Or else the following would not have won:
Governor William Weld
Governor Paul Celluci
Governon Mitt Romney
Senator Ed Brooke
I really thought last month we could have had Perry, Bielat, or possibly Hudak in the Congress, and the likes of Polito,
Connaughton, etc. Apparently—and this may be a backlash to Brown’s election—the Dems got the vote out (unions etc.)
I hate to say it but had it not been for that “roll back taxes” question, many of them may have not bothered to show up. If you’re a teacher or state-affiliated worker, don’t
you want to protect your job? Hence the usual scare tactics of the world ending if taxes got rolled back.
one of the comments in the Globe reads:
>>Senator Scott Brown was elected by the majority of “Un-Enrolled” voters. Some media refer to this group as the “Independent” voters. I was a D for over 38 years. I became “un-enrolled” a year ago. The final straw was when the mASSachusetts legislature went along with Ted K’s dying wish. I am not a Republican nor a Democrat. My views interlace a bit with the views of each party. I supported Scott Brown and I intend to support him in 2012. The reason for my support is that Scott Brown has not wavered from his campaign pledge to review policy and vote according to what is best for mASSachusetts. Some posters just don’t get that Republicans as well as Democrats and the Un-Enrolled have as members people from every race, creed and age group. Trying to pigeon hole people according to “popular” beliefs about each political party will continue to divide and lessen the possibility of ever finding common ground.
The following names that you mentioned are ALL RINOS, and this is an ongoing problem with the GOP in most of the blue states: Republicans who are not conservative enough on a majority of the issues.