Posted on 07/06/2011 9:48:07 AM PDT by raccoonradio
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Wrentham) raised a whopping $1.98 million this quarter, far outpacing his Democratic challengers and bringing his total campaign funds to $9.6 million.
Brown, who will need every dime to fend off a national Democratic coup for his seat, more than doubled the fundraising of Democratic challenger Alan Khazei, who raised 920,000 and Newton Mayor Setti Warren, who raised $122,000.
“We are encouraged by the strong show of support for Scott Brown’s re-election. People are responding to his pro-jobs message and his leadership in controlling spending and reducing debt,” said John Cook, Senator Brown’s finance director, in a statement.
Bob Massie raised more than $82,800, while Salem-based immigration lawyer Marisa DeFranco raised about $6,000. Wayland state Rep. Tom Conroy raised almost $61,000 since officially declaring as a candidate on June 2nd.
Khazei, who is mounting his second run for senate, raised more than half of the cash with small donations of $200 or less.
Massachusetts Democratic Party chair John Walsh released a statement in response: “All the money in the world isn’t going to help Scott Brown hide from the fact that he votes with Washington, DC Republicans nearly 90 percent of the time. From his vote against summer jobs for teenagers to his vote to gut the EPA’s ability to regulate harmful pollution to his support for the general direction of the Republican plan to end Medicare, Scott Brown has shown he’s more interested in serving the interests of the kind of people who can write big campaign checks than serving the best interests of folks in the Commonwealth.”
As for the Dem saying he votes 90 per cent with the Republicans:
a) true or false?
b) if true: is this a good or bad thing, depending on how the GOP votes in general?
c) I'm sure Martha Coakley wouldn't have voted 90 per cent in line with Dems. 100, maybe.
that 90% is meaningless. I bet even Obama voted with republicans 40% of the time, since most of the votes are procedural types of votes.
There should be some way to judge how many controversial issues he votes with republicans.
The 90% may be true, but these statistics are deceptive.
The overWHELMing percentage of votes are on procedural matters. Often a failure to object to a "without objection" request (to such things as a 30-second speech honoring new Eagle Scouts, etc.), will be counted as "voting with" everyone ELSE who didn't object. Only about 1/4 of the NUMBER of votes are really contentious. The real measure, albeit more subjective of course, is a WEIGHTED grade based on the importance of the underlying issues, e.g., declaring war, confirming a SCOTUS nominee, voting to stab Paul Ryan in the back, etc. On those things, my guess is that Brown is very pleasing to most Democrats, like Olympia Snowe up north. (Just not AS pleasing as Ted Kennedy.)
Whatever he does, he can do it without my money.
On the important votes, he votes R about 0 percent of the time.
We’re still far better off with Brown than whoever may replace him. Go, Brown!!
Now that Whitey’s been captured, and since no Dem can gain any traction against Brown, maybe they’ll pull Billy out of retirement and ask him to run for the Senate..
Part of his 10% put sodomites in the services.
I’m all in favor of the RATS spending billions of dollars to defeat a RINO who votes with them on the 10% of the things that really matter. Every dollar they spend to defeat Brown is one buck less to spend against real conservative candidates.
He kicked the TEA PARTY in the gut after we got him elected. I say vote his sorry ass out to teach others a lesson.
No more RINOS’s!!
Scott Brown remains a big government Republican. He still supports Romneycare, considers RoevWade settled law, adamantly favors abortion on demand, anthropogenic global warming, gays in the military and state sponsored gay marriage rights. Brown also favors strict gun control measures that require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns and background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows. Along with strict licensing for any gun possession.
Voting 90% with the GOP doesn’t make Brown a conservative. I still say he’s better suited for the Dem Party than the GOP.
That would be cutting off your nose to spite your face. NEVER do anything to help elect a Democrat—NEVER!!
Hey! I just wish Brown was a Republican.
Brown earned a 74 from the American Conservative Union during his first year in office. They faulted him for voting against an audit of the Federal Reserve; against greater oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; to increase regulations in the name of food safety; to repeal ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell;’ and to ratify the new START treaty.
An 80 or above names a Senator an “ACU Conservative.”
Some comparable Senators from that year (2010) were Alexander (80), Johanns (80), Gregg (73), Murkowski (73), Lugar (71), Snowe (64), Collins (64), and Voinovich (63).
I think the highest ranked Democrat is Ben Nelson (48). Scott Brown’s hypothetical replacement would not vote like Ben Nelson.
I’m not giving him any more money but I still think he’s better than anything else conservatives could get out of Massachusetts. The choice is Brown or a Ted Kennedy / John Kerry type liberal. And Brown doesn’t vote zero percent with the GOP on what is “important” unless you count everything he voted against as the only things that are “important.” He voted against Obamacare. Is that not important? Anyone who thinks Massachusetts will elect a Jim DeMint is crazy. I’m disappointed with Brown. I won’t give him more money but this is one time where conservatives are making the perfect the enemy of the good.
Brown is currently the most popular pol in the state with a huge war chest. Those who feel he’s not conservative enough are welcome to take him on. Hey, run Jack E. Robinson again...he did well last time, winning 1 town vs. 350 for Brown. But maybe we should let Brown lose. We deserve to have another moonbat in what is really The Kennedy Seat (/sarcasm)
Exactly.
Brown has voted with the DNC over and over,
and has declared himself, not only a RINO,
but of service to both parties.
It is a matter of quality vs. quantity.
Backstabber Brown on Quality Issues votes 0% with the RNC.
Exactly, CGG.
>>maybe they’ll pull Billy out of retirement and ask him to run for the Senate..
“...Highly unlikely” —Billy Bulger
(taken from his testimony in front of Rep. Dan Burton. He also said: “No.” “No.” “What is this all about?” “I can’t remember, no.”...)
Imagine a Brown-Bulger debate. Bulger will be about as tall as Brown’s armpits. Standing on something.
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