Scott Brown Wins!

[Rael]

OP's Brown wins Mass. Senate seat in epic upset
AP


Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, center, greets a supporter AP – Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, center, greets a supporter before voting in Wrentham, …
By GLEN JOHNSON and LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writers Glen Johnson And Liz Sidoti, Associated Press Writers – 8 mins ago

BOSTON – In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in a U.S. Senate election Tuesday that left President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in doubt and marred the end of his first year in office.

The loss by the once-favored Coakley for the seat that the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy held for nearly half a century signaled big political problems for the president's party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide.

More immediately, Brown will become the 41st Republican in the 100-member Senate, which could allow the GOP to block the president's health care legislation and the rest of Obama's agenda. Democrats needed Coakley to win for a 60th vote to thwart Republican filibusters.

 

[nobody's_hero]

Dang, I guess we're getting Obamacare-lite.

If it's anything like beer, I'd almost rather have the real thing.

But it's not like beer.



But I need a beer, no—something stronger.

 

[Old Ducker]

Anyone have a rat's ass I can toss at this thread?

 

[ARealConservative]

Anyone have a rat's ass I can toss at this thread?

no, but might I suggest a horse's ass

 

[JXL78]

I take it Scott Brown is a neocon?

 

[Oyate]

Happy tactical victory and strategic failure!

 

[nobody's_hero]

If a republican sees his shadow, does that mean 8 more years of Bush?

 

[silverhandorder]

Ok now we can resume our march on taking over. Relax principled people this is what Rand and Schiff are for and all the conventions CFL is having.

 

[nobody's_hero]

Ok now we can resume our march on taking over. Relax principled people this is what Rand and Schiff are for and all the conventions CFL is having.

Well, I hope you enjoyed Rand, and Schiff, and the CFL, because if they make it into the mainstream news again, it'll be a damned miracle.

The boys are back in town.

To anyone who might be thinking this was some sort of revolutionary monkey-wrench thrown into the gears of big-government:

This didn't send a message to the Democrats. This sent a message to the Republican party that they can run perhaps the worst possible "conservative" candidate in the state and still get back into power. Following this election, the bar has been significantly lowered as to what should be required of a GOP candidate intending to be voted into office.

 

[ARealConservative]

I take it Scott Brown is a neocon?

I think that is a safe assumption.

 

[Koz]

I have to admit I am torn on this one. Coakley would have represented a socialist/marxist vote in the Sentate, basically doing whatever Stinky Reid and Obama told her to do.

At least Brown will vote against socialism in some cases. I think it's the best we can hope for at this time in Mass.

I agree it would have been better to have a pro-liberty candidate in this seat, but that obviously wasn't an option.

That said, I bet he would follow along with pro Liberty candidates if we can get some elected, because let's face it we cannot get pro liberty candidates elected everywhere.

 

[Oyate]

Meh, at some point we'll see splintering the GOP vote to throw victory to a dem AS VICTORY. It's the next step to the real thing.

Gotta be willing to loose to be able to win.

 

[sofia]

Anyone have a rat's ass I can toss at this thread?

Dont be pessimistic. This is great news. Dont u know what this means???

This means that the GOP will take back Congress in November and then the White House in 2012.

If you recall, the last time this conservative wave broke in 1994, we rolled back the welfare state, repealed socialism, reinstated constitutional government, made the world safe, and slashed taxes dramatically.

Have you forgotten so soon?

Have you no faith in the GOP?

 

[ARealConservative]

I have to admit I am torn on this one. Coakley would have represented a socialist/marxist vote in the Sentate, basically doing whatever Stinky Reid and Obama told her to do.

At least Brown in most cases will vote against socialism in some cases. I think it's the best we can hope for at this time in Mass.

I agree it would have been better to have a pro-liberty candidate in this seat, but that obviously wasn't an option.

That said, I bet he would follow along with pro Liberty candidates if we can get some elected, because let's face it we cannot get pro liberty candidates elected everywhere.

Exactly. We weren't going to get a clear cut victory out of this in any way shape or form.

 

[ARealConservative]

Dont be pessimistic. This is great news. Dont u know what this means???

This means that the GOP will take back Congress in November and then the White House in 2012.

If you recall, the last time this conservative wave broke in 1994, we rolled back the welfare state, repealed socialism, reinstated constitutional government, made the world safe, and slashed taxes dramatically.

Have you forgotten so soon?

Have you no faith in the GOP?

What it actually means is politicians up for reelection are becoming increasingly alarmed by the lack of support the Obama administration is able to give them. They might have to consider backing off from all the socialist bullshit if they want to stay employed.

A Democrat has been in Kennedy's seat since 1952. That's going to leave a mark

 

[Justinjj1]

Fuck Scott Brown and fuck the Republican party.

 

[Oyate]

A Democrat has been in Kennedy's seat since 1952. That's going to leave a mark

How many seats did he leave a mark on? All of them? That's gonna cost a lot in upholstery right there.

 

[Original_Intent]

Well, I hope you enjoyed Rand, and Schiff, and the CFL, because if they make it into the mainstream news again, it'll be a damned miracle.

The boys are back in town.

To anyone who might be thinking this was some sort of revolutionary monkey-wrench thrown into the gears of big-government:

This didn't send a message to the Democrats. This sent a message to the Republican party that they can run perhaps the worst possible "conservative" candidate in the state and still get back into power. Following this election, the bar has been significantly lowered as to what should be required of a GOP candidate intending to be voted into office.

Um, last I checked, DELEGATES decide what candidate runs for their party, not them. Now if we all sit back and don;t attend our precincts, do anything to become delegates then, um, yeah we'll get assholes and we'll deserve them.

 

[nobody's_hero]

What it actually means is politicians up for reelection are becoming increasingly alarmed by the lack of support the Obama administration is able to give them. They might have to consider backing off from all the socialist bullshit if they want to stay employed.

They might. Or they'll just have to ask the insurance lobbyists for bigger retirement packages for passing this bill that's going to "ruin" them. It's no big deal, they'll be back after the neocons screw it up again. The process will repeat.

For instance, I'm sure George Bush is really crying over his ruined career in politics, what with all the oil profits he's swimming around in to keep him reminded of his misery.

 

[treyfu]

Dont be pessimistic. This is great news. Dont u know what this means???

This means that the GOP will take back Congress in November and then the White House in 2012.

If you recall, the last time this conservative wave broke in 1994, we rolled back the welfare state, repealed socialism, reinstated constitutional government, made the world safe, and slashed taxes dramatically.

Have you forgotten so soon?

Have you no faith in the GOP?

hahaha. Yeah, you're right. Government got smaller during the Bush years. /s