Jan 19 2010
Scott Brown
The sad news is that the Dems no longer have a “super majority”, just a plain ole majority. Not they were using the super majority anyway. All that power in the hands of people who, by the very fact of their profession can be identified as power hungry, and they have yet to get off the pot and do something game changing. And it really didn’t look like they were going to do so anytime soon, so I really can’t blame the Repubs for saying “Hey, you playing with that? No? Then I’ll just take it.”
What bugs me is that a lot of the criticism of the campaign seems to be spot on. Democrats in MA acted as though they owned that seat for ever more. Martha Coakley couldn’t even keep straight the names of major ball players (I believe it was the Australian Rules Rugby champ she misnamed?). That’s bush league shit, and in Massachusetts? It just really showed a lack of effort.
But I do see a sort of silver lining. The whole debacle points to one thing about the Democrats that I sort of like. Or not ‘like’ but respect, and think is important to preserve. That is that they don’t walk in lock step with the leadership. it doesn’t make them honest, but at least they are a more independent. And I think that’s a good thing, in the long run.
On the other hand: You Blew It!