It’s still a little hard to comprehend.
The U.S. Senate seat held for 47 years by Ted Kennedy, and even longer by the legendary Massachusetts political family, now sits in the hands of a man with an R next to his name.
The “Liberal Lion” of the Senate, who died in August, must be rolling over his grave.
And the election of Scott Brown over Democratic state Attorney General Martha Coakley might just put President Barack Obama’s agenda in grave danger.
That’s because the election of a Republican means the split in the Senate will now be 59-41, instead of the current 60-40. And that means that the president’s measures – including health care reform – are no longer veto-proof.
Brown ran hard on the idea that this was the “people’s seat,” not one that belonged to the Kennedys.
Not much question today about how Massachusetts felt about it.
The U.S. Senate seat held for 47 years by Ted Kennedy, and even longer by the legendary Massachusetts political family, now sits in the hands of a man with an R next to his name.
The “Liberal Lion” of the Senate, who died in August, must be rolling over his grave.
And the election of Scott Brown over Democratic state Attorney General Martha Coakley might just put President Barack Obama’s agenda in grave danger.
That’s because the election of a Republican means the split in the Senate will now be 59-41, instead of the current 60-40. And that means that the president’s measures – including health care reform – are no longer veto-proof.
Brown ran hard on the idea that this was the “people’s seat,” not one that belonged to the Kennedys.
Not much question today about how Massachusetts felt about it.
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