Bill Clinton for Coakley, Stunning Ad from Fiorina
07 December 2009 8:56 am by Taylor Marsh
The video featuring Carly Fiorina stunned me. I interviewed Ms. Fiorina last year, someone who, regardless of her politics, is a fearless female who has ascended the business world, had plenty of troubles doing it and staying there, but just keeps on going. Having known many people struck by cancer out of nowhere, I have an inkling of what she’s been through. She’s beat a lot of things in her life and I truly hope this is another one of them.
Next, William Jefferson Clinton made my morning coming out for Martha Coakley, who’s down to the wire, with the special election tomorrow. Here’s the robocall from WJC. From Cilizza:
Bill Clinton is wading into the race on behalf of Democratic frontrunner Martha Coakley. In a robocall being piped into the homes of 500,000 Democratic primary voters, Clinton says that Coakley “will go to Washington to fight every day to create good jobs with good benefits and to get health reform with a strong public option.” Clinton’s support is consistent with his recent pattern of rewarding political loyalty — Coakley was an early endorser of then Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential bid. Bill Clinton is the most high profile endorser to make his preference known in the special and his support of Coakley may well be aimed at stifling any last minute momentum for Rep. Mike Capuano who was endorsed by former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis and Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey over the past week. Public polling shows Coakley with a comfortable lead, however, and private surveys confirm that tomorrow’s race is hers to lose. Clinton’s involvement is only the latest sign of the active interest he continues to maintain in electoral politics.
I’ve interviewed Coakley, doing a recent piece at Huffington Post, which stirred up some noise, on the importance of electing someone as strong as she is on women’s civil rights. Let me add that Coakley is the second woman Speaker Pelosi has stood against for the House, first Donna Edwards, as Pelosi came out to back Rep. Mike Capuano, one of her troops in the House. Other establishment Dems also backed Capuano. As an aside, Coakley was an early supporter of Hillary. WJC stepping up is another instance of where the Clintons and their team remember those who have stood behind them, something I know and have experienced first hand.
If we’ve learned anything from the health care debate it’s that we need more women who understand our rights and needs in the Senate. Coakley is simply a much better candidate for the times.
