Scott Brown, Charlie Baker, New Hampshire, Massachusetts

Politicians, like generals and coaches and CEO's, sometimes over-think a problem. In the words of Jerry Brown, sometimes less is more.

Whoever advised Scott Brown to abandon Massachusetts to pursue a Senate seat in New Hampshire should be sued for malpractice. First, the strategizing confirms the image of Scott Brown being all about Scott. Robert Kennedy and Hillary might get away with moving to New York to launch their careers but this is a different can of worms.

Simply put, Scott Brown's seat-shopping could hurt his career both long-term and short-term. Scott Brown made a respectable showing against Elizabeth Warren in 2012. Warren rode Obama's coattails which is to say she was probably aided and abetted by illegal immigrants, multistate voters, repeat voters and the deceased. Those demographics tend to stay home in off-year elections.

Should Scott Brown win his primary--and that is not a given--he will square off against Jean Shaheen, a Senator who has maintained her popularity despite callously inflicting Obamacare on her populace. Had Brown stayed in Massachusetts, he would have faced zero primary challenges and would have squared off against the fossilized Ed Markey. Even in deep blue Massachusetts Markey is viewed with suspicion. He is best remembered as a term limit advocate who stayed in Congress for roughly a millenium. Markey would be easier than Shaheen, hands down.

Then there is the top of the ticket, a factor Brown's brain trust should be familiar with after 2012. In New Hampshire the GOP gubernatorial candidates trail incumbent Maggie Hassan by over twenty points. In Massachusetts, Charlie Baker and Martha Coakley are in a dead heat. http://tinyurl.com/nq59a2v

Charlie Baker could be the next Mitt Romney (if that sounds like a left-handed compliment, well...) He narrowly lost the governor's race against incumbent Deval Patrick in 2010. The Dems ran a fiscal conservative (State Treasurer Tim Cahill) as an independent (and then pursued corruption charges against the former treasurer as a sign of gratitude) and were able to siphon off enough votes to assure Patrick's re-election.

Meanwhile the RINO's are turning out for Brown. His daughter got Senator Ayotte to officiate at her wedding. Mitt Romney has been stumping for Brown. One has to wonder if Brown will waffle on abortion the way Romney did. He was after all, "pro-choice" in 2012.

If this New Hampshire thing does not work out for Scott Brown, what is next? Does he have a time-share in Vermont? A cabin in Maine? New York has some of the country's most lenient residency requirements. We might witness Brown's last hurrah and another last hurrah and another last hurrah played out in 57 states.

Then again, Brown might become Senator in 2014. He has presidential ego and presidential aspirations. He would be in prime position to notch the New Hampshire Primary in 2016.

I am not paid as well as Brown's consultants but for what it's worth, I think they might have over-thought this one.

Does The Republican Party Really Exist?

Talk radio loves to bash the GOP. "Rockefeller Republicans," "the donor class," "the political class," "RINO's" "Country Club Republicans."  Beck, Limbaugh and Levin rarely, if ever say anything good about the Republican Party. Even the ever-predictable Sean Hannity loves to point out that he is not a registered Republican.

Supposedly, the Grand Old Party has been infiltrated by unwashed Tea Party types. If the Tea Party is so damn influential why did all the cyber-beggars refuse to return David Brat's phone calls prior to his primary victory over Eric Cantor? What exactly do those Tea Party groups do besides rattle their begging cups?

The question, "Does The Republican Party Really Exist?" is of course a rhetorical one. We know they have a building and Reince Priebus is their chairman. Perhaps a better question is "what do they do?" Do they have phones and desktops at their headquarters? It seems that the most influential Republican is Karl Rove whose Crossroads America has no official ties to the Republican Party (as far as I know.)

The Republican Party seems to have faded away on the national level and they seem to have lost even more influence on the local level. The Massachusetts Republican Party was viable and competitive a decade ago. They are so dysfunctional that carpetbagger Scott Brown fled the state to better advance his career. New Hampshire still hosts a Republican Party but they are woefully disorganized and lose clout every election cycle. 2010 looks like a fluke now.

