LAWRENCE, Mass. – With polls shifting back and forth between Massachusetts Senate candidates Scott Brown (Republican) and Martha Coakley (Democrat), the national media began descending on the Bay State over the weekend in anticipation of Tuesday’s critical election.

And it’s a major election. One important enough to draw President Barack Obama to Boston on Sunday afternoon. The seat was held by Sen. Ted Kennedy for over four decades until his recent death. Now the balance of power could shift to the Republicans, with some polls Sunday showing Brown up by as much as 10 points.

But others show Coakley up by 2. We in the media, including Oklahoma Watchdog and other reporters with Watchdog sites and Watchdog.org are here to observe and cover the election through Tuesday night and work in tandem with other sites and organizations. Be sure to watch Oklahoma Watchdog and Watchdog.org for continuing election updates and observations.

U.S. Rep. Steve King, a Republican from Iowa’s 5th District, who came to Massachusetts to observe the election here, spoke to reporters on a conference call Sunday night.

Asked his thoughts about the Brown-Coakley race, King responded:

“It’s completely pivotal to the destiny of our country,” he said. “Liberty is at stake.”

“The shift in the political momentum is moving away from Coakley and towards Brown and it gives you confidence,” King said, adding that in light of the recent Tea Party movement, it was great to see such an exciting race take place where the original Tea Party took place over 200 years ago.

King said he had heard that political signs around Massachusetts were 10 to 1 in favor of Brown.

King said he doesn’t believe a health care bill would pass, adding that “the American people are not going to accept it” and that “the American people would rise up.”

One reporter asked King about President Obama’s trip to Boston to rally Democrats to support Coakley.

King noted that Obama’s record of helping candidates “hasn’t been good so far” and “Looks like that record hasn’t been good so far.”

“If Brown wins he really loses and if Coakley wins he still loses,” King said.

By Andrew W. Griffin

Oklahoma Watchdog, editor

Posted: January 17, 2010

andrew@oklahomawatchdog.org

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