Wow … Brown Wins; Pajamas Media Column on Victory (‘Liberty 1, Tyranny 0 After Brown’s Big Win’) Is Up
Note: Moved to the top for the rest of the day.
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“Epic upset.”
Funny, I’m not upset at all. :–>
The PJM column is here.
The column got up when it did because I wrote it in advance, and the folks at PJM turned it around with incredible speed. Intense thanks for the quick review, guys.
I will note the subheadline here, because those who celebrate victory tonight need to understand that Scott Brown may turn out to be a high-maintenance Senator:
Conservatives scored a huge victory in the Bay State, but the battle for liberty has just begun. First job: keep an eye on Scott Brown.
Go to the column for the reasons.
But for now, savor the truth of the column’s opening sentence:
In electing Scott Brown to what the elites believed was Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat one day shy of the anniversary of Barack Obama’s inauguration, Massachusetts voters have delivered an irrefutable repudiation of the president, his agenda, and the people in Congress who support him.
Happy anniversary, Mr. BOOHOO-OUCH. :–>
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UPDATE: When the blackout period expires, it will carry today’s date and have an alternate title — “Punk President Repudiated.”
UPDATE 2: Here’s one factor I wanted to mention in the column but left on the cutting room floor, as expressed in AP’s coverage –
Coakley’s supporters … (said) … her lead dropped significantly after the Senate passed health care reform shortly before Christmas and after the Christmas Day attempted airliner bombing that Obama himself said showed a failure of his administration.
Interesting that Coakley’s people would bring that up, and that AP would frame it as “a failure of his administration.” I guess the “we blame Bush” for anything and everything isn’t even working for AP reporters any more.
UPDATE 3: I wrapped my Monday column by saying that “a Brown win by a large margin ends any pretense that the country supports the actions and policies of Obama, his government, and Congress.”
I’d say a 4.87% margin in a state that only gave Ronald Reagan a 2.79% victory in 1984 is quite large enough.
Effective today, no one can credibly contend that the country supports the actions and policies of Obama, his government, and Congress. Period.
One more opportunity this week to repudiate said President: Come to Lorain County on Friday with Tea Party banners in tow to let the President know Tuesday was no fluke.
Comment by Daniel Jack Williamson — January 20, 2010 @ 11:17 am
The battle in America between the Old and New World traditions are seen in our two main political parties. The Republican Party is the older of the two if we take it back to Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay, to Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Nelson Rockefeller and John McCain. Republicans are elite meddlers believing the national government should manage the industry and affairs of the American People. They stumbled in the 1960’s with Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. They left the party with people who do not accept original GOP policies.
The Democrat Party was the libertarian, state’s rights, individual freedom and local government party, following Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe to Jackson and Cleveland. They made the biggest swing from their policies at the turn of the century, adopting the Old World policies of Rousseau and Marx. The GOP, except for the Goldwater-Reagan moments, held fast to their better-than-thou beliefs from its origin. In the life of our Republic, the only political party that held fast to the ideals of America, which made her free and prosperous, was the 19th century Democrat Party. I’m afraid it will take reorienting the GOP to take our counry back. claysamerica.com
Comment by clay barham — January 20, 2010 @ 1:18 pm
Well I didnt want to believe all week it would happen, but it did. What a great win.
I hope people understand that not Brown will not vote 100% with the GOP all the time. That is to be expected…and people should not start crticizing him when this happens. He is way better for us than Coakley.
Comment by Ben K — January 20, 2010 @ 7:06 pm
There is a change coming and niether the Democrats or the Republicans really understand this. The American people have become disgusted with how Washington works, that is the main reason that Obama was elected. Now Obama has proven he is not the agent of change that he promised he would be. What we have instead is the same old game on steroids and deal making more public than ever before. It started with the Stimulous Bill which did not stimulate and now this insane push for Healthcare Reform while we are suffering from 10% un-employment. Obama has proven he does not know how to govern. Obama wants to rule and so do the entrenched Democrats and Republican Congress people who have been in Washington more than 6 years.
Comment by Heart-watch — January 23, 2010 @ 12:04 am