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GOP's Brown wins Mass. Senate seat in epic upset
AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/19/10 | Glenn Johnson and Liz Sidoti - ap

Posted on 01/19/2010 6:29:59 PM PST by NormsRevenge

BOSTON – In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in a U.S. Senate election Tuesday that left President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in doubt and marred the end of his first year in office.

The loss by the once-favored Coakley for the seat that the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy held for nearly half a century signaled big political problems for the president's party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 111th; 2010midterms; delusional; elrushbo; gop; gopcomeback; keyword; keyworddelusional; ma2010; marciamarciamarcia; scottbrown; seismic; senate; upset
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To: jazusamo
Isn’t it ironic that the person voted in to replace him in the Senate could be the very one to blow away his lifelong effort in that Senate for socialized health care.

Ted's legacy is already writ large.

It is a bridge on Chappaquidick and a girl named Mary Jo.

And an Oldsmobile in Poucha Pond.

221 posted on 01/20/2010 4:51:28 AM PST by Ole Okie
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To: rdl6989
Rahm, Lieberman, Bayh, etc. will all be out pimping a *voter mandate* that indicates the Democratic Party needs to move to the right (they'll phrase it as "center" and not "right" of course, but we all know they're already right-of-center now).

Above quote from DU. (In the thread you linked to)

This brings two thoughts to my mind. The first is, visiting there is like swimming in a cesspool. Most posters there apparently can't make a sentence without using profanity.

The second thought is if they think that the rats are right of center then they have a really really twisted idea of what "center" means.

222 posted on 01/20/2010 5:05:10 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Eric Blair 2084
Mary Jo, Jesus have forgiven Teddy and he is probably buying them a round at St. Peters Sports Bar and Grill in Heaven and toasting them.

The problem with that is while MJ and Jesus have forgiven Ted, they are in heaven and he's roasting somewhere quite a bit warmer than that. (Forgiveness without repentence doesn't do the offender any good whatsoever. We forgive because it's best for us to forgive)

223 posted on 01/20/2010 5:08:31 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: John O

One thing that Senator Brown (or someone who can get the airtime) has got to do, right up front and right out loud is announce that if any republican senator dies under ‘mysterious’ circumstances the democrat party has got to be investigated for the act.

We’ve got to premptively protect our people. Although the rat politicians may not personally pull the trigger I have no doubt that they would approve of the action.

Another thing we have to do is protect against Jumping Jim Jeffords part II.


224 posted on 01/20/2010 5:34:14 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: NormsRevenge
Now that we've had CHANGE in MA, I have HOPE!
225 posted on 01/20/2010 5:35:54 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Red_Devil 232

226 posted on 01/20/2010 5:37:03 AM PST by cartoonistx
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To: Revel

I felt the same way.....Kennedy wasn’t a patriot....Enough with the Kennedy praise.....It was a good thing to pay respects, but that would have been sufficient.....Seems like a tight family, and I pray they stay that way.....NO SCANDALS!!!!!......


227 posted on 01/20/2010 5:46:33 AM PST by 3722535r
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To: Democrat_media
Yes you just watch Brown, the one who saved you from socialism. And just keep ignoring the democrats/Marxists. I'll watch the Democrats and call them all on the evil they do. And I'll call all the elected Democrats what they are :all elected Democrats are pure evil, rabid Marxist revolutionaries one and ALL.Sure there is no need to keep an eye on your enemies, the enemies of freedom, the Democrats?

Don't get me wrong. I'll say it again slowly so you can understand: I'm VERRRRRRY HAAAAAPPY SCOTT BROWN WON. But HE didn't "save" me from anything. He's NOT a "SAVIOR." I already have a SAVIOR. As far as Democrats being "evil," my late MOM was a Democrat. She was a "Dixie-crat" who voted for Reagan twice, Bush once and Clinton twice before she passed. So what? Not ALL Democrats are evil. They're just folks like us. They may have a "too heavy" reliance on big government and other minor failings, but they're not a lost cause as last night aptly demonstrates!

