She’s right. There’s not enough of us here and we know the alternative to Brown is going to be much, much, much worse… (The Hill) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said Wednesday evening that Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R) might not face a primary challenge like other GOP lawmakers who have voted with Democrats. Palin has backed a number of candidates in congressional races this cycle who are favorites of the Tea Party movement. One of her beneficiaries, Joe Miller, leads Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) in the state’s Senate primary with vote counting still underway. But Palin suggested Brown might not face the same type of scrutiny. “That’s Massachusetts and perhaps they are not going to look for such a hardcore constitutional conservative there, and they are going to put up with Scott Brown and the antics there,” she said Wednesday evening on Fox Business Network. “But up here in Alaska and in so many places across the U.S., where we have a pioneering independent spirit and an expectation that the representative in D.C. will respect the will of the people and the intelligence of the people; we wouldn’t stand for that.”
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Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy . They’re trying to recruit Victoria Kennedy (Ted Kennedy’s widow) for the seat for 2012. They actually tried to get her to run in 2010, but she refused – and she’s supposedly refusing now, but apparently the possible challengers to Scott Brown have already been collectively weighed by the state party, and found wanting. So there seems to be no better options for Massachusetts Democrats right now, which is as funny as it is unsurprising. Now, the objective merits of a Victoria Kennedy candidacy can be argued – if you believe this Boston Globe puff piece , both she and her husband only used boats because walking on water takes too long to get anywhere – outside of the context of Massachusetts politics… in much the same way that a Jeb Bush 2012 Presidential candidacy can be objectively argued outside of the context of national politics. Subjectively, however… this will hardly sound disinterested, but I can’t imagine that Massachusetts Democratic politicians are honestly enjoying the prospect of the ‘Kennedy seat’ surviving. Scott Brown’s win earlier this year was the first time a Senate seat for MA changed hands in over a quarter of a century: does that state really lack for ambitious politicians who are tired of waiting for their chance*? Moe Lane *And if the state really does lack such politicians… well. That is the fault of Senators Kennedy and Kerry, who both failed to do the first job of a competent public servant: ensuring that there’s somebody qualified to take his or her place. Crossposted to Moe Lane .
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Romney Doing His Best Scott Brown Impersonation…
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About time he does something right… Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said on Thursday that he will vote against confirming Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice. Brown announced early this afternoon that he will vote against Kagan, whose confirmation is all but certain after the vast majority of Democrats and a handful of Republicans have said they would support her. Brown chalked up his decision to Kagan’s lack of experience as a judge. “I believe nominees to the Supreme Court should have previously served on the bench. Lacking that, I look for many years of practical courtroom experience to compensate for the absence of prior judicial experience,” he said. “In Elena Kagan’s case, she is missing both.” Kagan had served as dean of Harvard Law School in Brown’s native Massachusetts, and Brown had introduced her along with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), as is customary, at the beginning of Senate hearings. Rest here> > >
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Aaron Goldstein has a fine piece on conservative disappointment with Scott Brown on the main site. But let’s not forget that Tea Party conservatives were only part of the center-right coalition that elected Brown in Massachusetts. There were a lot of independents and disaffected Democrats who voted for Brown too. While they may have shared Brown’s opposition to Obamacare, these voters did not necessarily want him to be an automatic vote against the Obama agenda in the same way the Tea Partiers did. I think Brown could have gotten away with voting against the financial reform and “jobs” bills, but he sided with the Democrats to appeal to
