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[derien]

I'm really confused as to how they say that this idiot Scott Brown, the Republican from Massachusetts "rode a wave of populist votes." He got 52% of the vote, his opponent got 47%. This is not a landslide, this is not the voice of the people saying he's wonderful, or that they're "sending a message to the Obama administration that they're too liberal." This looks a lot more, to me, as though the Democratic candidate was just not someone people wanted to vote for. If there had been an attractive Independent candidate to split the votes I'd bet Brown would not have won.

I have one coworker who's all delighted with this result. He thinks Dems and Obama are ruining the country, and the media is telling him that a lot of people agree with him.

I don't want to believe this is true.

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[derien.livejournal.com]

The only way I can see any silver lining here is to hope that the Republicans assume that they're back on the rise and start slacking off their efforts and then maybe Brown turns out to be a Republican like our own Snow and Collins - way more middle of the road and more concerned with what the people want than their party line.

[cyberquail.livejournal.com]

I hope you're right; a "Republican" in New England is generally not the same thing as a "Republican" in (shudder) Texas.