Oh dear, I hope she campaigns this time.

[graywarrior]

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/09/15/coakley-to-announce-bid-for-governor/

[Little Star]

1. Great news!!! Maybe Elizabeth can show her how it's done.......

I loved it when EW took her campaign out to the Springfield area. Their media was much better than the Boston media, who were in the sack for SB. If I had to listen to Jim Braude tell us one more time what a nice guy Brown was, I was going to puke.

[graywarrior]

2. LOL

I hope Martha smiles more. And talks more. And shakes more hands.

[Cha]

10. And, says how much she loves "the Boston Red Sox"!

[graywarrior]

11. And "Go Pats"

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. But what of the Boston Mets or Boston Yankees?

Shaking hands is one thing. Having sufficient arrogance to believe that you are electable is something completely different. The latter she has in spades.

[Chan790]

3. Does she really have a shot?

My understanding was that a lot MA Democrats were really pissed off over her shit-job last time and her political career was pretty much over. I haven't lived in the Northeast for two years though so I hadn't really been following that closely...had something changed to make her a viable candidate and not an instant also-ran.

[graywarrior]

4. Well, I'd force myself to vote for her

A lot of people I know feel the same way. Whether the entire state does is up for debate.

[Chan790]

5. I mean does she have a decent chance of not getting whupped in a primary?

Anyone can throw their hat into a ring, it doesn't mean they have a viable shot. In CT, we had a Republican named Munster that ran for the CT-2 House seat 4 times and lost by larger margins every time. (The first one he only lost by about 100 votes. The last one he lost in a GOP primary to Rob Simmons by double-digits where Simmons went on to win the seat.)

If she's the nominee, then yeah, you have to support them.

[graywarrior]

6. She's got a good shot as long as she gets out there and campaigns.

[Arkana]

7. Oh FFS.

No campaign operative worth their salt is touching her.

[graywarrior]

8. lol

Martha Martha Martha

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. I hope Martha speaks!

Sorry, this is what too much exposure to kids programming does to me!

[Agschmid]

12. Me too!