Of course, Republicans lack vision.  What is needed is ten or so popular ideas the whole party can support. Think Contract With America. They can agree with repealing the ACA but after that it gets murky. What is needed is a unifying purpose promoted by a great unifier.  A leader. Reince Priebus is not that man.

Why Scott Brown Will Be A Formidable Opponent For Anyone

Yes, I wish he would have challenged Meehan in Massachusetts. Yes, I view him as a carpetbagger. No, I do not forgive him for Dodd-Frank. Yes, I wish he would make up his mind if he is pro-life or pro abortion. But man, this guy could charm the fangs off of a cobra.

I am coming off the worst illness of my life. My caretaker (and what a caretaker she is. She did so much for me above and beyond the call of duty. I am not sure if I would have made it through this illness without her.) had purchased a ticket for me to attend this event with a couple of her friends. Sadly, I was not capable of attending.

Scott Brown is a guy you want to like. He was a lower middle class guy from a broken family who got to the Senate through hard work, patriotism, perseverance and yes, charm. Doesn't hurt that he is 'Cosmopolitan' handsome.

So Scott Brown also plays guitar? Politicians sometimes get carried away with their resumes and experiences but my caretaker said that he clearly stated that he had played with Charlie Daniels and some other luminary who now escapes my memory. I did a cursory search of Brown's biography and I didn't see any such thing.

Win or lose, Brown lives about ten miles from me and I will probably see him from time to time. He and his family are high profile.


SCOTT BROWN APPEARS AROUND 1:49

Birds of a Feather: John McCain Endorses Scott Brown

Maybe if Senator Carpetbagger loses either the primary or general election, he can move to Arizona and seek office there. He already has one fan in the baked-brain state.

Go Bob Smith!

Seriously, Why Doesn't Scott Brown Primary Senator Shaheen?

WRONG STATE? YES. WRONG PARTY? YES. SENATOR, GO HOME!

If Scott Brown Wants To Once More Be A Senator, Let Him Unseat Edward Markey

If Scott Brown runs for the Senate in New Hampshire, he will be inducted into the Carpetbagger Hall Of Fame on the first round.

Brown can beat Markey in Massachusetts. It's a long shot but it can be done. Brown lost to fake Indian Elizabeth Warren by eight points down ticket from Obama in a blue state. This is an off-year election and as absurd as this might sound, Markey is a weaker candidate than the fake Indian. Markey has been caught red-handed in what could be a huge scandal.

Brown would be coupled with a strong Republican gubernatorial candidate in Charlie Baker in Massachusetts. Baker gave incumbent Deval Patrick a run for his money in 2010. Patrick was assisted by lifelong Democrat State Treasurer and fiscal conservative, Tim Cahill, who declared himself an Independent and ran in the general election. (Even though the pundits mostly thought Cahill's candidacy benefited Patrick, Cahill would later be repaid with a corruption indictment that still makes absolutely no sense to me.) Baker has already announced his candidacy and he might just have coattails.

Meantime, Brown ponders his political future. If he defeats Bob Smith in the primaries, he will succeed in dividing the New Hampshire Republican Party that has been fractured for over a decade (starting with a feud involving Bob Smith of all people.) He will succeed in denying New Hampshire a genuine conservative choice.

For what? Shaheen is a strong candidate. Brown has a better chance of unseating Markey who is rightly perceived as a joke, even in Massachusetts. If it's all about Scott, and that seems to be the case, Markey might be the course of lesser resistance.

Stay in Massachusetts, Senator. You have a brighter future there.

Better Stay At Fox, Scott Brown: Bob Smith Throws His Hat In The New Hampshire Senate Race

I cannot believe that I am excited that a paleo-conservative has entered the New Hampshire Senate Race. I do not refer to my self as a conservative but I usually vote that way. Of course I was worried that Scott Brown was going to win the GOP primary by default. Hard for me to get excited about any RINO but one who betrays us on Dodd-Frank? Unforgivable.


