Politics: Let the fingerpointing begin!

So who's to blame for Scott Brown's upset victory in the Massachusetts Senate race? Martha Coakley, his hapless opponent? President Obama, whose conspicuous emergency fly-in this past weekend might have done more harm than good?

There's probably a simpler explanation - Scott Brown's campaign, especially during the crucial two weeks before the election, put out some fairly convincing ads. Check out this one capitalizing on the Kennedy name:



or this one, implicitly lambasting Coakley on her infamous "in the cold, shaking hands with strangers" gaffe:



The Brown campaign, if anything, shows that a good-looking candidate, armed with hatred of the incumbent and awesome campaign ads, can triumph even without much of a record. Sounds familiar to me...