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GOP's Brown wins Mass. Senate seat in epic upset

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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

GOP's Scott Brown wins Mass. Senate seat - Yahoo! News

HELL'S YEAH.

All you that will try to claim this wasn't about Healthcare... HELLO!!! The late "great" Edward Kennedy's former seat is now the one that will STOP Obamacare in it's tracks.

Don't fool yourselves, the Dem's have over reached, and Obama's personal appeal cannot cover the stench that is his ideas!
 
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Unbelieveable, How sweet it is.........Dems are even saying take your health care and shove it where the sun does not shine.............:lol:
 
I love it. A pick-up truck driving Republican wins Senate seat that once was Ted Kennedy's.
 
I love it. A pick-up truck driving Republican wins Senate seat that once was Ted Kennedy's.

I'm still wondering who the guy is or rather his platform. His website seems a bit overloaded right now. But no matter I think the stock market will go up tomorrow and I will be selling.
 
a republican is now the senator from mass. Unbelievable!! BTW just who is that girl singing at browns headquarters? She's completely sweet.

I'm pretty sure that's his daughter.

This is really isn't that shocking, considering how terrible a campaign Coakley ran. When you confuse a Red Sock for a Yankee, there is always hell to pay.
 
Too bad the self admitted war criminal John Kerry wasn't facing similar defeat side by side with Coakley....Oh well,I guess seeing his reaction to this upset will be good enough :)
 
It's quite remarkable. I wonder......are the democrats listening?
 
I'm still wondering who the guy is or rather his platform. His website seems a bit overloaded right now. But no matter I think the stock market will go up tomorrow and I will be selling.

He is a pro life, anti gay marriage, anti health care bill conservative........
 
It's quite remarkable. I wonder......are the democrats listening?

No,they're preoccupied right now they are trying to figure out ways to delay seating Brown.
 
a republican is now the senator from mass. Unbelievable!! BTW just who is that girl singing at browns headquarters? She's completely sweet.

Its his daughter. You can watch it live here from the local affiliate:
LIVE RIGHT NOW: NECN Senate coverage | NECN

Also Olbermann on MSNBC said he won because of 60s racism towards Obama.
 
No,they're preoccupied right now they are trying to figure out ways to delay seating Brown.

I don't think the American people will put up with that...........
 
I say, Praise God! I'm so happy!
:2dancing::ind::clap::rock:2dance:
 
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I think this is going to be the first in a long line of instances where Liberal Democrats get their asses handed to them.

The most Liberal state in the Union has rejected the Liberal agenda. It's a great day, a great day, in this country!!!

Let's hope Brown doesn't **** it up, or turn out to be a RINO.

Now...bring on the cries of foul by the Liberals.
 
I'm pretty sure that's his daughter.

This is really isn't that shocking, considering how terrible a campaign Coakley ran. When you confuse a Red Sock for a Yankee, there is always hell to pay.

Yeah but this is Mass. The hot bed of liberalism where dems out number 3-1.

If it was Alabama or some place like that is one thing but Mass............wow!!!!
 
I'm pretty sure that's his daughter.

This is really isn't that shocking, considering how terrible a campaign Coakley ran. When you confuse a Red Sock for a Yankee, there is always hell to pay.

That's pretty much what they said in the new jersey and virginia election losses. Have all democrats forgotten how to run campaigns? Besides, coakley had just a little more money than god, not to mention obama himself!! What's it take to get a liberal democrat elected these days? :confused:
 
It's quite remarkable. I wonder......are the democrats listening?

NO!

I've been listening to AIR AMERICA, and 10-minutes after the concession, they stopped talking about the election!

Typical.

Perhaps it was for mental health reasons.
They didn't want to overload the phones at the suicide hotline.

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He is a pro life, anti gay marriage, anti health care bill conservative........

Actually he...

"He said he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman. He also said the issue is settled in this state and he respects the decision to allow gay marriages."

Republican Scott Brown, seeking to fill the seat held by Ted Kennedy, favors more troops in Afghanistan, opposes health insurance overhaul | Breaking News - MassLive.com -

...and...

"On abortion rights, Brown is basically in favor but with nuance. 'Roe v. Wade is the law of the land, and I don’t plan on overturning it, but I’ve always felt that, you know, I’m against partial-birth abortions and believe in parental consent, a strong parental notification law,' Brown said, adding that he would not apply an abortion rights litmus test in Supreme Court confirmations."

Being the underdog never deters a driven Brown - The Boston Globe

Brown seems more of a Libertarian-leaning Republican.
 
congrats to half of us

condolences to the rest

obama is done

this is day 365 of his presidency

a state as liberal as MA has swung 30 points

VA and NJ only moved a little over 20

brown made health care centerpiece of his campaign, that's when he took off, that's when he became national

obama went to northeastern on sunday, invested as much as he could spare

this is the 60th seat, the health care seat, the kennedy seat

health care is killed

and if MA can go blue, then Louisiana, North Dakota, Arkansas, Missouri, Nevada, Colorado, etc, etc, are in the bag

barbara boxer in CA is within reach, burris' seat in IL

specter is ours

america has never seen anything like this, no one has ever fallen so far so fast as obama

and never so spontaneous and grassroots a coalition, at least not in modern times

brown is pro choice, he's not opposed to gay marriage

yet he loves tea and tea drinkers love him

a beautiful marriage made in lipton land

the only thing that unites the opposition is OPPOSITION

tea partiers are universally and energetically anti-obama

they're specifically anti "spending"

that's the word that would poll best amongst the chamomile crowd

but it simply means anti big govt

and just look at the circular firing squad forming on the losing side

america has never quite seen this either

the white house is just trashing her, and she's finally starting to fight back

it is what it is

once more, congrats to the opposition

condolences to the party still in power
 
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