<>Massachusetts Senate vote may derail Obama agenda
In a stunning upset that reshaped the U.S. political landscape, Republican Scott Brown won Tuesday’s special election in Massachusetts for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by liberal Democrat Ted Kennedy.
A republican won the Senate seat controlled for half a century by the Massachusetts Democratic political machine? The Obamessiahs plans possibly foiled by the will of the people? This can only be a sign of the Apocalypse!
What a Republican victory in Massachusetts may look like.
<>Seriously, this is surprisingly awesome. I fully expected Coakley to be declared the winner (regardless of who had the most votes), and for life to go on as usual. But now the Republicans have a shot. If they do the right things, then the mid-term elections later this year could be a replay of the ’94 elections, which swept Republicans into power in the House and Senate. That election put the brakes onto Clinton’s disastrous proposals and spending (including Hilarycare), and resulted in actual surpluses in the FedGuv budget. But the Repubs went on to become almost as corrupt as the Dems, and blew it. Had they maintained the initiative, the federal government and its budget today could have been less than a third the size it currently is… or even smaller. Sigh.
