Well, he’s in.
I’m not thrilled but Shaheen was gonna get a pass otherwise thanks to the pathetic state of the NH GOP.
Cheered? More like "In a move TOLERATED by Republicans nationwide..."
>> I would prefer a real Republican but I suppose they don’t exist in New England.
In places like NH and MA a Brown style Republican is ok <<
Totally disagree. While it's true that Brown's record was "conservative" by Massachuttes standards, the same is NOT true by New Hampshire standards. Brown is to the LEFT of most Republicans that won elective office statewide in N.H. over the past dozen years or so (Craig Benson, Judd Gregg, John Sununu Jr., etc.), including "moderate" Republicans. The political ideology of the two states is totally different (for example, N.H. voted for Bush in 2000, whereas Massachuttes would have probably STILL voted for Gore if Jesus himself was Gore's opponent) It's disingenuous to put them in the same category because they're in the same region of the country. It's like saying "I would prefer a real GOP governor in Utah, but after all, the western states elected Arnold Schwarzenegger and that's the best we can get out there"
>> Scott Brown needs to come out and say: “Im no RINO, you want to see a RINO, look at Kelly Ayotte’s vote to create 12 million Democrats”. <<
Also disagree. Yes, Brown is "more conservative" than Ayotte on immigration. However, he is to her LEFT on virtually everything else.
>> believe he is a chameleon conservative <<
I'm not getting my hopes up, but that would be refreshing if he moves right once he represents New Hampshire. It would also be the decent thing to do, and put him in sync with the Republicans there who nominated him.