Scott Brown’s win over Martha Coakley is still sinking in. I told Mr. Lonely Conservative how appropriate it is that a couple of hundred years ago the people of Massachusetts rose up against tyranny, and today they’ve done it again. As I write this, the pundits and politicians are spinning this as if it’s not a referendum on the agenda of Barack Obama and the Democrats.
But it is! It’s huge, and it’s just the beginning.
The Wall Street Journal summed things up nicely:
Democratic delusionists are already attributing Mrs. Coakley’s defeat solely to her weaknesses as a candidate, and those were real enough (Curt Schilling, “Yankee fan”). But the last time the Bay State elected a Republican to the Senate was 1972, and a mere 15% of state voters now belong to the GOP. Mr. Brown won because moderates and independents swarmed to him, and because he had the wit and nerve to make the race a referendum on Democratic policies in Washington.
The White House insists that the election had nothing to do with health care. But Mr. Brown ran explicitly on a promise to be the 41st Senator against ObamaCare. “I can stop it,” he declared in one debate.
Massachusetts passed a prototype of the Obama plan in 2006, and residents have since watched as their insurance premiums have risen to the highest in the nation, budget costs have soared, and bureaucrats are planning far more draconian regulation of medical practice. Mr. Brown accurately said the national sequel would be too expensive and reduce the quality of care, and that it would be a “raw deal” forcing Massachusetts taxpayers to subsidize all other states.
It’s telling, too, that at his rally for Mrs. Coakley on Sunday, Mr. Obama mentioned health care only by implication. The Commander in Chief did find time to deride Mr. Brown’s pickup truck—six separate times. Mrs. Coakley also didn’t mention health care in her final TV ad. The Democratic Party’s top priority had become such a political albatross that Democrats didn’t dare mention it lest it drive more votes to Mr. Brown. ….
Read the whole thing. I predict we’ll get more of the same from the Democrats – except they’ll step it up a notch. And that will be their downfall. As we saw in Massachusetts last night, the people aren’t going to stand for it. What we saw is another vote against tyranny.
Memeorandum has picked up the story.
Yes.
This IS just the beginning.
The Dems know it.
They know we’re watching.
They know we’re coming.
This isn’t about Democrats or Republicans.
This is about Americans. Decent hard working, tax paying, law abiding Americans. Yes, some are God fearing too.
This is about our Constitution, our rule of law, our security….our country
God Bless America.
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One Big Step for the cause{saving the Republic}, but still a long way to go….I’m still waiting for our retiring RINO George Voinovich{Ohio} to cut and run to his buds on the left side of the aisle and say he’s now for Health Scare. The guy is the original empty suit, and nothing would surprise me.
But for now, let’s celebrate with a Double Scotch on the Rocks with Ol’ Teddy’s Ghost!
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PRH has a good point. All those retiring Reps. and Sens. can vote any way they want to, because they are now accountable to no one. Indeed, Brown’s win is a victory, but let’s make sure it isn’t a Pyrrhic victory. If we want to keep on making progress, we need to keep at our quest to unseat Dems AND we need to keep in constant contact with our Reps. and Sens. to express our views. THE DEMS WILL SAY ANYTHING TO MAKE DEMS LOOK GOOD NOW…..AND TO ASSURE DEM VICTORIES IN NOVEMBER. DO NOT LISTEN TO THEIR “LET’S GET TOGETHER ON THIS” OVERTURES. KEEP UP THE FIGHT. We, however, will accept whatever pittances they will give up to Republicans. Just remember always what it was like last year. If we give in to Dems, it will be like that next year!
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