"For the first time in my adult life, I'm proud of Massachusetts." Hopefully everyone got that as a paraphrase & parody of Michelle Obama's comment. I've spent some time in MA, love the state, love the people.
Certainly Coakley ran a weak race. But in MA registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 3 to 1 and in the presidential election Obama carried the state by 26 points so with all things being equal you'd think the dems would of won even with Coakley running a poor campaign. Unless there are other reasons. There seems to be a trend here with Democrats losing New Jersey and Virginia too. Thanks for the feedback.