I’m with you guys. He’s as conservative as we’ll ever get out of that state. I’m with those who say we have bigger fish to fry, i.e. Lugar, etc. Indiana is a normally red state and we should get a genuine conservative from there.
SB has been enough of a RINO/centrist for MA that he just might be able to keep the seat away from some far left kook.
Tea Party Express should re-think this one, considering we couldn’t even get the skunk Barney Frank out of office in Massachusetts. :(
>>SB has been enough of a RINO/centrist for MA that he just might be able to keep the seat away from some far left kook.
Tea Party Express should re-think this one, considering we couldn’t even get the skunk Barney Frank out of office in Massachusetts
Exactly, I’d prefer him to a far left kook. I don’t know how many people were paying attention to Brown as he campaigned. He said “sometimes I’d vote with Republicans, sometimes with Democrats”. He declared himself “independent” and said whatever was best, etc. He also did a bit of a term limits pledge and I don’t think he’d do a Marty Meehan on us.
In the homestretch, the Dems ran an ad saying “Who is Scott Brown, really? A Republican. Who will vote in lockstep with the Republican party”. That wasn’t true of course. Now, he hasn’t voted in lockstep with the Democrats either. As I’ve mentioned there are several votes (Dream Act, Kagan, etc.)
where he was with us. Coakley would not have been.
Someone more conservative than Brown? There may be.
Someone more conservative than Brown who can _win_ in MA?
Doubtful. Whether we nominate someone in Brown’s place or go third party, the seat will be lost to the Dems either
way. Who knows, he may even lose if he is the nominee.
If you sit at home and don’t vote for him, or blank the ballot, that could well happen.
Be aware in MA there are many who are fiscal conservatives but social moderates. The DADT vote appeals to them. The biggest “party” in MA? The unenrolled! Despite the election results last month—yes Barney and Deval and Tierney all
got back in—Brown with his wide appeal across the board
(exc. maybe not with conservatives anymore?) and his
money war chest could probably win.
If not:
Senator Mike Capuano
Senator Vicky Kennedy
Senator Deval Patrick (if he chose to)
etc.
/bingo