With the Democratic primary special election to replace Ted Kennedy set for tomorrow, AG Martha Coakley brought out her biggest gun last, via robocall:
Last night, her campaign announced that President Clinton had recorded the phone message.
"Martha 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 says in the message. "You can trust her to get results in the Senate just as she has as your attorney general. This election is very important to Massachusetts. So don't forget to vote tomorrow and please vote for Martha Coakley."
Coakley is hoping to blunt some last-minute momentum from Rep. Michael Capuano, at least as seen in his own internal poll from pollster Tom Kiley. Kiley says that Coakley is "around" 35, with Capuano down by 7 points (for presumably 28), with Stephen Pagliuca around 10 and Alan Khazei around 7. This is quite different, naturally, from Coakley's own internals announced on Friday, where she leads Capuano 41-20, so the question remains: is Capuano within striking distance, or not?
City Year founder Khazei doesn't look like he's going to be winning, but his is an interesting story, in terms of the establishment endorsements he picked up along the way. Not only did he get the Boston Globe's endorsement, but this photo via Politico gives a hint of where the Kennedy family's heart may lie: it shows Caroline Kennedy in attendance at Michael Bloomberg's fundraiser for Khazei (although she did not officially endorse or even donate).
