A little-known Republican upended the balance of power in Washington by winning a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, a result that imperils President Barack Obama’s top legislative priorities and augurs trouble for his party in this year’s elections.
With 75% of the vote counted, Republican Scott Brown was leading his opponent, Massachusetts’ Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley 52.7% to 46.3%, according to the Associated Press, which declared Mr. Brown the winner.
The Brown victory forces the White House and Congressional leaders into a mad scramble to decide how—or whether—to salvage their long-sought health-care overhaul. Rushing the bill after losing Massachusetts carries political risks. So does allowing it to collapse.
#64 Coakley was up 30 points after the primary and decided she didn’t have to campaign. Whoops.
#66 little pedro, I’ll believe your touching little story when you attack a Republican with the same viciousness as you attack the Democrats.
Until then, you’re just another transparently obvious right-wing nut. Why do you even bother to pretend? I guess that question is best left to your therapist. Maybe you can work on it while you’re processing your grief over your failed god Dubya. 🙂
#69 Thanks little pedro. 🙂 Now, there’s Democrats out there for you to bash, random people to call “sheeple”, and above all constantly remind us of how smart and impartial you are. 😉
Need I remind everyone that DU posted a clip from the Daily Show about this. Stewart even as far as to explain how this affects the “balance” of power issue.
If you haven’t seen the clip yet, go see it BEFORE posting. A waste of time if you don’t do it.
There’s that big ‘flushing sound’ again!
I pointed out that she lost because of how she handled the Amirault case: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575003341640657862.html
She knew they could possibly be guilty, yet she did everything in her power to keep them in prison.
Should be “couldn’t possibly be guilty.”
Assessing the Massachusetts Senate Race:
Up by 30 points its in the bag
Coakley pulls a Hillary ouch!
Oh well the Healthcare Bill is so watered down now its just a placebo. The insurance companies and their Republican allies have managed to block all cost accountability measures. At this point Ted would be thinking we have let this Lobster turn into a Carp with the time-honored Democratic tradition of making concessions because we can never get our act together.
Republicans can rest easer; their fears that it just might work have been put on hold for another 20 or 30 years.
#65, that’s my point. Any other primary winner would have won.
Instead, because of abortion extremism and her campaigning at Teddy’s funeral, she won the primary.
Next time, just bring back ESPN’s 2 minute drill and quiz the candidates.
# 43
Ha! F__king Brilliant!
It’s funny because it’s so true.
(Bobo, take your meds.)