On Jan 20, 5:50*pm, "Tom Littleton" wrote:
"george9219" wrote in message

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this election was the clear result of the Progressive wing of the Dems
sitting on their hands and letting the 41st vote in.
Anyone who participates in Progressive forums, out in the real world, has
been getting an earful about the watered down mess out of Congress.
Yes, as someone wrote, there is a wholesale wish for change in the political
status quo. In a very real sense, Obama got elected because of that
sentiment. Now, he has to deliver, and realize that HE got elected, not the
Congressional leadership.
Polls clearly indicate, that if political buzzwords get stripped away, the
public wishes to have single-payer public health insurance. And, they prefer
it by as much as 3-1 over the current system. Thus, instead of the 'death of
health reform', in the long run, what you saw yesterday, could well prove to
be the birth of a national push for single payer Universal coverage. It's
worth noting that even Brown made the case that the current proposal would
mess up MA's universal coverage law, so it wasn't the concept of healthcare
reform, but the details of what has made it onto the table.
Oh, and any nitwit that calls Curt Schilling "another Yankee's fan" deserves
to lose. If that shows her level of awareness of reality, the Senate is
better off without her.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tom

Tom, if you really want to see how bad a candidate Coakely was, do
some net surfing. You might want to start with Gerald Amirault.
One of the things that really ****ed us off in MA was the arrogance of
the Democrats. They thought they could actually run a hack like
Coakely
and she would be elected. She actually took a vacation after winning
the primary.

You are correct about Brown and healthcare. He is not against
healthcare reform, only the convoluted mess that is on the table now.
If the Democrats
attempt to jam something through before Brown is seated, it will be at
their peril. They might even wind up losing the senate majority. There
are a lot
of ****ed off people out there.