…The special election will take place on January 19. It’s accepted political wisdom now that, despite the rush to vote before Christmas in the Senate, the conference and reconciliation between the House and Senate versions of the national plan cannot occur in time to allow a vote on the reconciled bill prior to February. That means that a referendum in Massachusetts on the subject could have an interesting effect on wavering votes in both the House and the Senate. There is no margin for error in the Senate, where the health care bill got exactly the sixty votes needed to pass, and a slim one in the House.
If a Republican running against ObamaCare managed to pick up the seat of Ted Kennedy, or even come close to doing so, it would be a political earthquake of Richter 8+. What would that say about the popularity of the bill if it wasn’t even a winning issue in the state that had the most first-hand experience with it, not to mention in the election to replace the senator who had been a leading proponent of it?…
A GOP victory would be an absolute game-changer in American politics – but if the GOP even comes close, its going to be a major warning shot across the bow, as it were. Massachusetts is very blue and Democrats pretty much run the whole show. If public anger over ObamaCare can propel a GOPer to victory – or even close to it – in a State like Massachusetts, then only a complete reversal of course by the Democrats will spare them a drubbing in November.
Here is Scott Brown’s website. Donate if you can. If you live in the area, volunteer. Lets see if we can bury ObamaCare in Ted Kennedy’s back yard.
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