# Can Brown really beat Coakley for the MA Senate seat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 15, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brown-really-beat-coakley-for-the-ma-senate-seat/525114 "2010-01-15T19:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brown-really-beat-coakley-for-the-ma-senate-seat/525114/261 "2010-01-20T04:07:11Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > A lot of people who self-identify as “independent” these days are right wingers who don’t want to identify as Republican, so don’t get misled into thinking “independent” = “moderate.” It’s just as likely to me “teabagger.” You sound like some of the more rabid Dallas Cowboys fans I know. You just won’t accept reality. you will whine and spin and twist. You must face this. It is a harbinger of things to come. It doesn’t matter if it’s “independent” = “moderate.” It’s just as likely to me “teabagger.”, as you said. It’s Americans making their voices heard, whether you like it or not. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brown-really-beat-coakley-for-the-ma-senate-seat/525114/262 "2010-01-20T04:07:22Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Well, I hope they enjoy dying in the gutter without health care, since they just voted against their one and only chance to ever get it. So you have secret intel that Democrats will take their ball and go home if they don’t get their way? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brown-really-beat-coakley-for-the-ma-senate-seat/525114/263 "2010-01-20T04:08:31Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > 😉 No worries, I’ve been editing all morning and that’s just one of my little pet peeves. Sorry for the snark! Its funny…spelling is generally a huge pet peeve of mine, too. Particularly when it is repeated over and over. Anyway…yeah. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brown-really-beat-coakley-for-the-ma-senate-seat/525114/264 "2010-01-20T04:10:51Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Really? Really. No one who has a right to be buried there needs to justify it to anybody else. Having a family member buried at Arlington does not make it anyone’s business who else is buried there. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brown-really-beat-coakley-for-the-ma-senate-seat/525114/265 "2010-01-20T04:11:40Z")
> [@Klaatu](#): > > You sound like some of the more rabid Dallas Cowboys fans I know. You just won’t accept reality. you will whine and spin and twist. > > You must face this. It is a harbinger of things to come. It doesn’t matter if it’s “independent” = “moderate.” It’s just as likely to me “teabagger.”, as you said. > > It’s Americans making their voices heard, whether you like it or not. Amen. So what if the people of MA voted the way they wanted to despite their predeliction for voting Democrat? SOMEBODY voted Brown dude in there that lived in Massachusetts…apparently… > [@Magiver](#): > > So you have secret intel that Democrats will take their ball and go home if they don’t get their way? They will regroup and conquer…with Hillary at the forefront, wearing leather pantaloons. And holding a whip. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brown-really-beat-coakley-for-the-ma-senate-seat/525114/266 "2010-01-20T04:13:24Z")
With the race over, I am locking this at the request of the OP. Further discussion should go in other threads like [What happens to health care if Brown wins?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548398) or [How much is the MA election a national statement/referendum on anything?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548596) or [Why was Coakley such an awful candidate?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548597). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brown-really-beat-coakley-for-the-ma-senate-seat/525114.md?page=13)