Posted on 02/22/2010 3:09:01 PM PST by mystery-ak
Newly-seated Republican Sen. Scott Brown (Mass.) on Monday joined Democrats in voting to end debate on their $15 billion jobs bill.
Brown crossed the aisle after Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) nixed an $85 billion, bipartisan plan in favor of a more narrowly-focused bill.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
This is why I didn’t jump on the bandwagon supporting him.
there goes his chance to win friends and influence people....he has joined the enemy
To who? I wouldn’t choose to use that word for someone who voted to end debate on something that will probably get 50% of his party’s support.
Just saying that word carries a lot of weight with some of us, be careful who you direct it towards.
For cripe sake...he said he was an Independent.
Why in hell do people on FR throw a fit every time an Independent turns out not to be a hardcore conservative in everything they say and do?
Absence of leadership in the GOP.
I knew he wasn’t a real conservative, but I didn’t really expect him to jump ship this fast. Why does he think he was elected?
Looks like he beat Collins and Snow to the lifeboats.
I never even considered him as a presidential candidate, but I thought he’d be at least moderately good as a Senator from Massachusetts.
Evidently not.
Since I have absolutely no idea what is in Scott Brown's head this is complete speculation.
I can see giving Harry Reid a win on a much reduced jobs bill so that the accusation of "Republicans always say no to everything" can't be as believable in the future. This could *really* help us when (and if) the health care votes come around.
Just a theory but it could be operative.
It's too early to reach such a conclusion.
Is Brown going to turn out to be a Dem plant?
Thinking back, the White House was not really that shaken when he won.
The Congress version of Justice Souter?
Hmmmm...
Just another pretty face.
So much for falling on a grenade for the greater good.
Like most in the GOP, he's a back-stabber, not a squad-saver.
I didn’t send him $$$$ because I am saving for building some gallows in DC.
Elections matter not anymore.
At least he helped throw the commies off track for a bit...hope he gets to play hoops before they all hang.
Bizzare, isn’t it? ha.
I could not help but think of you when I saw this headline.
I'd call him an AROM (A Republican of Massachusetts).
Looks like Massachusetts produces only rotten fruit. SB is like an apple that is rotten on one side but edible on the other-—
>HE IS A BIGIME RINO<
WOULD THE LIBRERAL PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS ELECT ANYTHING ELSE?
I UNDERSTAND HE IS ALSO BIG ON ABORTION.
Better than a kennedy... but how much... time will tell... but this ain’t good.
LLS
That sound you hear is my grinding my teeth.
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