APPALLING – AT 7:05 P.M. ET:  We said earlier that we'd watch for the race card being played in Massachusetts at the last minute.  It was played – by Martha Coakley herself.

In an act of supreme bad taste, Coakley used the occasion of a memorial breakfast for Martin Luther King Jr. to ask for votes.  From The Politico:

Scott Brown blasted his rival Martha Coakley for invoking the legacy of Martin Luther King in asking for votes at the Boston Martin Luther King Day breakfast this morning.

"I thought it was inappropriate when she started asking for people's votes when they're trying to remember Martin Luther King Jr.," he said. "I didn't know this was a rally for Martha."

Coakley asked for the votes of the audience, which included Brown, at the Hynes Convention Center:

"Tomorrow we act on the dream and we make sure that we allow me to continue that work," Coakley said. "We remember the dream tomorrow and we will act on the dream tomorrow."

COMMENT:  One of the headlines of the Massachusetts race is Martha Coakley's remarkable incompetence as a candidate.  No brains, no taste, no class.  She has always been a go-along political hack, only too willing to be the water carrier for whatever Democratic interest needed protecting, and maybe the truth caught up to her.

By contrast, Scott Brown has been the closest thing to a dream candidate that I can imagine.  Perfect pitch every minute.

January 18, 2010