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.)
Could well be true. Again, he may be the most conservative MA can get, given the politics here. This is why many on the center and left do like him, and some on the right (esp.
perhaps fiscal conservatives). In a state like MA he has to pull voters from across the spectrum.
But if someone can be found who is a true conservative and can win MA, more power to them. Then again if the moonbats come out to support Obama like they supported Deval last fall,
Brown could well be on his way out. Whomever runs vs. Brown would ride in on 0bama’s coattails.