Since there are more trucks in MA than Obama voters....

Since someone explain why the President devoted  much of his address in Boston trying to save Martha or Marcia Coakley by dissing Scott Brown for driving a truck? 

(Number of trucks in MA: 2.1 M;  2008 Obama vote : 1.9M )

Doesn't make sure sense to me unless they think they can win by turning out those all-important Prius and moped owners?.

The Democrats are going to find out Tuesday that not all of the Commonwealth's voters are devotees of the Whole Foods Market. 

We've seen the polls and seen the rally footage. But I think the shoe leather reporting about what is going on in unfashionable places like Holyoke and Fitchburg  is what gives me the most optimism.

Here's the take of the jaundiced Kevin Rennie regarding Brown's campaign in western MA.

Two dozen volunteers were on the phones.  The reason politicians have to hire phone banks is that it’s easier to raise money that it is to get supporters to make phone calls, considered by even the most devoted activists to be the worst task in politics.  Not in Holyoke.  Two dozen volunteers were on the phones, others who showed up earlier had been trained, given lists, and sent home to call because the headquarters was full.  Brown addressed more than 100 volunteers there early in the day.  He went on to West Springfield, the volunteers took prime voter lists and hit doors in the Pioneer Valley towns along the Connecticut River.

Saturday brought busloads of volunteers from New York and New Jersey.  The low-ceiling building is a political hive.  They’ve distributed 3,000 lawn signs since Friday. ....  It’s hard for any Republican to win any statewide race in Massachusetts, but I don’t recall this kind of enthusiasm for the successful Weld, Cellucci, and Romney campaigns.

 

There are an awful lot of trucks in Holyoke and Fitchburg, and they'll be plenty of Brown voters. Don't know if they are "bitter", though.