Uhhmmm no. Senate relection rates over the last 30 years or so is a little less than 90%, and in 06 and 08 it's 80%. Nimrod.
Uh oh, Mrs. Brown has a criminal past: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLvwc3W_KwM&"]Mrs. Brown has a criminal past[/ame] Not to mention a curious hand.
well, he was pimping the both of them in his victory speech, then he changed his mind and decided only to pimp the more brunette of the two, I guess she was the one on American Idol, brought to you by Fox, saying the other one was not available. He seems like a bit of a clown, easily moldable by the leaders who will now be controlling his every move. If he cared about the people of Mass, he'd actually be trying to "help" with the heath insurance bill, but I bet two dollars he only exists to try to kill it just like all the other republicans.
He already stated as much, even though he supported and voted for a very similar measure in the State legislature.
What parts are similar? The words "health care" or are there specific similarities (e.g. no cancellation of insurance for pre-existing conditions, etc.)?
No he won't. Incumbents are at their most vulnerable the election after they flip a seat from one party to another. Quite often those seats flip back; I don't have the numbers (and can't be bothered to look them up), but the incumbent re-election rate in these kinds of situations is way below the overall incumbent re-election rate. The last Senator from Mass who held that seat and was an R was Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who was elected in 1947... and lasted one term. Being an incumbent is a huge advantage, but it is hardly the only factor in determining election results. This will get you started. It's actually "more liberal"; it has a public option, for instance.
Incumbents who are elected at special elections and have less than a full term to "entrench" are always more vulnerable than the average. This seat is up in 2012.
I would think a Republican Senator from Massachusetts would be more vulnerable than the average incumbent.
This is hilarious. Let's just wait and see. Maybe Brown will turn out to be a Republican like Mitt Romney who Mass voters elected as their governor; maybe by responding to the needs of his constituents he'll earn enough respect and support that he'll be re-elected. Or maybe the voters of the State of MA will have buyer's remorse. But if you think you can predict who is going to win an election 2 years from now, I'd like to introduce you to President Hillary Clinton.
Is that Massachusetts, or New England? Didn't all the New England senators vote for fairness (except one who wouldn't vote)? If wiki tells the truth, there weren't any NO votes on the west coast, or on the east coast except SC, FL, & Georgia.
Probably New England, yes. The South and New England both believe that a man should be allowed to do what he likes with his gun. They only disagree on the definition of gun.
I dunno - events of the past few years show that Southern R's are free to use their gun in anyway they see fit, even if a certain DADT repeal NO southern senator only plays with his gun in the closet.