Even if Scott Brown wins and his election is delayed until after the Health care vote.. this would be of HISTORIC proportions to have a Republican Senator from the State of Massachusetts, when is the last time that happened?
This guy looks like a winner.. http://scottbrown.com/splash.html
Senator Edward Brooke- lost re-election to Paul Tsongas in 1978....
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1980.
However, Brooke was far to the left of his Democrat opponents, I'm not sure that counts.
Before Brooke, you have to go back to 1966.
One of the things FReepers need to understand is that, just as in a solid red state there are lots of Republicans who are liberals, in MA, where you have to be a Party member to work, there are TONS of conservative Democrats.
Coakley was nominated by less than half of the RATs in a primary with very low turnout - and her partisans are the Democrats that all the OTHER Democrats in the state HATE, HATE, HATE.
Brown is really possible.