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After Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., voted in favor of a jobs bill endorsed by President Obama and the majority of Senate Democrats, I immediately heard from a number of Republican friends in and around Washington, D.C. who knew I am a conservative from Massachusetts. The questions were rapid fire and the anger was surprising. “How dare he side with Obama?” “Is he just a Kennedy Republican?,” and “Where do I go to get my donation back?” My response to all was, “You have got to be kidding me. This guy has not been in office a month, he’s only taken...

Scott Brown is living up to his early billing to be an independent senator, voting "yes" with a few other moderate Republicans on cloture on the jobs bill. Here's Brown's statement, issued as he headed in to vote against the great majority of his party. “I came to Washington to be an independent voice, to put politics aside, and to do everything in my power to help create jobs for Massachusetts families. This Senate jobs bill is not perfect. I wish the tax cuts were deeper and broader, but I am voting for it because it contains measures that will...

The first big headline I saw from Scott Brown’s interview with Barbara Walters is that he didn’t rule out running for president some day. I read the transcript of the interview, and two of the things Brown said jumped out at me. "Everyone really is the 41st senator. And what it means is that now there will be full and fair debate. And there will be no more closed — behind closed doors actions.And make no mistake, I am a fiscal conservative. And when it comes to issues affecting people’s pockets, and pocketbooks, and wallets, I’ll be with the Republicans...

Brown vote draws anger, shrugs By: Lisa Lerer February 23, 2010 12:33 PM EST Scott Brown is taking fire from Facebook friends and the Twittering class for his cross-over vote on Harry Reid’s job bill. But the reaction from a lot of Republicans is a “what-did-you-expect” shrug. Minutes after the Brown cast his cloture Monday night, the Web erupted in comments from conservatives who felt they’d been betrayed by the Massachusetts Republican: “We’ve been scammed!” “Write your senator from Boston or 2010 will be the Brown Sox Curse." “Forget about Brown for President. He’s made his first mistake.”?