>>>>>>Last night, around midnight, I was awaken by the sound of the garage door being opened. I quickly jumped out of bed, put on some pants and ran downstairs. Just in case, I grabbed a knife in the kitchen. I opened the door from the laundry closet into the garage and guess who I see there: Scott Brown!!. I am speechless but he calmly says "Please vote for me tomorrow. Paid for by Scott Brown ..." If not for the fact that I am planning to vote for him today, I would have killed him.
>>>>>
>>>>>Paid for by Scott Brown and a heck of a lot of Republicans out of state.....
>>>>
>>>>As opposed to Martha Coakley's ads paid only by democrats from Mass?!. Mike, you are either being naive or so partisan that you are blind. Is president Obama who came to campaign for Martha from Mass? Is Bill Clinton who came to campaign for Martha from Mass? She got as much money from dems out of state as he from republicans. But he got a lot of money from independents also and she got zero! And another difference is that people in this state finally realized (even some union guys, my gym buddies) that what dems are doing in Washington is bad for the country.
>>>
>>>True, at least as far as money and visits from out of state.
>>>
>>>Not a good sign for the Dems that this seat was ever in play in the first place, in a state that is about 75% registered Democrats.
>>>
>>>UPDATE: The "True" above does NOT apply to bad for the country, at least not IMO. I think they are trying to do what is good for the country (people) and not as good for some large corporate interests. How they succeeded in convincing so many people that health care reform is a bad thing may be beyond me.
>>
>>I think in general people are not against health care reform but rather against the type of reform being rushed through right now by Dems. IMHO the "reform" currently being on the table has been given very little thought and mostly serves the purpose of making a point of political agenda by Dems and Obama's desire to be in the history (I think his very selfish and egotistical ambition).
>
>Let's agree to disagree. I think his motivation is more honorable than that. Health care reform was one of his main campaign promises. I'm sure he doesn't like everything about the two bills any more than many others do. The question is whether it better to start with a flawed bill or get nothing (probably for a LONG time). That is the messy reality of politics, especially in times as polarized as these.

Yes, I agree to disagree with everything you are saying <g>.