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Title: SHOCK: Poll Has GOP Candidate Now Leading In Massachusetts Senate Race
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URL Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/shoc ... ssachusetts-senate-race-2010-1
Published: Jan 10, 2010
Author: Joe Weisenthal
Post Date: 2010-01-10 18:41:40 by Ada
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Views: 290
Comments: 16

It's still hard to believe a Republican could win in deep-blue Massachusetts, but if you're interested in healthcare reform you must pay attention to the election that will take place on January 19th.

A new poll from PPP has GOP candidate Scott Brown leading Democrat Martha Coakley by 1 point.

How could a Republican win in a state that Obama carried by more than 20 points?

It's simple. Republicans are motivated by the chance to pull a gigantic upset and torpedo healthcare reform. Democrats aren't so motivated, so the conventional wisdom is that the makeup of the electorate will be way different than it was last election day .

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Eric Stratton  posted on  2010-01-10   19:07:51 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Good news for the GOP, bad news for everyone else.

If National Romneycare is torpedoed, everyone wins.

mirage  posted on  2010-01-11   0:01:39 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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Eric Stratton  posted on  2010-01-11   4:21:06 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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Saturday, January 9, 2010
If Brown Wins in Mass. Dems Will Delay Swearing in till AFTER Obamacare Vote

The democrats will do anything to get Obamacare passed even over the objections of the American People. The question is how far over the Objections of the American People will they go. According to the Boston Herald they are willing to go very far. In the unlikely event that Republican Scott Brown wins the special election to take over Ted Kennedy's senatorial seat, the democratic leadership would delay his swearing in to after the obamacare vote, preventing him from casting the 41st vote against Cloture and killing Obamacare.

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/01/i....will-delay.html

January 9, 2009 Boston Herald Frank Quaratiello Scott Brown Swearing-In Would be Stalled to Pass Health-Care Reform

It looks like the fix is in on national health-care reform - and it all may unfold on Beacon Hill.

At a business forum in Boston today, interim Sen. Paul Kirk predicted that Congress would pass a health-care reform bill this month.

“We want to get this resolved before President Obama’s State of the Union address in early to mid-February,” Kirk told reporters at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast.

The longtime aide and confidant of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was handpicked by Gov. Deval Patrick after a controversial legal change to hold Kennedy’s seat, vowed to vote for the bill even if Republican state Sen. Scott Brown, who opposes the health-care reform legislation, prevails in a Jan. 19 special election.

“Absolutely,” Kirk said, when asked if he’d vote for the bill, even if Brown captures the seat. “It would be my responsibility as United States senator, representing the people and understanding Senator Kennedy’s agenda. . . . I think you’re asking me a hypothetical question but I’d be pleased to vote for the bill.”

Few have considered the Jan. 19 election as key to the fate of national health- care reform because both Kirk and front-runner state Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Democratic nominee, have vowed to uphold Kennedy’s legacy and support health-care reform.

But if Brown wins, the entire national health-care reform debate may hinge on when he takes over as senator. Brown has vowed to be the crucial 41st vote in the Senate that would block the bill.

The U.S. Senate ultimately will schedule the swearing-in of Kirk’s successor, but not until the state certifies the election.

Today, a spokesman for Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, who is overseeing the election but did not respond to a call seeking comment, said certification of the Jan. 19 election by the Governor’s Council would take a while.

“Because it’s a federal election,” spokesman Brian McNiff said. “We’d have to wait 10 days for absentee and military ballots to come in.”

Another source told the Herald that Galvin’s office has said the election won’t be certified until Feb. 20 - well after the president’s address.

Since the U.S. Senate doesn’t meet again in formal session until Jan. 20, Bay State voters will have made their decision before a vote on health-care reform could be held. But Kirk and Galvin’s office said today a victorious Brown would be left in limbo.

In contrast, Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) was sworn in at the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 18, 2007, just two days after winning a special election to replace Martin Meehan. In that case, Tsongas made it to Capitol Hill in time to override a presidential veto of the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Yesterday, Brown, who has been closing the gap with Coakley in polls and fund raising, blasted the political double standard.

“This is a stunning admission by Paul Kirk and the Beacon Hill political machine,” said Brown in a statement. “Paul Kirk appears to be suggesting that he, Deval Patrick, and (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid intend to stall the election certification until the health care bill is rammed through Congress, even if that means defying the will of the people of Massachusetts. As we’ve already seen from the backroom deals and kickbacks cut by the Democrats in Washington, they intend to do anything and everything to pass their controversial health care plan. But threatening to ignore the results of a free election and steal this Senate vote from the people of Massachusetts takes their schemes to a whole new level. Martha Coakley should immediately disavow this threat from one of her campaign’s leading supporters.”

A spokeswoman for Coakley’s campaign declined to comment today.

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1224249

randge  posted on  2010-01-11 08:20:28 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

One boil on the skin of a beast that's full of them.

Gotta start somewhere.

mirage  posted on  2010-01-11 12:32:14 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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