Brown Brings Home The Bacon
There is justice in a world where Ted Kennedy's senate seat will be the deciding vote against Obamacare.
In the infamous words of George W. Bush: "You did a heckuva job, Brownie!"
Scott Brown (R) is the now the junior senator from the state of Massachusetts. He also has two really cute daughters. Seriously, check them out standing on either side of his podium. (I know two gals who will soon be my Facebook friends.)
A month ago no one gave the guy a shot. Some say it was a referendum on President Obama and the far-Left Democrats running things in Washington the past year. Some say it was a poor candidate for the Dems in Martha Coakley. Whatever the reasons, and I believe they are many, the Republicans now have the key 41st vote to oppose health care, cap-and-trade, and every other top-down socialist policy the current administration attempts to ram down our throats.
There are some tensions between the Coakley campaign and the Obama White House, so you be the judge if this was a parting shot or not from her concession speech:
Coakley said she received a phone call from President Barack Obama: “He actually just called me before I came onstage to say that we can’t win them all, and he knows that better than any, as he told me."
The next controversy surrounding this historic election in MA will be how quickly Senator-elect Brown will be seated in the US Senate. If Democrats try some chicanery to stall things so they can push health care through, they will have sealed their fates in 2010 and 2012. I predict they won't be so foolish, but who knows with this group of "lackluster" politicians.
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January 20th, 2010 - 08:18
Last night was such an exciting display of democracy in action. I consider myself an independent, but I voted for Brown to send a message to Washington: You have gone too far, too fast.
Like you said, RJ, the GOP has a chance to prove themselves worthy by standing on principles of limited govt and fiscal responsibility. The Left will never stand on these things. I pray republicans will, or we’ll have to look elsewhere going forward.
January 20th, 2010 - 11:22
barney frank’s distict went for scott brown last night. keep an eye on the tea party folk, they are solid, informed, dedicated and want a complete change of direction for the u.s. attend a gathering/meeting and you will all be surprised at the intelligence and motivation which blows the media sliming of them.
January 20th, 2010 - 11:42
That is unbelievable that Frank’s district went for Brown. What would it take to get that walking meatball out of office?
People need to realize that while this is a big victory, there is still the ideological battle over whether or not the government should provide health care or not. The Left isn’t going away on this.