Thread: GOP's Brown Tightens Massachusetts Senate Race

GOP's Brown Tightens Massachusetts Senate Race

Wednesday, 13 Jan 2010 12:05 PM

The Massachusetts’ special U.S. Senate election has gotten tighter, but the general dynamics remain the same.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley attracting 49 percent of the vote while her Republican rival, state Sen. Scott Brown, picks up 47 percent.

Three percent (3 percent) say they’ll vote for independent candidate Joe Kennedy, and two percent (2 percent) are undecided. The independent is no relation to the late Edward M. Kennedy, whose Senate seat the candidates are battling to fill in next Tuesday's election.

Coakley is supported by 77 percent of Democrats while Brown picks up the vote from 88 percent of Republicans. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, Brown leads 71 percent to 23 percent. To be clear, this lead is among unaffiliated voters who are likely to participate in the special election.

A week ago, the overall results showed Coakley leading by a 50 percent to 41 percent margin. The closeness of the race in heavily Democratic Massachusetts has drawn increasing national interest, and Brown made it clear in the final candidate debate last night that a vote for him is a vote to stop the national healthcare plan Democrats are pushing in Congress.

The results of this poll are not precisely comparable with last week’s results because this poll includes the independent candidate by name while the previous poll simply offered the choice of “some other candidate." Additionally, the latest poll results include “leaners.â€

Last Wednesday Scott Brown filed legislation that would prevent illegal immigrants from exploiting the system and filing wage enforcement claims. Martha Coakley is in favor of coddling illegal aliens. Unlike Coakley and our Governor, Brown is taking a firm stand against illegal immigration and putting Americans first.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick publicly released his "New Americans Agenda" on November 17, 2009. The 45 page report contains 131 recommendations, all of which would benefit both the legal immigrants and hundreds of thousands of illegal alien residents of this state.

Among the objectionable 131 recommendations to benefit illegal aliens at the Massachusetts taxpayers' expense:

1. Access to taxpayer subsidized in-state college tuition for all immigrant residents.

2. Access to drivers licenses.

3. Expanded ESOL programs in schools and the workplace.

4. Increased funding for translation and interpreter service in schools.

5. Bilingual education.

6. Translator services available at all health centers.

7. Financial assistance with Naturalization costs.

8. Subsidized Public Housing.

9. Assistance with housing applications.

10. Adult dental services coverage by Mass-Health.

11. Increased access to multilingual support staff in State Agencies.

12. Discourage questioning by local and state police on the immigration status of those involved in crimes - including suspects.

We are sponsoring a petition to be presented to our governor and state legislators, opposing the "New Americans Agenda" and the damaging impact it threatens to have on the legal, taxpaying citizens of Massachusetts. If you are a Massachusetts resident, please take a moment to read and sign this petition:

http://www.gopetition.com/online/32890.html

Please help spread the word.