Think it over.
Brown will caucus w/ Repubs-—Shaheen will not.
Understand the horse-trading that goes on in Congress-—chances are he’ll need something-—so he’ll trade his aye vote on a Repub social issue for a much-needed favor.
<><> Ask Shaheen why she voted to subsidize O/Care by decimating Medicare Advantage for seniors.
<><> Ask Shaheen why the White House calculatedly kept the gruesome details to itself while egging on loyal lock-stepping Democrats to vote for O/Care.
<><> Ask Shaheen why the WH lied to Americans in a way so specific, it showed they knew exactly what to spin and how......via the infamous "If you like your health-care plan, you can keep your health-care plan, period."
<><> Ask Shaheen after she voted for it why she carried on for the next three years making believe she'd actually read the ACA bill and pretending she understood its implications.
<><> Ask Shaheen why she was taken aback by complaints about O/Care from her constituents.
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Shaheen and her coterie of lock-stepping Dummycrats are gonna
find out real soon: NH voters did not just fall off a turnip truck.
Remember this too. Brown, if elected, is sure to vote more conservative as a NH Senator than he did as a MA Senator (55-60% w GOP) - simply based on the political demographics.
I’m betting he’d align with Kelly Ayotte (75% w GOP)- who I call a conservative RINO. Which is sort of where NH stands. It’s very conservative for being in the middle of New England, but not exactly Alabama either - especially on social issues.
Brown, as a U.S. Senator from Mass, had to listen to his left-leaning constituency.
Furthermore, as a junior senator from NH, he’s more of a number for increasing the GOP caucus, to me, and not a policy maker. This allows GOP conservatives like Lee, Paul, Cruz et al to lead committees and further the agenda.
My philosophy is always to be pragmatic and realistic. RINOs are fine to me from purple/blue states (i.e. Brown, Ayotte, Collins). Whereas RINOs from conservative states are unacceptable (i.e. McCain, Graham, Alexander, Corker etc). That’s me. I believe Tea Party absolutism in blue/purple states is a pipe dream.
So what?
What is it exactly that repubs do that anyone should be concerned at all with their caucus and whether or not liberal Scott Brown is in it or not?