The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Warren was good enough last night

    By Flavius on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 8:09am |

    in her 2nd debate with Scott Brown.

    I thought she won but of course my view has to be discounted for my partisanship. For me the two telling counts against Brown were his bullying of Warren " I'm not a student in your classroom" and his selection of Scalia as his favorite supreme court justice which countered his strongest sales point , his independent voting record.

    Warren's response to Brown's attacks was to remain imperturbable. Altho I'd have enjoyed seeing her nailing him more firmly I think that would be dangerous in Massachusetts where there is a latent anti -Harvard (and anti- woman) sentiment that could have been triggered.

    I don't think she could have lost any votes last night and I  think Brown did.

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    Postscript. TPM today has a carefully reasoned report from someone in the Lowell audience. It's conclusion is largely the same as mine: good enough. 

    Comments

    I guess I don't understand why there is this bias against women in power in MA???

    I had a similar view of the debate that overall she won and he didn't help himself.  What I've heard is that Scott Brown is more likeable but that Warren is seen as caring more about working people.  I think it is important to keep tying him down as a republican because he is one and that even if he may be less extreme than most current republicans in office, putting him in the senate could give more power to those extremists.

     

     


    by synchronicity on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 3:35pm

    bias against women in power

    I put it down to the catholic influence and specifically Irish catholicism.


    by Flavius on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 8:27pm