Ardent15
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:38 PM
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So if Scott Brown acts like a teabagger idiot, would MA kick him out in 2012? |
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He won mainly because of out-of-state teabaggers and because Coakley ran an absolutely horrendous campaign.
I know that many of us have come to expect Republicans to be obstructing, mean-spirited assholes, and they usually are, but I'm actually wondering about Brown.
Will he have any sense to answer to his constituents in MA, or will he be a teabagger Senator? And if he latter is the case, will he likely get kicked out in 2012?
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:39 PM
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1. He'll have to act like Snowe, pretend to cooperate, then stab you in |
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the back...she's pulled it off so far.
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:41 PM
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2. Ah, so be a "moderate" aka play both sides, but remain loyal to the GOP |
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:43 PM
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3. Yup, when push comes to shove, Snowe and Collins know where |
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their money is...Brownie won't be able to be use the rhetoric that Demint (R-Confederacy) use, because it will turn people off in MA.
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:52 PM
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9. If he does that, he'll get teabagged in the GOP primary in 2012 |
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He's in a real lose-lose situation. The teabaggers brought him to the dance, but he needs moderate and left of center voters to keep his job in a GE.
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:47 PM
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4. If Brown moves to far to the right you better believe he will be replaced. MA |
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is a firm blue state. Coakley was bad at running. Her mistake she thought she was a shoe in. Don't you worry they will be watching him. He moves to far and they will vote him out.
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:49 PM
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5. How could out of state teabaggers win an election for him? |
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:50 PM
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6. He could be the most liberal Republican in the Senate |
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and still vote with his party 90% of the time, as that wouldn't really take much.
He would then run on that record.
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:50 PM
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7. depends if the Democrat running against him actually brought up the facts |
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:51 PM
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8. If MA nominates a decent, progressive candidate |
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who works hard and doesn't go on a vacation right before the election, then yes, I think Brown will lose in 2012.
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:57 PM
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10. The bigger question - what wil happen if he doesn't act like one? |
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Brown is a blank slate. If his acceptance speech is any clue to who he is - he is (a) not terribly bright and (b) just another rich white "good old boy" after power and money. What will the teabaggers do when they realize he used them to get into the most exclusive club in the world and has no desire to change anything that might threaten his membership there?
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:57 PM
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11. The Democrats lost because of over confidence ... |
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... I do not expect that to happen again soon.
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Sun Jan-24-10 07:06 PM
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They slept right through all this.
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Sun Jan-24-10 06:59 PM
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12. Scotty has been "schooled" |
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Look for him to keep a low profile, and to have as many photo-ops with Obama as possible.
he may even vote with the dems on issues that other repubes have "covered" for him
he's eying a 6 year stint, and is counting on a brutal dem primary in '12
it probably won't work, but I'm betting that's what his plan is
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Sun Jan-24-10 07:05 PM
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13. He basically ran as an independent. |
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He carefully distanced himself from the republican party.
Time will tell........
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Sun Jan-24-10 07:07 PM
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15. I think Brown will be kicked out in 2012 regardless. But who knows? |
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It depends somewhat on how strong his challenger is, naturally.
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Sun Jan-24-10 08:21 PM
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16. Brown is pro-choice... |
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...teabaggers want to kick him to the curb. They ran another candidate AGAINST him: Joe "No Relation" Kennedy.
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