Scott Brown...the Senator from TCOT?

We let the socialist Democrats win a 60 seat majority in the Senate. As a result, the Dems were poised to seize control of the private health care system in this country. Then an obscure politician from Massachusetts beat the overwhelming odds and took the Kennedy seat away from the Democrats.

Now we have a pretty good chance of killing ObamaCare. Conservatives should be eternally grateful for what happened in Massachusetts in January ― but some are irate because Scott Brown has bucked his party and sided with Democrats on a lousy package of tax cuts and porky spending.

I really don't understand how anyone can be surprised by this. Scott Brown was elected to serve and represent the people of Massachusetts...not the top conservatives on Twitter.

Don't get me wrong. I'd like to fill the Senate with Jim DeMint and 99 DeMint clones. But let's stay grounded in reality...

As far as I'm concerned, Scott Brown is a real leader. I'm not going to agree with him all the time, but he scored a big win in the People's Republic of Taxachusetts on a pro-waterboarding, pro-Gitmo, anti-ObamaCare, anti-amnesty, pro-gun platform while emphasizing fiscal sanity.

That's leadership.

Anyone who can successfully lead their constituents in a rightward direction will get my support. So far, Scott Brown done quite well in that regard. In fact, I'm quite sure Brown is as good a politician as we’ll ever get from Massachusetts. But we shouldn’t expect the guy to vote like Jim DeMint.

When GOPers from states like SC, AZ and AK vote the way Scott Brown inevitably will, I’m very disappointed. But Scott Brown is voting from “Teddy's Seat.” Let's give him a break.

*TCOT = Top Conservatives on Twitter

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Rush: You have to realize that Scott Brown is a Republican in Massachusetts.

Scott Explains Vote | WRKO

The Red State Republicans are the ones who deserve your wrath: Alexander, Bond, Burr, Cochran, Hatch, Inhofe, Murkowski and Wicker.

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Republicans Won the Internet?

Conservatives are enjoying great success with social media. The Massachusetts senate race illustrates that fact very vividly.

Liberals are wailing and gnashing their teeth, but they are learning. And eventually they will catch up. In the meantime, we need to accurately acknowledge who has been responsible for winning recent online battles.

I disagree with those who say that in recent elections, the GOP "won the internet." Republicans didn't win the internet. Grassroots conservatives did. Scott Brown's remarkable win in Massachusetts gives the impression that some Republicans have awoken to the power of social media, but the Beltway GOP has no bragging rights.

As evidenced by their surprisingly weak presence in the online world, few Republican leaders understand how much the social media have changed the world.

Twitter has changed the game entirely. William Jacobson takes note:

While Facebook and blogs were important to fundraising and messaging, Twitter is what allowed pro-Brown activists to stay in contact with each other, to feed each other news links, and generally to keep up each other's spirits at a time when the radar was showing that Brown had no chance.

I don't think it is an exaggeration to say that this was the first American Twitter revolution.

Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) told us this was coming:

We could move heaven and earth when the American people understand the power of social media, and everybody is simultaneously, of their own free will, asking their elected representatives to take action. There's not an elected official in the nation who could withstand that. And we the people, we'll take back our government — once people understand how easy this is.

The results of the Twitter revolution have been amazing, but the GOP should not take credit:

January 19 was an amazing day for grass-roots conservatism. But the Beltway GOP should be warned against unjustified triumphalism. They were late to the game. Activists still haven’t, and won’t, forget the massive amounts of money Washington, D.C. Republicans wasted on Dede Scozzafava. And Scott Brown quite noticeably didn’t mention the word “Republican” once during his prepared remarks...

The Brown victory was very clearly a strike against machine politics of all kinds and business as usual in Washington. That includes top-down meddling by tired old GOP operatives. The party bosses have tried to install their preferred Senate candidates in Florida, Colorado, and California. They will use Brown’s win to argue for more “mooooooderation.” As I wrote yesterday in my analysis of how Brown unified a center-right-indie coalition, that is not the lesson of the Massachusetts miracle.

The social media are important tools, but they won't help to get the GOP very far if establishment Republicans don't embrace and hold on to conservative principles. The vast majority of conservative bloggers and social media users are more loyal to their principles than they are to the still-tarnished Republican brand. If the GOP abandons its conservative base, the internet ATM will break down and the online soldiers will log off.

The Tea Party movement has gravitated toward independent candidates who are willing and able to take on the establishment machines (e.g., NY-23, MAsen, Chuck Devore). The strong anti-incumbent sentiment rolling across the land will favor candidates who don't come across as old-school insiders. If the GOP doesn't figure that out pronto, we will soon see the same kind of apathy on the right that we currently see on the left, and the Democrats will hold on to more power than they deserve.

