Coakley Staffer Roughs Up Weekly Standard Reporter Outside Her DC Fundraising Event With Healthcare Lobbyists--Could It Be Michael Meehan?

The air of desperation is surrounding the campaign of Martha Coakley, in her effort to not only keep Ted Kennedy's Senate seat, but also keep the US Senate as a rubber stamp for the Obama Administration.

Last night, a fundraiser was held for her which included big time lobbyists in DC.

Outside, she was asked questions by the press when she dodged a question from John McCormick from the Weekly Standard.

TWS: Attorney General Coakley, you said last night that there are no terrorists in Afghanistan--that they're all in Yemen and Pakistan. Do you stand by that remark?

COAKLEY: I'm sorry, did someone else have a question?

GRIFF JENKINS, Fox News: I did. Why are you in Washington tonight?

COAKLEY: We planned an event after the primary that would be a unity event in Washington. We're also in the middle of a very intense campaign.

McCormick followed her down the street when the following happened (first video includes question, and you hear a bang on a steel fence. Second video shows McCormick being roughed up).




McCormick writes:

As I walked down the street, a man who appeared to be associated with the Coakley campaign pushed me into a freestanding metal railing. I ended up on the sidewalk. I was fine. He helped me up from the ground, but kept pushing up against me, blocking my path toward Coakley down the street.

He asked if I was with the media, and I told him I work for THE WEEKLY STANDARD. When I asked him who he worked for he replied, "I work for me." He demanded to see my credentials, and even though it was a public street, I showed them to him.

I eventually got around him and met up with the attorney general halfway down the block.

"Attorney General, could I ask you a question please?" I said. "We're done, thanks," Coakley replied. She walked back toward the restaurant, apparently searching for her car. She remained silent as I (politely) repeated my question.

Coakley staffers told me they didn't know who the man was who pushed me, though by every indication he was somehow connected to the campaign.

Here's proof that indicates the guy who roughed up McCormick may be connected with the campaign. The photo below is the guy pushing and blocking McCormick.

Look who is standing by Coakley, in the first video before the altercation. Look similar?

Here's another photo, showing Coakley at the scene when the whole event transpired.

McCormick writes (and posters at FreeRepublic suspect) that the guy who roughed him up could be Michael Meehan, who is president of Blue Line Strategic Communications and worked with Hanoi John Kerry and other Democrat. TWS quotes AP as saying that Meehan has been dispatched to work with the Coakley campaign.

UPDATE: Per FreeRepublic--Michael Meehan is also an Obama appointee to the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

Thanks to Bunkerville for the link.