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Brown's independence could face Senate test
Washington Post ^ | Feb 6, 2010 | ANDREW MIGA

Posted on 02/06/2010 9:11:47 AM PST by SmartInsight

Scott Brown says he's a different kind of Republican, a centrist willing to work with Senate Democrats to fix health care and the ailing economy.

But his independent bent is likely to be sorely tested in a bitterly divided Senate where party loyalty is often at a premium.

"If he wants to have a future in Massachusetts politics, Brown has to live up to being a New England Republican - fiscally conservative, socially moderate, independent-minded," said Dante Scala, a University of New Hampshire political science professor.

"Is Obama going to try to craft some room for himself in the center?" Scala said. "If so, Brown might be something of an ally."

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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: americanpravda; congress; elections; gop; msm4obama; msm4rino; msm4rinos; republicans; scottbrown
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To: SmartInsight

The ComPost didn’t wait long to start trying to make trouble. This is not a news article, it’s an Alinski attack. But kind of a dumb one.


21 posted on 02/06/2010 10:03:54 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero
Yep. If Brown learns one lesson, its the Washington media corps will NEVER be his friend. This is a warning shot across his bow. They never treated Ted Kennedy like they're treating Brown now.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

22 posted on 02/06/2010 10:18:45 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: 9YearLurker
But this is the guy who delivered that laughable week-before poll to the Globe with Coakley up by 15.

The Boston Globe ran that poll, but do you have the definitive evidence that this asshat was the actual source of the polling data itself?

This is a very key piece of information and a basis for blistering criticism of this moron's thought processes as well as his presumed powers of prognostication.

FReegards!


23 posted on 02/06/2010 10:26:58 AM PST by Agamemnon (Intelligent Design is to evolution what the Swift Boat Vets were to the Kerry campaign)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Joe Libermann


24 posted on 02/06/2010 10:43:43 AM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Agamemnon

Thought I’d seen or heard him defending the methodology, but a quick google reveals it may have just been Andrew Smith, their polling center director, out there pitching their embarrassing, cynical results.


25 posted on 02/06/2010 11:03:37 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Cowboy Bob

Joe Leiberman?


26 posted on 02/06/2010 11:12:47 AM PST by billhilly
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To: SmartInsight

Didn’t Brown already say he supported Obama on Afghanistan?


27 posted on 02/10/2010 8:49:07 PM PST by tellw
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