The Lesson Of Scott Brown

If you don't want to win, you'll lose.

Money talked in the Massachusetts special election last week that reshaped the U.S. political landscape by filling Ted Kennedy's Senate seat with a Republican.

Democratic pollster Celinda Lake revealed Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Martha Coakley, the Democratic candidate, ran no polls for several weeks in the short campaign because she lacked funding.

According to Lake, Coakley, the Massachusetts attorney general, asked national Democratic organizations for funding for her campaign but was turned down. Lake said Democratic officials told Coakley, "You don't need it."

By contrast, Brown ran daily field polling from Dec. 31, said Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. Brown's campaign received strong backing from conservative groups and national Republicans.

And it will only get worse from here as the SCOTUS decision assures unlimited money by corporations can be spent in the final 60 days of an election.  Of course, national Republicans proved they could win an election without that benefit.  With that benefit, there's no safe seat for the Dems.  None.

Here endeth the lesson.