You'd be surprised at the number of Republican insiders who privately acknowledge how much the lack of prominent women hurts their party at the ballot box. The Romney campaign certainly gets it — they marched almost every woman they could find onto the stage of the Republican National Convention.
The pickings are so slim, last week Brown brought in former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman, who has been out of office for a decade, to campaign with him. It would help Brown more if there were more like her in Washington.
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- She's dead to me
Olympia Snowe is doomed.
- Brown Bagging
If you are finding it hard to get enthused about the seemingly preordained drubbing that Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley will give to the GOP nominee, State Senator Scott Brown, in the special election for US Senate, you are not alone.
- How Brown won
As the Massachusetts US Senate election unfolded yesterday, all that the pols and pundits wanted to talk about was how Martha Coakley managed to lose the race. And there is plenty there to dissect. But there is another part of the story, and that is how Scott Brown managed to win it.
- Elephant in the Room
Platoons of state Republicans, energized by Scott Brown's stunning victory over Democrat Martha Coakley last week, are setting their sights on November.
- New and improved Romney
Scott Brown's unexpected victory in last month's special US Senate election captured the attention of the country — and particularly of core Republican voters, who huddled eagerly before their TV screens to watch their hero du jour give his acceptance speech. But even in the midst of his moment in the sun, Brown made sure to thank the other handsome, well-coifed man on the stage, Mitt Romney.
- The next Scott Brown?
Republican Scott Brown's victory last month in the race for the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat has every two-bit GOP hopeful in the Northeast claiming the mantle of the pick-up truck populist.
- Ready to rumble
Last summer, the upcoming race that got most Bay State politicos salivating was the run for governor.
- Might as well jump
Last Thursday, Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island — the last of his legendary clan in Congress — announced that he will not run for re-election.
- Brown, baby, Brown
Senator Scott Brown is getting a lot of praise from the left and abuse from the right for crossing party lines to help pass a jobs bill earlier this week.
- Hallelujah!
The Democrats won and the Republicans lost. That, in a nutshell, is the bottom line.
- The Big Ligotti
Like his homeboy Scott Brown, Boston's elephant in the room is poised to make noise beyond Massachusetts
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