Did They Hear? Do They Care?
Did President Obama hear the outcry yesterday? If so, does he care?
Senator-elect Scott Brown won a resounding victory in Massachusetts by gathering the votes of most Republican voters who turned out, many Independent voters who turned out and some Democrat voters who turned out. He captured 52% to 47% at the end of last night with some 93% of all votes, except absentee ballots, accounted for.
The Senate Democrats appear to have heard that outcry, and it appears that they care...at least for the moment.
We don't yet know if the House Democrats heard, nor whether they care; Nancy Pelosi continues to make loud sounds about passing health care reform no matter that the majority of people do not want it.
There is a certain "Kamikaze" quality about Pelosi, but she doesn't have to pilot one of those airplanes. Instead, she stands on the flight deck and watches as her wards take off into the wild blue yonder never to return after the elections this fall. She has as safe a seat as there is for a liberal Democrat coming from the San Francisco area as she does.
But then again, people thought the "Kennedy Seat" was safe, too...until yesterday.
Of course, the leaders on the Democrat side may take awhile to come to grips with the aftermath from yesterday. That would be understandable, so long as they get the right message after the pondering.
Now, all that having been said, will the Republicans take the cue they should take from yesterday? That cue is not to be cocky and avoid listening to the real message. This was not a Republican victory so much as it was a independent/conservative victory. Whether or not Senator-elect Brown proves to be a conservative, he sure looked like one compared to his opponent.
If liberal Massachusetts can love a "conservative", why would the Republican party not be able to do the same?
Senator-elect Scott Brown won a resounding victory in Massachusetts by gathering the votes of most Republican voters who turned out, many Independent voters who turned out and some Democrat voters who turned out. He captured 52% to 47% at the end of last night with some 93% of all votes, except absentee ballots, accounted for.
The Senate Democrats appear to have heard that outcry, and it appears that they care...at least for the moment.
We don't yet know if the House Democrats heard, nor whether they care; Nancy Pelosi continues to make loud sounds about passing health care reform no matter that the majority of people do not want it.
There is a certain "Kamikaze" quality about Pelosi, but she doesn't have to pilot one of those airplanes. Instead, she stands on the flight deck and watches as her wards take off into the wild blue yonder never to return after the elections this fall. She has as safe a seat as there is for a liberal Democrat coming from the San Francisco area as she does.
But then again, people thought the "Kennedy Seat" was safe, too...until yesterday.
Of course, the leaders on the Democrat side may take awhile to come to grips with the aftermath from yesterday. That would be understandable, so long as they get the right message after the pondering.
Now, all that having been said, will the Republicans take the cue they should take from yesterday? That cue is not to be cocky and avoid listening to the real message. This was not a Republican victory so much as it was a independent/conservative victory. Whether or not Senator-elect Brown proves to be a conservative, he sure looked like one compared to his opponent.
If liberal Massachusetts can love a "conservative", why would the Republican party not be able to do the same?
Posted by The Curmudgeon at 1/20/2010 12:59 PM 
Categories: Politics,Health Care,Taxes,Economy,Quality of Life,National Issues
Categories: Politics,Health Care,Taxes,Economy,Quality of Life,National Issues
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