Brown stupidly thinks he can “moderate” himself into re-election next year in leftist Massachusetts. No way.
The Dems and Leftists will have their own candidate, and will have had a year and half preparation to make sure their collection of special interests vote for the Dem candidate.
Meanwhile Brown has alienated the right and independents just won’t care.
Brown will suffer the same fate as former GOP congressmen Joseph Cao in Louisiana (supported Obamacare) and Charles Djou in Hawaii (supported repeal of DADT). He was elected because he was perceived as a change from the previous incumbent, not because they wanted a GOP version of Ted Kennedy. His only hope would have been to vote conservatively on bread and butter issues important to the blue collar constituents. Instead, he wants to be invited to cocktail parties at Harvard.