrong on Friday, ladies and gentlemen, when I warned — I didn\u2019t predict, but I warned of a possible hit piece on Scott Brown over the weekend from the Boston Globe. None was forthcoming. There hasn\u2019t been one. In fact, a couple of stories in the Globe, one by somebody that\u2019s been in the tank for ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley all this time, pretty much concedes it to Scott Brown. It\u2019s interesting. <\/p>\n

‘Race is in a Spinout,\u2019 Boston Globe columnist: ‘[Marcia] Coakley made a jaw-dropping –‘ I know it\u2019s Martha but Patrick Kennedy called her ‘Marcia\u2019 all day yesterday. I know the Democrats did their hit piece with the rape ad, but that would be about effective as Martha Coakley running an ad saying that the Haiti earthquake is because Scott Brown knows George Bush. She is the one that has the explaining to do on letting sexual predators go scot-free and not be charged, she\u2019s the one that has the explaining to do when she was prosecuting attorney, attorney general, she\u2019s got the explaining to do on that kind of stuff. People in Massachusetts know all about that. <\/p>\n

‘Martha Coakley made a jaw-dropping declaration earlier this week at the only live televised debate in Boston that she has deigned to do. She said, and I quote, ‘I\u2019ve traveled the state and met tremendous people.\u2019 If she did, it was under the cover of darkness, with an assumed name. Because if she had really traveled the state, if she had taken the time to meet voters, Coakley wouldn\u2019t be in the position she finds herself in now, heading into the final weekend of this special election campaign in a perilously close race against a GOP state legislator nobody had heard of a mere six months ago. Back in December, Coakley beat her closest opponent by 19 points in a primary in which she got stronger by the day. She strolled into the general election with high name recognition, strong favorability ratings, and as the Democratic candidate in a state that hasn\u2019t elected a Republican to the Senate since 1972. It looked as if it would be impossible to lose. So what did she do? Apparently, she\u2019s tried to accomplish the impossible. Literally, she all but vanished. She refused to debate on TV unless it was exactly on her terms. She went days without venturing out in public. When she did appear, it was typically to accept endorsements from elected officials or union heads in front of supportive crowds.\u2019<\/p>\n

Anyway, this is the Boston Globe and this was on January 15th, and it\u2019s a prelude to throwing her under the bus. Listen to this. It\u2019s the final three paragraphs: ‘Prominent Democrats in Boston are privately seething at the candidate and her campaign. First and foremost, they see the immediate impact defeat could have on the health care overhaul. Beyond that, they fret about the seismic impact a Republican victory in Massachusetts would have on Obama\u2019s national standing. And they are nearly despondent about what a defeat would mean to Ted Kennedy\u2019s legacy and memory. We\u2019re at an amazing point right now in which nobody knows what will happen Tuesday. And it\u2019s not because of anything Coakley did, but because of everything she didn\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n

Jake Tapper, on his ABC blog: ‘Martha Coakley: A Democratic Canary in a Coalmine? — Political operatives say the Senate race in Massachusetts between Democratic state attorney general Martha Coakley and Republican state senator Scott Brown is too close to call. But the fact that President Obama felt the need to fly to the Bay State to campaign for a Democrat in one of the most Democratic states in the nation speaks volumes about the ugly climate for Democratic candidates. Coakley has run an imperfect campaign and has had a rough couple weeks. But, as one senior White House official acknowledged to me, ‘in Massachusetts, even after a rough couple weeks the Democrat should be ahead.\u2019 Polls have Coakley and Brown neck and neck.\u2019 So it\u2019s despondency and depression in the State-Controlled Media. <\/p>\n

Now, the AP has an interesting story here: ‘Coakley Hopes for Historic Win in Kennedy Seat Bid.\u2019 Would somebody explain to me what the historic bid would be? What is this historic win? The headline should be: ‘Coakley Poised for An Historic Loss.\u2019 What is so historic about this election is this, they say: ‘Coakley, hoping to become the first woman elected to the US Senate in Massachusetts, said she always expected a tough election.\u2019 So AP, shameless propagandists in the tank, ‘Coakley Hopes for Historic Win in Kennedy Seat Bid,\u2019 because she\u2019ll be the first female elected to the Senate from Massachusetts. As I say, the more apt headline: ‘Coakley Poised for An Historic Loss.\u2019 <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Hey, get this: The Democrat mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts, has endorsed Scott Brown. ‘James Sheets a six term Democratic mayor of Quincy today endorsed Scott Brown for United States Senator. He released the following statement via the Brown campaign: ‘Despite being a lifelong member of the Democratic Party, I am endorsing Scott Brown for Senate, as I know he will always represent Massachusetts with an independent voice in Washington,\u2019 Sheets said. ‘Martha Coakley has repeatedly stated she would cast the critical 60th vote for the current health care proposal that would slash Medicare funding by nearly half-a-trillion dollars and dramatically impact the care so many seniors rely upon in their final years. As our United States Senator, I am confident Scott Brown will only support legislation that will benefit his constituents, and this is why I will be voting for him on Tuesday.” That\u2019s pretty big, the Democrat mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts, endorsing Scott Brown. Here\u2019s another Democrat sinking with the Obama albatross, a new TV ad that ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley is running.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: Martha knows the struggles Massachusetts working families face because she grew up with those struggles. She\u2019s fought to the people of Massachusetts every single day. As attorney general, she took on Wall Street and recovered millions for Massachusetts taxpayers.<\/p>\n

RUSH: She did?<\/p>\n

OBAMA: She went after big insurance companies and took on predatory lenders.<\/p>\n

