New poll has Mass. Senate race in a dead heat

[Darth Wagtaros]

I like how Taxachusetts is the state that stops Obamacare from Bankrupting America.

  Taxes in Massachusetts are not as high as everyone says.  They're probably about average in the US.  I think taxes in California are much higher, for example.  Then again that might not be true anymore since they started that MassHealth thing up there.

Its gone up.  But there are probably other states.  Real estate taxes in Live Free or Die NH are through the roof for example, not getting into their toll booths every quarter miles.

[Weatherman]

Brown wins. 52% to 47%.

America losses.

Your statement doesn't make any sense.

Meh, you wouldn't understand not being an American.  Besides hasn't China purchased Alberta?  As a Chinese shill I would expect you to root against the US.

He's making fun of you because you misspelled loses.

[Savonarola]

The funny/sad thing for the GOP now is, though, I bet Brown is now their #1 prospect for a Presidential run.

I hope not, it would be incredibly foolish to elect a Senator who has not even completed his first term to the presidency.

[Caliga]

The funny/sad thing for the GOP now is, though, I bet Brown is now their #1 prospect for a Presidential run.

I hope not, it would be incredibly foolish to elect a Senator who has not even completed his first term to the presidency.

I agree.

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[Valmy]

I hope not, it would be incredibly foolish to elect a Senator who has not even completed his first term to the presidency.

At least he would have had some experience in government unlike a Texas Governor.

[Valmy]

Anyway glad to see a RINO take office. 

[Ed Anger]

CNN just said that a democratic senator (webb) released a statement saying it would only be fair to suspend health care votes until Brown is seated. Cowardly fuckers.

Your agony: delicious. tastes like Constantinople falling.

[jimmy olsen]

Good electoral map of the state and the shift in votes from 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/19/us/politics/massachusetts-election-map.html?hp

[Berkut]

Just...wow. What a disaster this year has been for liberals.

I wonder how soon the Languish Liberals will abandon Obama? It already seems to be happening elsewhere, but I suspect the Languish crowd is a bit more stubborn than most.

[grumbler]

CNN just said that a democratic senator (webb) released a statement saying it would only be fair to suspend health care votes until Brown is seated. Cowardly fuckers.

Democrats sure did their best to reap the least benefits with the most drawbacks out of their "supermajority".  A lot of good those "moderates" did for them, they just created the illusion of Democratic majority, without giving Democrats the power.

The reason the Democrats were unable to exploit their incredible political power was because they achieved power in the House and Senate just as they abdicated power in the Speakership, Senate presidency (pro tem) and the White House.  It seems a rule of the political world that: [political rank] X [IQ] = a constant.

You could have as many lions as you want; led by donkeys, they could do nothing.

And this isn't a slam on Obama, necessarily.  The only thing he did blameworthy was running for office a decade before he was ready to fill it.  He is smart enough to learn to fill it before his first term ends, but I am not sure that this will be enough to save his presidency.  By the time he learns to be a President, there will likely be a hostile legislature.

[Valmy]

What a disaster this year has been for liberals.

Are John Locke and Adam Smith spinning in their graves?

[Faeelin]

Just...wow. What a disaster this year has been for liberals.

I wonder how soon the Languish Liberals will abandon Obama? It already seems to be happening elsewhere, but I suspect the Languish crowd is a bit more stubborn than most.

Do I count as a Liberal?

[Valmy]

Do I count as a Liberal?

Do you believe in the ideals of limited government and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly, and free markets?

If so then yes.

[Admiral Yi]

Just...wow. What a disaster this year has been for liberals.

I wonder how soon the Languish Liberals will abandon Obama? It already seems to be happening elsewhere, but I suspect the Languish crowd is a bit more stubborn than most.

Why would a lost Senate race in Massachusetts induce anyone to "abandon" Obama?  The only reason I can think of is to not back a loser.

What has suprised me is the rapidity with which the Languish swing vote has abandoned Obama.

[Valmy]

What has suprised me is the rapidity with which the Languish swing vote has abandoned Obama.

I was off the bandwagon before the Democratic primaries were completed.  I still, you know, hope he does a good job.  Either that or I just have to hope the Republicans come to their sense sometime between now and 2012.