20 January 2010

Coakley ignored black voters at her own peril

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The Grio

By Talia Whyte

Martha Coakley only has herself to blame

How is it possible for a Democratic candidate running to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in the most liberal state in the nation lose to a Republican? When complacency and arrogance are mixed together, you end up with Martha Coakley’s train wreck of a campaign. When the Massachusetts attorney general entered the race months ago, it was believed that she would easily win.

But something happened on the way to the Senate.

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