RUSH: She did?<\/p>\n

OBAMA: This is what Martha Coakley is about. Every vote matters! Every voice matters! We need you on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

COAKLEY: I\u2019m Martha Coakley, and I approved this message.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, what\u2019s the problem with that ad? Snerdley, what\u2019s the problem with that ad? You tell me right now. Three…two…one. What\u2019s the problem with the ad? The problem with the ad is that people in Massachusetts do not hate the insurance companies right now. The health care plan that they\u2019re saddled with there is not the fault of the insurance companies. It was passed by the state government. Obamacare is a mirror image of it and it costs more. They don\u2019t hate Wall Street. People in Massachusetts do not hate Big Oil. People in America do not have the same enemies that Barack Obama has. They simply don\u2019t. The Democrat Party\u2019s number one enemy right now is you, the people, and the places where you work. There\u2019s no other way to say this. If you\u2019re an insurance agent, you\u2019re evil. If you work on Wall Street at whatever job, you are in the crosshairs. If you work in an oil company of any size, you\u2019re in the crosshairs. If you work at a pharmaceutical company or a pharmacy, you are in the Democrat Party\u2019s crosshairs. Everywhere you work… If you are in a small business, you are in the Democrat Party crosshairs. Taxes are going to be increased. Obama and the Democrats are targeting these businesses. If you have a job, you are in the crosshairs of the Democrat Party, and the people of Massachusetts have figured it out.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, there\u2019s another sound bite to explain the elitist arrogance of people like ‘Marcia\u2019 Coakley. This is from Fox25 in Boston this morning. She was on television and the host said, ‘Sixty-one percent of the people that respond to that Suffolk poll say they don\u2019t think the government can afford this health care plan. Are they wrong?\u2019 Now, listen to her answer.<\/p>\n

COAKLEY: They are wrong, because the plan, if you look at it, over the next ten years will be cost neutral from the budget office but what\u2019s more important, Gene, is what it does is it changes the way we think about health care. We\u2019re going to do more screening early on; we\u2019re going to get those kids who are going to have diabetes; we\u2019re going to do cancer screening. We don\u2019t have a health care system that works now. We only fix people when they\u2019re stick already and it costs too much, and it\u2019s hard to measure that, and it\u2019s also a little complicated.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So it\u2019s too hard for people to understand, it\u2019s just a little too complicated. We do not have a ten-year cost neutral plan for the budget office. We have a trick, Ms. Coakley. The trick is that taxes begin immediately, the so-called benefits, the spending doesn\u2019t start for four years. And that\u2019s how they arrive at budget neutral over ten years. But it\u2019s nowhere near budget neutral.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Ardis, Redondo Beach, California, great to have on you on the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. I\u2019m honored to speak to you and a million thanks for all you do for everyone, keeping us educated.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you very much.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I have a complaint. On January 9th I sent out my absentee ballot for the Massachusetts election and Saturday it came back into my mailbox here. And the only thing I can figure while I\u2019m waiting here is where they have the return to go back to my hometown in Chicopee, Mass, they said it is stamped so light that it didn\u2019t get read in the post office. And I\u2019m wondering if that\u2019s deliberate because I\u2019m a registered Republican.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I don\u2019t know. How can they know you\u2019re a registered Republican just from your absentee ballot without opening your envelope?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, but because I\u2019ve always been, you know, when they mail it out, but I just wondered because, where it has my address —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, it could be. Look, these are Democrats, you know, and they\u2019re desperate. It could well be that they looked up your address, found out you\u2019re a registered Republican and sent it back. I mean it is a union at the post office — hell, I don\u2019t know. With Democrats you cannot reject this kind of thing. You just can\u2019t. It may sound implausible, it may sound impossible, but you just can\u2019t reject it out of hand. In the old days you could. The absentees that have been counted so far, Scott Brown has a 16-point edge, 9% of the vote so far is early absentees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Now we move on to Massachusetts and the special election tomorrow. The weather forecast does not augur a large turnout. There\u2019s snow and freezing rain, sleet today, 60% chance of the same tomorrow. And the people on the ground that I\u2019ve spoken to, the Scott Brown people are far more fired up. He drew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIt's Falling Apart for Obama and the Democrats in Massachusetts - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"It's Falling Apart for Obama and the Democrats in Massachusetts - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: Now we move on to Massachusetts and the special election tomorrow. The weather forecast does not augur a large turnout. There\u2019s snow and freezing rain, sleet today, 60% chance of the same tomorrow. And the people on the ground that I\u2019ve spoken to, the Scott Brown people are far more fired up. He drew […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125107.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"39 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125107.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125107.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/\",\"name\":\"It's Falling Apart for Obama and the Democrats in Massachusetts - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-19T01:30:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-19T01:30:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"It\\u2019s Falling Apart for Obama and the Democrats in Massachusetts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"It's Falling Apart for Obama and the Democrats in Massachusetts - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"It's Falling Apart for Obama and the Democrats in Massachusetts - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: Now we move on to Massachusetts and the special election tomorrow. The weather forecast does not augur a large turnout. There\u2019s snow and freezing rain, sleet today, 60% chance of the same tomorrow. And the people on the ground that I\u2019ve spoken to, the Scott Brown people are far more fired up. He drew […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125107.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"39 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125107.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125107.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/","name":"It's Falling Apart for Obama and the Democrats in Massachusetts - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2011-05-19T01:30:07+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-19T01:30:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/01\/18\/it_s_falling_apart_for_obama_and_the_democrats_in_massachusetts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It\u2019s Falling Apart for Obama and the Democrats in Massachusetts"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}