Obama heckled for 3 minutes at rally which failed to fill 3000 seats

[Danno 1,228]

Obama Heckled, Brown Surges And Dems Panic

By Nancy Morgan Monday, January 18, 2010

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Obama’s stump speech yesterday for embattled Mass. Senate wannabee Martha Coakley was interrupted for a full three minutes by a heckler. Adding insult to injury, the 3,000 seat auditorium wasn’t full. Even with the added attraction of Boy Clinton as a draw. And horror of horrors, Obama’s speech seems to have rallied support for Coakley’s opponent.

In a presentation Byron York described as halting, wandering and humorless, Obama tried desperately to rally support for the hapless Coakley to take control of the late Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. As the much needed 60th vote, a Coakley win is crucial for Obama’s health care bill. Or maybe not.

Preparing for the worst, this weekend Dems signaled their intent to invoke ‘reconciliation’ should they be unable to win (or manipulate a win) in Massachusetts. Invoking reconciliation means only 51 votes would be needed to pass a health care reform bill in the Senate – a health care bill over 60% of Americans don’t want.

Alas, Obama’s trip to Massachusetts may end up having the opposite effect on the race. After hovering at 50/50 odds all day, the traders at Intrade started betting heavily on a Scott Brown win just after Obama’s speech. Sigh. Intrade is a website where people vote with their money instead of their good intentions. And this morning, Intrade is showing the odds are heavily in favor of Republican Scott Brown.

Public Policy Polling also reports:

Scott Brown leads Martha Coakley 51-46 in our final Massachusetts Senate poll, an advantage that is within the margin of error for the poll

The special election this Tuesday that will determine the winner of the Massachusetts senate seat is considered a referendum on Obama. And his socialist agenda. For a GOP challenger to win in bright blue Massachusetts, while at the same time taking away a seat the Kennedy’s have long considered their own, has drastic implications for other democrats who hope to keep their seats while still voting in lockstep with Obama.

The Democrats are panicked. Multiple advisers to Obama have privately told party officials that they believe Democrat Coakley is going to lose Tuesday’s special election. So Democrats are starting to lay the foundation for their totally unanticipated loss of what they once considered their safest, most secure Senate seat.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), speaking with a gaggle of reporters after the event said,

“If you think there’s magic out there and things can be turned around overnight, then you would vote for someone who could promise you that, like Scott Brown,” Kennedy said. “If you don’t, if you know that it takes eight years for George Bush and his cronies to put our country into this hole … then you know we have a lot of digging to do, but some work needs to be done and this president’s in the process of doing it and we need to get Marcia Coakley to help him to do that.”

That’s right. It’s all Bush’s fault. Obama and crew have managed to redefine yet another verity – under Obama’s leadership, The Buck Stops With Bush. I’m smiling.

[FortLaudy 10]

Is that a little boy heckling in the end? sounds like it.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

WOW! What a sad excuse for a man. He gets off that teleprompter and he just caves. The guy cant even think for himself.

[Nagishkaw 510]

I, I, I, I, I, I, I, ......

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

I, I, I, I, I, I, I, ......

uh uh uh uh uh

[Nagishkaw 510]

uh uh uh uh uh

Yup, yup, yup.

[Niels Bohr 72]

As a voter, I will vote for Martha Coakley.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

As a foolish partisan hack, I will vote for Martha Coakley.

Fixxored.

[Danno 1,228]

As a voter, I will vote for Martha Coakley.

And I am guessing she will vote for herself so that makes two votes for Coakley!!!!!!

[FortLaudy 10]

Now you're making me go google who Martha Coakley is, sheezzz

[Danno 1,228]

Is that a little boy heckling in the end? sounds like it.

I don't know but it is funny as hell how Obamas speech was stopped cold and for what seems like an eternity he fumbles and flusters around.

I promise you Bill Clinton would have shot out some clever line to keep his crowd momentum.

I think it's painfully obvious... Obama off-script is a serious Dud.

Hell, I think Bush could ad lib better than him (and thats saying something.)

But as I have often said... a great speaker does not automatically make a great president.

BUt comeon..... it's fun to watch Barry hang in the breeze for 3 minutes.

[FortLaudy 10]

Hell, I think Bush could ad lib better than him (and thats saying something.)

no #######, haha... Bush still has my award for bumbling baffoon.

[Danno 1,228]

no #######, haha... Bush still has my award for bumbling baffoon.

I won't use that term but I will say hearing the President speak in complete sentences is a welcome change.... even if he is limited to a teleprompter.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Someone thinks people are perfect.

Hint: Danno don't like Obama. No need to try to even rationalize.

Edited January 19, 2010 by Niels Bohr

[FortLaudy 10]

I won't use that term but I will say hearing the President speak in complete sentences is a welcome change.... even if he is limited to a teleprompter.

haha !! I need to keep a closer eye on the politics to make up my own mind about the guy. But I always judge action far more than words. words are easy.