New Hampshire

Now compare with MA.

Liz Warren is our first female Senator. You'd think Liberal Massachusetts would have a delegation that looks like the population--but no. It's mostly an old boy's club, and the other Old Girl (Tsongas) is the wife of a deceased Old Boy. Katherine Clark won Markey's seat, but that's IT. And diversity? Fuggedaboutit. It's a bright white crowd--they all look related: http://ballotpedia.org/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Massachusetts

Liz Warren had deep, deep pockets and the DNC behind her. She had star power early on, with her previous appearances before Congress and all the Big Wigs doing fundraisers for her. Money was poured into her campaign non-stop. Everyone GOTV'd like crazy for her.

She also had the advantage of poor Martha fighting Scottie first, so she saw how to handle him.

Even at that, Liz almost lost. It was only when Scottie went smirky (perfesser) and racist (Pocahontas) on her that the polls started to break against him. It was neck-and-neck up until the last month or so.

Martha didn't get the Big Money like Liz did. She couldn't compete with Phony Boo Hoo Baker in ad buys. He was constantly on TV and radio.

I read somewhere today that the GOP outspent the Dems by 120 MILLION in this last cycle. I'll bet they left a lot of that money in NH. I know they left plenty in MA.