| The Senate race in Massachusetts has come down to its final days, and Republican Scott Brown may have the solidly Democratic state within his reach. After weekend of lukewarm campaigning and a bizarre putdown of a Boston Red Sox legend, Democrat Martha Coakley appears to be limping toward Tuesday. Today, President Obama is scheduled to appear at a Coakley rally, signifying the stakes for his presidency and the party at play in this race. The Coakley-Brown race in Massachusetts will likely prove to be a prime motivator -- no matter the outcome -- as both parties prepare for a volatile 2010 campaign season. National Journal sets the stage, saying Democrats will focus intensely on the past and not attempt to cash in any remaining political capital left from November 2008. A verbal tic has been identified. Obama has made fervent use of the phrase "let me be clear," no matter what the gravity of the message or forum. And though it may be his oldest rhetorical crutch, quip has certainly changed in meaning over the years. The gathering of presidents yesterday at The White House exemplified political unity in the push for relief following the brutal earthquake in Haiti, but expensive rescue efforts overseas rarely avoid eventual partisanship. Steve Clemons notices Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) gushing over the progress in Gen. Stanley McChyrstal's Afghanistan after an official visit to see the general despite few real changes in troop levels or most other substantive factors since McChyrstal's own bleak assessment of the conditions there. Is there real progress or is this a PR push? |
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