[BigBobdd]

Hmmm ... Junior Senator, Young, Good Looking. Well Spoken. Claims Change.

A tea bagger's delight.

The new star in the otherwise dim GOP constellation ...

Scott Brown Defeats Martha Coakley

G.O.P. Senate Victory Stuns Democrats

[XVzrlWIv]

It takes a real effort to lose a seat you've held for half a century, in one of the most "liberal" states in the nation.

Good work Massachusetts Democratic Party. *golf clap*

[CowextetleSix]

The real loser was Obama; he's on his way to losing health care reform and the 2012 election.

Actually, because of that, the true losers are the American People.

The next president: Sarah Palin?

Does any country have an open immigration policy for Americans?

[teodaschwartia]

What country wants a bunch of under-educated high-wage-yearning know-it-alls?

(not meant personally towards you, ablarc)

[Nurse_sero]

The next president: Sarah Palin?

Methinks Mr. Brown has just moved to the top of the heap.

[Abnorbprootly]

I didn't want HIM to win.

[dosyrotsbop]

The dems screwed up with their candidate. She is a real lifetime politician and completely distanced from the "common man". Too many political blunders.

It is a shame that the Republicans are willing to hold party unity over the wellbeing of the people. I guess their "supporters" are a bit more consolidated in their wishes and directives than the Dems are...


Did I say directives? I am sorry, we all know that lobbiests do not tell our guys what to do!!!!!

[makemoneyonli]

The real loser was Obama; he's on his way to losing health care reform and the 2012 election. Obama is looking more like an inept jackass every day. What a disaster. Like I said before: entire first year wasted chasing republicans around in circles. 10 months ago, people were talking about the destruction of the Republican party. Now instead, Obama has destroyed the Democrats. That takes a real idiot and a total pansy.

[prmnwoks]

Obama is the Antichrist.

Waa waa waa.

[exchpaypalgold]

'pansy'?

[hereiamguy]

yes, pansy.

And no, NH, not the antichrist but totally inept.
If you think it was the "candidate" Coakley who caused this you are wrong. It is a message to all Democrats. Progressives will not vote for you anymore if you act like Republican Lite. We are sick of it.
What a bullshit artist this guy turned out to be.

[NumsAmenniams]

Waa waa waa. Charming. Didn't they give you your milk and cookie break yet? Next time you express your feelings on something you feel strongly about , I'll be sure to supply an equally idiotic chorus for you.

[vNZsk39B]

It is a message to all Democrats. Progressives will not vote for you anymore if you act like Republican Lite.

Really? The 20-30 percent of the population who might identify as "progressive" gave that message by being the only ones to vote in mass for the Democratic candidate?

The real message here is that whatever message the Democratic party has, the Independents are running away from it - right to the Republican party... whose only message I can discern is "Democrat bad. Republican good. No like health care reform."

That, and the Democratic Part of Massachusetts probably would've done better with Ted Kennedy's stuffed corpse and an old tape recording of him, than Coakley as a candidate. Seriously. What the hell were they thinking there?

[Phoneemer]

What country wants a bunch of under-educated high-wage-yearning know-it-alls?
(not meant personally towards you, ablarc)

And who might those be?

Oh, OK ... you mean Sarah Palin.

So, what does that have to do with me?

[br`lorance]

"If you want to win you actually can't move to the middle and become a Republican," former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said on MSNBC Tuesday night. "You have to stand up and stand for the things that you got elected on and the Democratic Party believes in. We haven't seen that on the health care bill and I think that's part of the problem."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_429818.html

[HawksBurnDown]

I think the biggest message in all of this is that (1) people are making more informed decisions and (2) Independents have emerged at THE political power to contend with in coming years.

Massachusetts already has universal health coverage. Despite Kennedy's championing of the issue, the issue was resolved in that state. Kennedy was running with it on a national level. This health care bill does little for Massachusetts, but it does create costs, mandates, and corporate giveaways that go against the interests of that state. The best way to kill the bill? Vote for Brown.

I don't find him as extreme as others propose he will be. I watched his victory speech and he used the term "liberal" once, when talking about the message sent to "liberals in Washington." That was the only partisan note in that speech. The rest of it was about being an independent voice for Massachusetts that will answer to neither party.

The Independents surged in this election. People are sick of the two party system. Scott did not run on a hugely partisan theme and he won't be able to vote the way right-wingers do. He also is not going there with a mandate to be an obstructionist.

Progressives were marginalized by this administration early on (remember they were referred to as people sitting in their pajamas at their computers eating Cheetohs?). Progressives made it clear that they were not to be taken for granted. They made it clear that they were not showing up at the polls, not giving contributions, and not working for the candidate. For them, it wasn't just about healthcare. Healthcare was just the latest in a long line of issues: war, civil rights, domestic spying, gitmo, financial reform and on and on.

I'm a progressive and there is no way I'll vote for a Democrat or Republican in 2010. I am particularly pleased to see that Kirsten Gillibrand's approval ratings are falling. On the other hand, Harold Ford, Jr. - the carpetbagger - is no answer to that. I'm hoping we get a strong third-party challenge. I think it could succeed this cycle.

I'm pleased with the result of this election. It shakes things up. With 41 votes, moderate Republicans may begin to negotiate more. They have the space to do it.

I look forward to more shake ups in 2010.

[AnneseeKels]

Ironically, the real message here is that you can read whatever you want into this election. Because of the media's MASSIVE FAIL here.

I went to look into exit polls to see what the key issues were... and from what I've been reading, there were NO exit polls done, except (maybe) by the campaigns themselves - and they ain't talking.

So its all a crap shoot trying to figure out party turnout, key issues, etc etc. We can all make up whatever we want about the election. Maybe Massachusetts voters were sending a message about Schilling and the Yankee's to Washington. Or about the Tropicana repackaging debacle (I bet Coakley was for it).

[dremucha]

The dems screwed up with their candidate. She is a real lifetime politician and completely distanced from the "common man". Too many political blunders.

It is a shame that the Republicans are willing to hold party unity over the wellbeing of the people. I guess their "supporters" are a bit more consolidated in their wishes and directives than the Dems are...


Did I say directives? I am sorry, we all know that lobbiests do not tell our guys what to do!!!!!

Sort of like what happened with Sara Palin.

[Zvssxstw]

It's such a pathetic situation, ya just gotta laugh ...

Hitler Finds Out Scott Brown Won Massachusetts Senate Seat

[KukkoDrukko]

Is Scott Brown related to Helen Gurley-Brown?