If it wasn’t so serious, it would almost be laughable.
While voting today in the special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts that pits her against Republican Scott Brown, Democrat Martha Coakley said that “voters are paying attention,” when discussing the attention being directed at the race.
While Coakley said that she is not paying attention to the polls — which show her solidly behind Brown just before election day — she contends that other methods of gaining insight into the will of the people are more valuable. “We pay attention to the ground game, what people are telling us,” she says.
Duh. What about Congress? Is it paying attention?
Let’s see: Public support for the health care reform bills in the Senate and House is in the tank, with polls showing the American people do not want either piece of legislation; President Obama‘s approval rating has fallen to 50% and continues to drop as he pushes for the bills; when the Massachusetts health care connector was proposed, 70% of that state’s residents approved of it, now, three years later, 70% disapprove of it; gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey went solidly to Republicans; U.S. senators are announcing they will resign instead of facing voter revolt against them in several states; and Massachusetts, which has only 11% registered Republicans, might actually vote against the Democrat as a loud message to the president and Congress.
But will they listen?
Even if Coakley wins, will Congress and the president “pay attention to the ground game,” as well as the polls, and retrench and come at health care reform in a responsible manner? Or will it be business as usual in Washington?
Coakley says ‘voters are paying attention.’ But why isn’t Congress? via IFAwebnews .
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