Category: Scott Brown
The San Francisco Examiner explains why Scott Brown is better for the Republican party than the alternative. The article is in response to some cries that Brown is a "traitor" for voting for the President's jobs bill. However, as the Examiner correctly points out, Brown had to vote for it because that is what the people in his district (the State of Massachusetts) wanted. Read more »
"Barack Obama might not see the silver lining on the loss of the 60th Democratic Senate vote, but it has several dimensions. Consider four of them."
Mitt Romney's "participation in Brown's upset could boost his chances of winning over enough Republicans around the country to secure the GOP nomination in 2012." Read more.
"'There's going to be a tendency on the part of our people to be in denial about all this,'" Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, who is up for reelection this year, told ABC News, but "'if you lose Massachusetts and that's not a wake-up call, there's no hope of waking up.'" Like other moderates, Bayh thinks the party has tilted too far left. "'It's why moderates and independents even in a state as Democratic as Massachusetts just aren't buying our message,'" he said. "'They just don't believe the answers we are currently proposing are solving their problems. Read more »
A Boston Tea Party-election it was. It foretells the collapse of liberalism that one correspondent predicted shortly after the 2008 election. "The resounding five-point victory in one of America's most liberal states is an upset heard 'round Washington—and one that ought to force Democrats to rethink their entire agenda, national health care in particular."
Victor David Hanson says that it is a backlash against the President---his policies, ideology, tactics, appointments, and actions----that led to the historic upset in Massachusetts. Are the Democrats (and RINOs) in Congress listening? If Mr. Hanson is right, the backlash will only grow, and Dems can no longer count on Mr. Obama to soothe their constituents.
From Politico: "As voters head to the polls in Massachusetts, nervous Democrats have already begun to blame one another for putting at risk the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held for more than 40 years." Perhaps they should instead recognize that the socialist policies they have been pushing do not resonate with voters, even in traditionally liberal Massachusetts.
"The Democrats imagined that invoking the name Kennedy would, like thrusting a cross in the face of Count Dracula, frighten everyone into line to vote for an apostle of ObamaCare. But unlike a lot of Republicans eager to jump when a Democrat yells "boo!" Scott Brown shoved it right back in Mzz [Martha] Coakley's face ... ."
"Democrats say [interim Sen. Paul] Kirk should serve until the new senator is 'sworn in' but the GOP would likely challenge that because a portion of the state law says the appointed senator, Mr. Kirk, can remain a senator only 'until election and qualification of the person duly elected to fill the vacancy.' That means, according to the GOP, Mr. Kirk cannot function as a senator, or vote for health care legislation, after a 'qualified' person, like Mr. Read more »
And he says he's not a Yankees' fan.
In the Massachusetts Senate race: "Are we in for another shot heard 'round the world? Perhaps. More likely, listen for the sound of horse hooves on the pavement, and a modern-day version of Paul Revere's historic warning—the backlash is coming." Vote for Scott Brown!
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has put out an ad regarding Scott Brown. It's great.
Spread the word throughout Massachusetts! You can volunteer for his campaign, read his position on issues, see his TV ads, and read his press releases. Most of all, vote for Scott Brown!
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, Democrat candidate for Senate in the Jan. Read more »
"The race to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has turned into a proxy battle over the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul." There is a week left in this race, and Republican Scott Brown has done what many thought was impossible: he has positioned himself to win. Last week, speaking of Obamacare, Mr. Brown said, "As the 41st senator, I can stop it." We encourage the people of Massachusets to send Mr. Brown to Washington.
"Republican Scott Brown has closed to within striking distance of Democrat Martha Coakley in the January 19 special election [for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat from Massachusetts]. A Boston Globe survey released this weekend showed Mrs. Coakley with a 15-point lead, but a survey by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling found the race a dead heat, with Mr. Brown up 48% to 47%. Read more »
