Mass Democrats Prepare – Two candidates eye Scott Brown’s MA Senate Seat. Coakley’s outside Aid Irks the Commonwealth Electorate. Analysis

A candidate from the Democrat Party, Peter Smulowitz, a physician from Needham, has already begun to campaign for the Massachusetts State Senate Seat that is currently held by Scott Brown. Today, the Boston Globe is reporting that Smulowitz will have competition from within his own party. State Rep. Linda Harkins, is also contemplating running for the seat.

Former front-runner for the vacant U.S. Senate Seat, Democrat Martha Coakley, has been either eclipsed or tied by Republican Scott Brown, in recent polls, and some sources suggest that the Democrat Internal polling is just as dismal. Brown, who has support by grassroots campaigning, speaks to all the citizens of the commonwealth as evidenced by the headline article in the paper that endorsed Coakley, the Globe. In an article today under Mass Senate Election 2010 entitled “Brown Pushes Far out beyond His GOP Base” a reporter for the Globe actually does a good job with a profile of Brown on the campaign trail. Brown’s fundraising has soared, with individuals contributing over 1 million dollars in a 24 hour period, while Coakley is relying on Washington Fundraisers to get up the funds to finish the campaign, using negative advertising.

It is apparent that the handwriting, if not on the wall, is in the minds of those savvy Massachusetts Democrats who eat, live and breathe for their hold over the Commonwealth, which is why, with Coakley’s popularity in serious doubt, they are prepared to go after a the 3rd term State Senators seat. This campaign has turned from an "us versus them" Political Party norm into a people of the Commonwealth versus the “machine”. With every negative ad, including the one in which Coakley’s staff misspelled “Massachusetts”, with every story about another Washington fundraiser, or help from outside sources, residents of the Bay state are standing up – it appears it is not so much about Brown or Coakley, for that matter, it is about the distaste for the sense of “entitlement” shown by one Party that feels they a)own a senate seat, and b)own the Commonwealth – Brown has become an icon for the Bay State.

Pundits and polls aside, it is a “call to arms” that has gone out to friends, relatives, and neighbors, to take back the State where the Nation was formed, it is the pride of the people of the Commonwealth that is going to make the difference in this election, regardless of political affiliation. Coakley has not lost the race yet, but with every letter that is passed around suggesting that the ‘dead will be voting” to emails from Organizing for America (Obama's Campaign), exhorting residents of neighboring states to “help” in the Massachusetts election, she is getting that much closer to finishing out her first and only term as the States Attorney General. Had she run on her own merits, the outcome may have been different, it is the “outside” aid including fundraising, and that is irking those inside the Commonwealth. It is, therefore, no surprise that Brown’s Senate Seat is seen as “soon to be” available.