Scott Brown Wins Big in Massachusetts - Democrats Stymied with the Loss

Scott Brown defied the mainstream media and the talking heads to win the vacant US Senate seat, despite the fact that he's a Republican.

Hope and Change
After a stunning campaign, Scott Brown won election to the US Senate, tipping the balance away from a steady stream of Democrat wins and despite the fact that he's a Republican in the bluest of blue states.

I don't intend to cover the news about this election or to gloat at the Republican victory. I would, however, like to gloat over the blow this deals to what leftists are trying to do in Washington DC with the very unfortunate health care bill. Brown's victory does, indeed, become a referendum on how Congress and President Obama have tried to foist such a bad bill on the people of the US. (Bad bill! Bad, bad bill!)

The win has stymied the Democrats, most especially those who cannot see just how destructive the government of control, tax and spend really is. Here are a few examples of the terminally befuddled from Martha Coakley's concession "party."

“I have no interest in sugar coating what happened in Massachusetts. There is a lot of anxiety in the country right now. Americans are understandably impatient," said Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Robert Menendez.

“In the days ahead, we will sort through the lessons of Massachusetts: the need to redouble our efforts on the economy, the need to show that our commitment to real change is as powerful as it was in 2008, and the reality that we cannot take a single thing for granted and cannot afford even a second of complacency." (boston.com)

Funny stuff. I've got to wonder what "commitment to real change" Menendez is talking about here? Americans voted for change in 2008 and the Democrats in power have proven again and again that they have no clue what kind of change the people of the US were actually looking for?

Could it possibly be a change from the business as usual of a statist-minded government bent on writing extraordinarily complex, pork-laden, expensive, destructive legislation?

How about this statement?

"It goes without saying that we are disappointed in tonight's result. There will be plenty of time to dissect this race and to apply the lessons learned from it ... we will continue to work tirelessly on behalf of the America people and we will redouble our efforts to lay out a clear choice for voters this November," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine. (boston.com)

Ufortunately for Kaine, the lessons learned is that even the people of Massachusetts have a limit to how much bull they'll eat from congressional cronies.

This one brought a smile to my lips:

"We are living in difficult times. People are uncertain about the economy and health care, where we’re all headed. Martha Coakley understood that and no matter what came her way in this campaign, she stood up for what was true and what was right," [Senate President Therese Murray] said. (boston.com)

If what Coakley stood for was "true and right," how come she lost to a Republican? Maybe her definition of true and right isn't quite up to snuff with what the people in Massachusetts believe is true and right.

In the meantime, I'm heartened that there are enough people in Massachusetts who will stand up against the many bad decisions of our US Congress to allow someone like Scott Brown to represent them.