POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook MASS. connection to Alabama special — SPEAKER’s office shake-up — CAPUANO’s wife’s ID stolen to lobby against net neutrality
12/13/2017 07:03 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Rebecca Morin ( rmorin@politico.com ; @RebeccaMorin_) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. EVEN IN ALABAMA, THERE'S ALWAYS A MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTION - The outcome of yesterday's special Senate election in Alabama reverberated in Massachusetts, where efforts to equate Democrat Doug Jones ' historic win with the 2010 special election upset that sent Republican Scott Brown to the Senate over Democrat Martha Coakley was met with some skepticism by local Democrats. From CK Strategies' Kate Norton : "Yes, though lets not ignore the differences: Most notably that Martha Coakley - Brown's opponent in Massachusetts - was not accused of being a child molester, for example ." And Kevin Franck , spokesperson for Setti Warren's gubernatorial campaign: "Not buying the ... Scott Brown analogy. A Dem winning Alabama isn't like a Republ...