We can still get Scott Brown to piss off Republicans who think he's too left

[zulchzulu]

I was perusing some of Brown's policy issues and found these tidbits:

• Brown supported the 2006 Massachusetts health care reform, which requires all residents to purchase health insurance.
  
• Brown stated that he personally believes that marriage is between a man and a woman, but refers to the currently legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts as a settled issue.
  
• Brown supports legalized abortion and Roe v. Wade, calling it "the law of the land".
  
• Brown supports expanding solar power, wind power, nuclear power, and offshore drilling exploration as a means to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brown

That's not exactly embracing the Palindroid, Far Right base by any means. Granted, he's a war hawk and has other tributes that most Blue Dog Democrats would agree with, but with some nudging and cajoling, I can see where he might be more in the moderate Republican category and be wanting to go "bi-partisan" in some legislation.

If Brown supports the Massachusetts style of the Public Option, there is a possibility that he can be cornered to be consistent. The same with Same-Sex marriage, abortion rights and perhaps even Climate Change legislation.

As Ted would say, we need to move on. I have. Coakley ran a case-study campaign in what NOT to do when running for office and that should be what we focus on. Non mealy-mouthed crap... full-throated populism is what needs to be the formula.

Take the Scott Brown victory for what it really was... a poorly run campaign by an opponent who took a vacation in the middle of the campaign and who walked into needless corners of defense and portrayed a perception that a victory was inevitable and an entitlement.

We need to remind gleeful Republicans that the winner of the Senate race is for same-sex marriage, is pro-choice, pro-cleantech/alternative energy and likes state government-run mandated health care.

[subterranean]

1. I predict he'll do a 180 on all those positions.

He'll vote in lock-step with the rest of the Repug senators.

[zulchzulu]

2. If Brown does a flip-flop on the issues, Democrats can paint him as a paper tiger

I'm sure he's going to get his marching orders, but something tells me that he's not going to fully comply.

It's triangulation time.

[bluestateguy]

4. Then he'll be a senator for 3 years

nt

[angee_is_mad]

5. and he will definitely a two yr senator

let's hope that is what he will do. Toe the GOP line and he is outa of there!!!

[Clio the Leo]

3. He thinks Miller Lite both tastes great AND is less filling!

He's every woman .... it's all in him.

[SpartanDem]

6. The only way he stays in office if he goes Snowe/Collins

PA voters elected right nut Santourum and the soundly kicked his out when they realized he wasn't a Specter type Republican

[RememberWellstone]

7. What a great idea!

Lets just attack a newly appointed hero from the most liberal state in the fuking Union! Excellant idea! How bout we get OUR message out and let America decide that we have ideas and not just smarmy retorts to Rethugs?

[zulchzulu]

8. Have you ever heard of triangulation?

It works. Really. Well.

I'm not saying you attack Brown. You just remind the GOP Right-wing base that he is pro-choice, doesn't mind same-sex marriage and is on record supporting the MA state-run mandated health care programs.

Watch them squirm.

[Bragi]

9. Attack him from the right?

Maybe do this as a template for the mid-term, and attack the whole right wing from the right.

So the Dems would benefit coast to coast by creating an even more confused electorate.

Great.

What about for a change bringing in truly progressive policies that most people support, and let's see how that works?

[treestar]

11. Oh for God's sake

How are we going to get that now?

You couldn't get "progressive" policies through with 40 Repukes. Now there are 41.

We've already hit our high water point. We just don't have enough support. The repukes do.

[zulchzulu]

12. OK... I will spell it out for you...

The Republicans have their shiny new trophy. Scott Brown. Teabagger. "Independent"... blah, blah, blah.

Now as they begin to examine the new trophy, they see that Scott Brown is on record being for:
- Same-sex marriage
- Pro-choice for women
- Supports Massachusetts state-run mandated health care programs

It's not exactly what the GOP base is for. And there is a HUGE political opportunity to point that out to the GOP doing a circle-jerk for Brown.

You're not attacking him from the right. You're trying to make their heads explode and perhaps have them either turn Brown into a flip-flopping paper tiger and/or point it out to Brown if and when the opportunity arises.

[treestar]

10. Republicans never do that

They will never sit home and be disappointed in him. Repukes know how to take what they can get. And yet keep working at it all the same. They never sit home nursing "disappointment." None of their former party chairs goes out in public to undermine any President of theirs.

That's why we won't have health care now for another generation. We just don't have a strong enough voter base.