Scott Brown is exactly what I figured he would be. And I contributed to his campaign.
Think about this, folks. Despite how bad things are across the country, how healthcare was infuriating people from coast to coast, and the enthusiasm gap between the parties, I’d like to remind you that Scott Brown could only beat his opponent by 4.5%.
Is he as conservative as I would like? Hell NO. But those expecting a DeMint or Sessions out of MA, are nuts. This is the best we were ever going to do from that state. Moreover, if you think we have problems now, consider if Coakley had won....we would have amnesty on the plate at the moment, on top of all the rest of it.(Not that it means they won’t try it anyway!)
I’m no fan of RINOs but from some states, that is all we’ll get. Just as the Dems have to deal with the fact that the only Dem they will get from certain states are Blue Dogs. Trust me, they howl as loudly as we do, over at HP, Daily Kook, and DU.
If Brown is good for nothing else, he’s useful to ensure a vote in case we win a majority in the Senate, allowing us to control committees and SUBPOENA POWER.
Ditto. Plus he was an easy sell to my friends in Mass because Coakley was so out of touch. He lets us buy time while we work on better reps from conservative states. We scored with Gov. McDonnell here in Virginia despite the same kind of smear campaign from the WashPost as with Allen, so it can be done.
but will these committees look the same with republicans in power?will anything change...as in the past our politicians say one thing and do another...we will always be the small people since elcting them makes them the big people.