Let’s tea party like it’s 2010? Probably not in Massachusetts this week

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/06/24/194776/lets-tea-party-like-its-2010-probably.html



Tea Party Patriots hold a rally to protest the Internal Revenue Service's abuse of power in targeting Tea Party and grassroots organizations for harassment in front of the Capitol June 19, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

Let’s tea party like it’s 2010? Probably not in Massachusetts this week
By David Lightman | McClatchy Washington Bureau
Posted on Monday, June 24, 2013

WASHINGTON — The tea party isn’t much of a factor in Tuesday’s Massachusetts Senate election, a stark contrast with 2010, when a similar contest jolted the nascent movement into national prominence.

Gone this year is the enthusiasm from the grass-roots movement that propelled barely known Scott Brown to victory three years ago. Brown, the first Republican to win a Massachusetts Senate seat in 38 years, was hailed as a new kind of politician, someone who harnessed the energy of this new political crusade to beat a powerful Democrat, state Attorney General Martha Coakley.

Since then, though, the movement has stumbled. Though it’s been effective in more conservative states, it’s gained little traction in so-called blue states, limiting its effectiveness as a nationwide force.

In Massachusetts, Democrat Edward Markey, a veteran Boston-area congressman, has comfortable leads in polls over Republican Gabriel Gomez, a businessman and former Navy SEAL, for the seat that John Kerry vacated when he became the secretary of state earlier this year. A Suffolk University poll released Monday put Markey ahead by 52-42 percent.



unhappycamper comment: The only reason Scott Brown got in last time was because Coakly was too busy to campaign and Dems decided to stay home.

PLEASE VOTE TODAY!!!!