Barack Obama tried to bolster Coakley’s ratings last Sunday with a rousing teleprompter speech. It didn’t work. Coakley lost to a Republican in a state that has not sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate in over three decades and a state that voted for Obama one year before.
Last November, Obama went to New Jersey to help get Democrat Jon Corzine re-elected as Governor of New Jersey. It didn’t work. Corzine lost to a Republican in a state that voted for Obama one year before.
Next, Obama went to Virginia to help get Democrat Creigh Deeds elected. It didn’t work. Deeds lost to a Republican in a state that voted for Obama one year before.
This surely must be a referendum on Barack Obama and his policies as well as the contrast of an elitist losing to a populist.
Now we will see the accusations fly. Many Democrats are blaming a lackluster campaign by Martha Coakley.
Some Democrats, including White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and former DNC Chairman Howard Dean, are blaming the Coakley loss on George W. Bush which is unbelievable!