STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Wednesday, 9 January 2013

[Demeter]

9. Pledge that kept outside ads out of Brown-Warren race may have tough time repeating in special elect

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/01/06/pledge-that-kept-outside-ads-out-brown-warren-race-may-have-tough-time-repeating-special-election/D2jJZkg5rqVGPFvHA0DEYJ/story.html

...With only one Senate election nationally, a host of political groups from around the country would be able to focus all their attention and cash in Massachusetts, as they did ahead of the 2010 special election to replace Edward M. Kennedy....(WHICH ELECTED SCOTT BROWN)



Brown and Warren made campaign history a year ago when they signed a pact, dubbed the People’s Pledge. They agreed that if an outside group ran an advertisement on television, radio, or online, the campaign that benefits must pay a penalty to charity.

To the surprise of many, those groups largely abided by the Brown-Warren pledge, even as the campaign turned negative. That led some, including Brown, to speculate whether it could be duplicated elsewhere to curb an explosion in spending by outside groups.

“What we did together was historic and it’s something that I’m very, very proud of, and I know she is too,” Brown said the day before the election in November. “It’s really a model, I think, for the rest of the country.”

INTERESTING TWIST ON POLITICS AS USUAL ON STEROIDS...