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Barney Frank and Scott Brown

Barney Frank's initial reaction to Scott Brown's Massachusetts victory was a bit surprising:

I have two reactions to the election in Massachusetts. One, I am disappointed. Two, I feel strongly that the Democratic majority in Congress must respect the process and make no effort to bypass the electoral results.

When did Barney become such a reasonable guy?

I wondered if Scott Brown had carried Barney's district, but I could not find hard data specifically pertaining to Barney's gerrymandered neck of the woods. Just for you, I chased down the data and crunched the numbers.

The results confirmed the stories circulating on the web. Amazingly, Scott Brown did win the majority of the votes in Barney Frank's Congressional District in Tuesday's election.

Here are the raw numbers:

Scott Brown: 116,765

Martha Coakley: 113,831

Joe Kennedy: 2,069

In 2008, Frank won his district with 64.3% of the vote. In 2006, he was uncontested and took 98.48% of the vote.

Perhaps with the results of Tuesday's election in hand, Frank will feel compelled to take his constituents' concerns more seriously. Maybe he'll cut back on insults:

Hey...loopy LaRouchies have feelings too!

Hat tip to the Fall River Board of Election Commissioners for precinct level data from Tuesday's election. Thank you!

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Barney Frank flip flops on comments about the implications of Scott Brown's victory.

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It's Scott Brown's Seat!

The AP calls the Massachusetts Senate election for the Republican. Coakley concedes.

Congratulations Scott Brown!

Just in time for the first anniversary of the Obama regime, the Bay State delivers the the best gift a conservative pundit could hope for!

The Senate spot formerly known as "the Kennedy seat" has been returned to the people. Stunning skeptics, Scott Brown turned the dream into a reality. Pundits be darned, a principled centrist Republican has pulled off the Massachusetts miracle. This brilliant campaign will be one for the textbooks.

Waterloo!

ObamaCare is dead. Ignore the incoherent bluster coming from bitter Democrats who are still clinging to the rapidly-fading Kennedy legacy. Brown's victory will be more than enough to push Obama's agenda off the precipice.

Forget "reconciliation," GOP defections, and banning the filibuster. No, the Dems aren't bluffing about these things, they're just in denial. They're hoping for a miracle of their own.

Too Little, too late. It's over.

The results of today's election show us that 2012 will be a very bad year for incumbents, and that's just fine with me. Thank you Massachusetts!

Victory Lap

Results of the MAsen election.

How Scott Brown Used Google to Get Results in Mass. Election

Having a supermajority may have hurt Democrats more than it helped.

House Dems already starting to run from ObamaCare

Boston Globe explains how Coakley "won."

Make your voice heard and tell the Senate to Seat Senator Brown. Sign the petition now.

The Scott Heard 'Round the World

Perhaps the most memorable moment of the campaign:

Brilliant!

Marcia, Marcia Marcia! Thanks for the memories.

Coakley in Trouble, MSNBC Despondent

Video of the day...

Obama's biggest fans, the propaganda meisters at MSNBC, are in tears. Watch as they analyze the Marcia Coakley campaign. Feel the tingle:

Chris Matthews should probably be on suicide watch.

Get election results here as they come in.

Support Chuck DeVore

Here at RightKlik, we're always looking forward. Even before Obama's inevitable victory in 2008, we were blogging about who might beat him in 2012.

Obviously we don't know what will happen on Tuesday in Massachusetts, but things are looking very good for Scott Brown. No matter what happens, Brown has proven that the GOP can do very well in the deepest of blue states.

The tide has turned.

Twenty-ten is shaping up to be a very bad year for incumbents all over the country, so the GOP can expect to do exceptionally well in November. Now is the time to begin helping conservative candidates take over the Republican Party. If we're lazy, too many bland McCainiacs and Lindsay Graham types will rush in to fill the Democrat void.

To illustrate the point, let's draw our attention to another very important race.

The latest numbers from Rasmussen show that in the race to replace H.R.H. Senator Barbara Boxer, Chuck DeVore, the true conservative, polls surprisingly well. The establishment Republican, while better known, is doing only a tiny bit better.

DeVore is a bright, capable and articulate candidate who has been endorsed by Jim DeMint. He deserves serious attention from conservatives all over the country who are interested in seeing a more conservative and competent GOP.

If you don't know much about Chuck DeVore, I challenge you to learn more, and to consider supporting his effort to dethrone Barbara Boxer.

