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The Massachusetts 60th
January 18, 2010
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The Boston Globe is running an article entitled, "Rivals Pull Out All the
Stops," about tomorrow's Massachusetts' Senate election to fill Ted
Kennedy's seat. The article begins, "President Obama, putting his
political capital on the line, swept into town yesterday to bolster
Martha Coakley’s campaign in the final days of an extraordinarily
and unexpectedly tight US Senate race, saying that a Democratic
victory tomorrow is vital to moving his agenda forward."

Massachusetts has not elected a Republican senator since 1972 and
Democratic candidate Martha Coakley was an early favorite.
However, Republican candidate Scott Brown has made the race too
close to call.

Read the Article!!

Questions to Consider:

1. If you were voting in Massachusetts would you be tempted to
base your vote on the issue of the health care legislation? Why or
why not?

2. President Obama's position can be significantly weakened if Mr.
Brown wins the election? (Why?). Do you think that his position
can be strengthened if Ms. Coakley wins the election? Why or why
not?

3. People say that the President of the United States of America is
the most powerful person in the world. But yesterday he was
appealing to common people, voters, so that Ms. Coakley could
help him implement his agenda. Can the President be the most
powerful person in the world if he depends on common people to
implement his agenda? Why or why not?

4. What two questions would you ask the Senate candidates about
their positions if you had the opportunity to speak to them, face to
face? Why these two questions?



Questions for Younger Children and Everybody Else:

1. Do you think that it is important for people to vote in elections?
Why or why not?

2. Do you you think that you might enjoy giving speeches in front
of a lot of people? Why or why not?

3. Why do you think that somebody would interrupt somebody
else's speech by shouting out?
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