Whose activism is this?

The Washington Post writes this morning that Republican activists are battling for “Ted Kennedy’s seat” in Massachusetts. I don’t know how they figure that seat belongs to the late Kennedy unless his fat ass is still stuck to the damn chair;

Fueled by the energy of conservative activists, a solid debate performance and a 24-hour, $1.3 million Internet fundraising haul, Massachusetts state Sen. Scott Brown (R) has thrown a major scare into the Democratic establishment in his bid to win next Tuesday’s special Senate election over once heavily favored Attorney General Martha Coakley.

The intensified activity around the campaign to fill the seat of the late senator Edward M. Kennedy (D) highlights the degree to which the race has taken on national significance. A victory, or even a narrow loss, by Brown in the competition for the symbolically important seat would be interpreted as another sign that voters have turned away from the Democrats at the start of the midterm election year.

But, I got a note from my BFFs at Organizing for America this morning;

I guess the Democrats figure that Marylanders are smarter than Massachusans when it comes to finding polling places in Massachusetts. Or more reliably Democrat. But the Post makes it sound like the only cranks in this debate are Conservatives tilting at windmills, but in this case it looks like the windmills are at least a little bit worried, too.

Added: Brown Neck Gator send along this video in which David Gergen calls the vacant seat in Massachusetts “Teddy Kennedy’s seat” and Brown corrects him;

Actually, it’s not the people’s seat either – it’s the Commonwealth’s seat.

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