Reply #314: She was 31 points ahead, but a lot happened since December 8.

[No Elephants]

And Brown ran on being THE vote to block health care and the rest of the Democrats' agenda, while Martha ran on joining the Democratic majority in health care. When Obama came to Massachusetts, he talked about needing her vote on health care.

Bear in mind, too, that Massachusetts already has mandatory Romneycare. So, if you like it, you have no incentive to pay more so the rest of the country can get it. And if you don't like Romney care, you don't have much of an incentive to spread it nationwide.

And liberals, many of whom stayed home today, don't like the Senate bill.

In all, it's not that all that far fetched or unrealistic to say health care reform--and the clusterflock Democrats made of it-- played a large role in people voting for Brown.