Scott Brown snubs Sarah Palin, bags Tea Party rally

Boston Herald ^ | April 12, 2010 | Edward Mason

[GQuagmire]

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, whose stunning victory in January was fueled in part by Tea Party anger, has snubbed the fiery grassroots group and declined its invitation to join Sarah Palin Wednesday at a massive rally on Boston Common, the Herald has learned.

Brown’s decision to skip the first big rally in Boston by the group whose members are credited with helping him win election has some experts saying he’s tossed the Tea Party overboard, as he prepares for re-election in 2012.

[GQuagmire]

Brown is in a no win situation. Palin's unfavorability(sp?) numbers are very low around here(sadly) and Brown has to walk a fine line to win reelection in '12. I do think he should go but I understand why he's not.

[GQuagmire]

Palin’s unfavorability(sp?) numbers are very low

should be numbers very high

[84rules]

He can’t win by snubbing the people who got him elected in the first place. This is precisely why the GOP in general is in such a shambles right now. They turned their backs on their Conservative roots. I was hoping that people like Scott Brown had finally learned this lesson. Apparently, my hopes were too high.

[SatinDoll]

Senator Scott Brown will get the political response he deserves.

[sauropod]

I do not understand why he does not go.

If he thinks he can diss the Tea Party this way, he will be shown the door.

Sorry, I’m unimpressed.

[sport]

He won’t be the first to tell the one[s] that took him to the dance to take a hike after he gets there.

[howkn]

How rude.

[misharu]

I just love how the MSm is trying oh so hard to make the movement a “Party”. They just don’t get it.

[GQuagmire]

This is MA we are talking about. Martha Coakley, who was probably the candidate for US Senate and ran the worst campaign ever, got almost IIRC 1 million votes( I will verify that). I do think Brown is making a mistake but I get why

[campaignPete R-CT]

okay, so some paper says Brown is snubbing Teaparty therefore it must be so and we have to agree this is a snub.

[84rules]

What would you call it?

[Recon Dad]

How big was the “massive” crowd?

[Diogenesis]

As predicted here by others, Brown is now a RINO who will
only help Romney and will continue to impose ROMNEYCARE.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

(((PING)))

[GQuagmire]

the rally is Wed. no idea on crowd expected

[who knows what evil?]

Sarah should have gone to Washington; not Boston. An appearance in New England is akin to an appearance in a hostile foreign country...

[McGruff]

Brown’s decision to skip the first big rally in Boston by the group whose members are credited with helping him win election has some experts saying he’s tossed the Tea Party overboard, as he prepares for re-election in 2012.

“He wants to mainstream himself before the election,” said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist.

Sounds like he's joined the inside the beltway crowd.

Scott, we hardly knew you.

[stevio]

Kind of like the ‘rats arrogantly walking through the protesters as they passed obamacare?

[Venturer]

Brown is an anomaly and a one termer.

The actions that led to his being elected were not something that can be sustained.

Massachusetts will replace him in the next election, I believe we all know that. The man was never a Conservative to begin with . He was elected because the Health care Bill was so wrong that even mass. Democrats could see it.

I was glad to see him elected , but I and anyone with a brain knew he wasnt a Conservative republican.
Just as Romney is no Conservative republican.

[faucetman]

Give him the benefit of the doubt. (odd phrase). Don't be so quick to throw him under the bus. He is NEW after all. He has to get up to speed and has an election coming up again very soon. While, so far, I'm not his biggest fan, but let's wait and see how he votes when it counts. It will become clear over time if he is really Scott Collins or Olympia Brown.