I teach American Government and have done so for 20+ years. I have been a loyal Republican since 1975 when I turned 18. I have volunteered on countless Republican campaigns since I was old enough to drive. But I watched my beloved GOP become corrupted and bloated with RINOs and liberals. I have seen them walk ever closer to becoming a party of Democrat LITE and it has disgusted me. If this 2010 election cycle doesn't return REAL conservatives to power, I may well walk away from the GOP and become an independent. When conservatives RUN as conservatives, they win. But when RINOS act like conservatives and then vote and politic like liberals they PI$$ away the heritage that brought them into existence in the first place and I won't be a party to that. If you focus on just democrats you're being naive and foolish.

I tried to read your "about" page but gave up on the huge mishmash of that one paragraph. Ever heard of formatting? Sheeesh, I'd like to read that stuff, it's interesting but it's got to be in manageable chunks. Just my .02.

228 posted on 01/20/2010 5:47:51 AM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: NormsRevenge

If you see a Red/Blue map of MA by precinct/county in the future, will you ping me to it, please?


229 posted on 01/20/2010 6:38:31 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: AuH2ORepublican; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued
“It's not the Kennedy's seat or a party's seat....it is the People's seat”

That line cemented this race. It caused Martha/Marcia mental damage, as witnessed by the river of gaffes she committed afterwards. Don't forget, Rats in MA usually run unopposed or against, no offense meant here, sacrificial tomato cans. Not this time though. Thank You, God!!!!!!

I love how Scott took on Barry 0 in his victory speech! Classic! I call it here and now: Scott Brown will be running for higher office in the not so immediate future! He cannot do that by be being a RINO, remember he still has the MA taint right off the bat. Despite the win last night, Clell in Alabama will still be suspicious of a MA Yankee.

Oh, Delahunt has been brought up before, here you go:
http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/lone_republican/index.php/2010/01/20/whos-next-maybe-bill-delahunt/#comment-31897

I would add Tsongas as well. That two seats minimum that should go GOP.

230 posted on 01/20/2010 7:22:55 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (Happy Anniversary Barack! Love, Massachusetts)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2010/senate/results.html
231 posted on 01/20/2010 7:25:36 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (Happy Anniversary Barack! Love, Massachusetts)
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To: AuH2ORepublican; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued

With last night’s good news, there are reports of Mike Pence giving serious thought to take out the Son of Birch Bayh.

I really hope Pence or Daniels try to take out Son of Bayh. IN has no business electing a faux conservative Dem to anything.


232 posted on 01/20/2010 7:40:11 AM PST by yongin
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To: GOPsterinMA

Thanks! ‘Tis a map of sheer beauty!


233 posted on 01/20/2010 7:43:12 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

10-4! :)


234 posted on 01/20/2010 7:43:52 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (Happy Anniversary Barack! Love, Massachusetts)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I might add Slick Willard was probably thinking, Scott Brown achieved what he wanted to do in 1994, claim the Kennedy seat.


235 posted on 01/20/2010 7:54:52 AM PST by yongin
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To: Ole Okie
Ted's legacy is already writ large.

Agreed...That will never be forgotten nor should it be.

236 posted on 01/20/2010 8:13:20 AM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Impy
Frankly, I think talk of putting anyone on the national ticket in 2012 is a bit premature, and it's certainly premature for Brown at this point in his career.

He should concentrate on being re-elected in 2012. While this election had unusually high turnout for a mid-term year, it still wasn't anything like a Presidential election year. This was a big achievement, no doubt about it, but I'd like to see him duplicate it with Obama at the top of the ballot before I'm sold that he's ready for prime-time.

Besides, do we REALLY want another two-year Senator in or near the Oval Office?
237 posted on 01/20/2010 8:28:41 AM PST by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: GOPsterinMA

The most striking stat I saw in the last polls leading up to election day was the 18-29 group. Brown was ahead something like 61%-30%. So much for the Obama Youth!


238 posted on 01/20/2010 8:31:11 AM PST by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: beagleone

Whats up with western MA?


239 posted on 01/20/2010 8:49:34 AM PST by GunsAndBibles (God save Calif. - 'cause it's gonna take a miracle.)
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To: PhilDragoo; potlatch




Where's the $100/lb. Kobe beef?

240 posted on 01/20/2010 8:50:27 AM PST by devolve ( . . . . . . . . . woodpile alert - "My muslim faith....." - "Kobe" Osama . . . . . . . . . . . .)
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