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DeVore: A Proven Leader for California and America [Jim DeMint]

WSJ: DeVore Counts on California Conservatism.

Chuck DeVore on the issues

Bay Area Republicans now talking smack about winning Mass. Senate race

Now We See Martha Coakley's True Colors

Has Martha had her "Dukakis in the tank" moment? Every day this race gets more interesting. Thanks @Raging_Red for the great Martha Coakley photoshop work.

While we're enjoying our moment of MAsen levity, here's an anti-Brown attack ad that I think you might enjoy:

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Coakley: Curt Schilling is a Yankees fan.

Poll shocker: Scott Brown surges ahead in Senate race

Scott Brown has raised at least $1 million every day this week.

Obama's strange video endorsement of Coakley

Talk Left: Martha Coakley is Too Big a Risk for Senator

Tragic story…Gerald Amirault spoke on Thursday about how Martha Coakley ruined his life.

Boston Globe misrepresents Brown statement on Tea Parties.

Brown Up 15% in Pajamas Media/CrossTarget Poll

UPDATE: 'Bottom has fallen out' of Coakley's polls; Dems prepare to explain defeat, protect Obama

Coakley's Self-Destruction

On Monday, Martha Coakley performed quite poorly at the final debate in Massachusetts for the open U.S. Senate seat. Her most notable gaffe was her declaration that we should cut and run from Afghanistan because the terrorists are all gone. *gasp*

That gaffe led directly to the next campaign disaster.

On Tuesday, while her opponent was on the campaign trail back home in Massachusetts, Coakley was in D.C. collecting contributions from K Street corruptocrats. Immediately after the fundraiser, Coakley was asked about her Afghanistan gaffe by a reporter who was promptly attacked by one of Coakley's staffers.

Coakley stood by and did nothing during the attack, claiming that she didn't see anything. Video and photographic evidence (via RedState) would suggest otherwise:

As if to definitively prove that she wants to lose this race, Coakley has added a touch of regal snobbery to the mix with comments about those icky commoners at Fenway Park. Her loyal supporters at The Boston Globe reluctantly take note:

...there is a subdued, almost dispassionate quality to her public appearances, which are surprisingly few. Her voice is not hoarse from late-night rallies. Even yesterday, the day after a hard-hitting debate, she had no public campaign appearances in the state.

Coakley bristles at the suggestion that, with so little time left, in an election with such high stakes, she is being too passive.

“As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park? In the cold? Shaking hands?'' she fires back, in an apparent reference to a Brown online video of him doing just that...

Shaking hands? At Fenway Park? How vulgar!

William A. Jacobson ponders:

Maybe Coakley forgot how near and dear Fenway was to Ted Kennedy, who threw out the first pitch last season in what everyone knew would be his last opening day. Or the Tribute to Kennedy in August at Fenway.

Insulting Fenway fans. Now that's a plan.

Yes, a very good plan...for self-destruction.

We can only wonder what has been going through Coakley's mind lately, but perhaps this picture will shed some light on some of her odd behavior:

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Turning Point in Massachusetts: Are you tired of being shoved around?

Is Martha Coakley Trying To Lose The Senate Race?

Marco Rubio is giving lessons…

We Are Bigger

The Massachusetts Senate race continues to heat up.

Here's a great clip from the Mark Levin Show in which Mark discusses the significance of this battle:

Here's the rest of the discussion within the context of the big picture.

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We are bigger.

Obamacare: Act II

Martha Coakley vs. Sarah Palin (Madam, you're a moron.)

Gergen: Brown 'Stuffed Me' With His Kennedy-Seat Quip

Rasmussen: Race even tighter

Sweet! Watch it again for the first time: It's NOT Ted Kennedy's Seat.

Coakley's Joke

If you're interested in seeing the entirety of Monday's debate between Martha Coakley and Scott Brown, you can see it here, at the C-SPAN website.

I won't comment on the debate except to say that Scott Brown was the clear winner ― moderator David Gergen being a distant second.

If you don't have time to watch the whole debate, here's a twelve second clip, my favorite portion of the hour-long tug of war:

Martha Coakley: "I'm not tax and spend." I'm "conservative" and "fiscally responsible!"

Quite a sign of the times when a liberal Democrat from Massachusetts calls herself "conservative."

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Coakley: "We need to get taxes up."

Scott Brown's Million Dollar Money Bomb: Raised $1.3 Million in 24 hours.

Brown picks up Boston Herald endorsement

"With all due respect, It's not the Kennedy seat, and it's not the Democrat's seat. It's the People's seat."