Elizabeth Warren wins 96% of the vote at the Massachusetts Democratic Convention and avoids a primary contest

  When Elizabeth Warren announced her bid to become Massachusetts’ first Native-American senator the Massachusetts Democrat party tried clear the field for the high cheekboned candidate but one woman refused to go along with the scheme and remained in the race.

   In order for her one remaining opponent to get on the ballot in the primary Marisa DeFranco needed to garner 15% of the delegates at today’s Democratic convention but the fix was in and she stood no chance in the end.  Elizabeth Warren won 96% of the vote, and Marisa DeFranco was scalped and sent packing. The Democrat establishment rallied around Barack Obama’s handpicked candidate when the man who might just be the next nominee to the Supreme Court if Barack Obama wins reelection–Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick–broke precedent and endorsed Elizabeth Warren before the convention. Backroom deals appear to be alive and kicking in the Massachusetts Democrat party much to the chagrin of Elizabeth Warren’s would be opponent:

The primary process exists. If we don’t want to have a primary, shut it down,” said DeFranco,

     Needless to say the Democrat party in Massachusetts is excited about this fiasco:

Elizabeth Warren made history today because of the strength of her impressive grassroots organization and her record as a tireless advocate for middle class families throughout Massachusetts

  She’s been a tireless advocate for middle class families in Massachusetts, yet she lived in Oklahoma? And have you ever heard of a grassroots effort which was endorsed by the president of the United States and the governor of a state? A grassroots effort which raises $15 million, much of which came from out of state? This was no grassroots effort: Elizabeth Warren was hand picked to run against Scott Brown and the Massachusetts Democrats were going to let nobody stand in her way and the real reason she won the nearly unanimous vote today was because she has the money to run against Scott Brown.

   As much as I wanted to see Elizabeth Warren embroiled in a bitter, bloody, costly, and hard fought primary battle before she faced Scott Brown this could end up being a bit of a blessing in disguise. Elizabeth Warren has never run for any public office before and we have already seen that she doesn’t handle controversy or being questioned well at all. A primary battle–which she stood virtually no chance of losing–might have better prepared her to go into the fight with Scott Brown. She could have answered all the questions about her untruthfulness and honed her message, but now her faked heritage is sure to be an issue from now until the November elections.

  Hopefully this decision by the Massachusetts establishment will backfire and Elizabeth Warren will be left  (dare I say it?) red-faced in the November election.