Miracle in Massachusetts?

If Martha Coakley ekes out a victory in the Massachusetts Senate race, it will be a miracle. Coakley's campaign has been inept, while Scott Brown has the Teabaggers and FOX News pulling out all the stops.

As of Monday morning, the polling average at Pollster.com gave Brown a 52%-43% lead - what pundits would call "insurmountable."

But that's not stopping Democrats. Coakley revived her campaign with a barnstorming trip across the state. Bill Clinton and President Obama flew in for big rallies. And most of all, the Netroots has taken up the challenge, using our most powerful tools - blog exposes and remote phonebanks. Here are the blog exposes:

• Scott Brown suggested on television that President Obama was born out of wedlock, then tried to claim that Martha Coakley was making things up when her campaign called attention to it.
• Scott Brown voted against aid to 9/11 recovery workers because it was too expensive, at the same time he was trying to fund a golf course in his district and give tax subsidies to corporations. 
• Scott Brown tried to deny emergency contraception to rape victims. When he was called on it, he tried to deny the truth, then hid behind his daughters.
• Scott Brown claimed he didn't know anything about any Tea Parties, even though he'd appeared at their rallies and publicized fundraisers they threw for him.
• Scott Brown opposes a fee to get back bailout money from the biggest banks.
• Scott Brown supports a constitutional ban on gay marriage and thinks two women having a child is "just not normal."

In a special election, turnout is crucial. Republicans are energized by their hatred of All Things Obama, while Democrats are depressed by the disastrous consequences of the newly-invented "60-vote rule."

But the resiliency of the Netroots is amazing. We are deeply frustrated, but we are not willing to give Washington back to the Republicans and the Teabaggers.

It will take a miracle to win, but the Netroots has worked many miracles since 2006, when we beat Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary and went on to win the Senate and the House.