As mentioned, I was not always wild about Bob Smith. He was more of a Republican robot than a philosophical conservative. He was loyal to the GOP and voted the party line about 98 per cent of the time. When the younger Sununu beat him in the primary in 2002, I watched with detached amusement. Kind of like watching the Angels play the Marlins, two teams I don't really care about (but who have produced some entertaining players over the years.)


To this day, I do not understand the root of the Smith-Sununu rivalry but I know that it is one of the most bitter feuds anywhere in the country. So acrimonious that Smith would endorse John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. He has apologized and I think the GOP voters will forgive him.


Whatever else can be said about Bob Smith, you know where you stand with him. He is predictable, if not predictably dull. But hey, I am pretty dull myself. Worse traits than projecting a subdued personality. Go Bob!

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From his website, here is Senator Smith's biography:






My life changed forever on March 28, 1945. My dad, a naval aviator, was killed on that date in a military aircraft crash into the Chesapeake Bay off Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia. It was two days before my fourth birthday. Donald E. Smith joined the U.S. Navy as a seaman, during the darkest days of the Depression in 1932. He told the recruiter that he wanted to join the navy to “learn a trade.”
After serving in the fleet, Seaman Smith was accepted to the Naval Academy Prep School and then entered the Naval Academy in 1934. Upon graduation from Annapolis in 1938, Smith went on to flight school at Pensacola and flew numerous combat missions in the North Atlantic and South Pacific during World War II. He had risen to the rank of Lt. Commander and had been sent home from the war and assigned a Squadron Command at Oceana ten days before he was killed.
Like so many military families touched by the tragedy of war, my mom did her best to pull her life together. She brought my brother and me back to New Jersey where her parents owned a small farm near Trenton. My widowed mother worked hard as a department store clerk and cashier for an insurance company to support her young children with the aid of her parents. Tragedy promoted patriotism and my mother never let my brother and me forget that our dad was a hero, not only to his family, but his country.
What might have been a life of travel from duty station to duty station as part of a navy family would now become more predictable for me. I learned about hard, physical, farm labor, but I also learned about responsibility. My character, values and patriotism were molded by my mother and grandparents on that farm over the next decade.
I also learned about politics at an early age from my grandfather, who was a rock solid Republican. I learned so well that as an eleven year old, I bet my neighbor a chicken that General Eisenhower would defeat Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 election. Ike and I both won and I proudly claimed my chicken. My political career was off and running!

Navy Veteran Of Vietnam

I followed in my father’s footsteps and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve during the Cuban Missile Crisis. After I graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1965 with a Political Science Degree in Government and History, I served on active duty with the Navy for two years. One of those years was aboard the USS NAVASOTA (AO-107) in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. Prior to deployment, I married my college sweetheart, Mary Jo Hutchinson. After returning home from Vietnam, I taught school in California for a while and then we settled in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire in 1970.
Life in a small town was good. I taught American history and government and coached football and baseball at the high school level. In a few years I left teaching and purchased and managed a small real estate firm.
Mary Jo and I raised our three children in New Hampshire.

 

Reagan Ignites My Passion For Public Service

Living in the “Live Free or Die”, conservative, state of New Hampshire with the “First in the Nation Primary” re-kindled my political interest.
I ran for local school board and won three times, serving as chairman for 2 terms. In 1976 a governor from the state of California decided to enter the New Hampshire Primary to challenge then President Gerald Ford. I remembered Ronald Reagan as that courageous conservative, who led California during our years living there after returning from Vietnam. I immediately became a volunteer and watched in awe, as he came within a few delegates of wresting the nomination from Ford at the 1976 Republican Convention.
I knew Reagan would be back in the fight in 1980 and it was his effort to “restore America” which motivated me to run for Congress in New Hampshire in 1980. Reagan became President of the United States that year, but it would take Bob Smith three attempts to finally be elected to the Congress in 1984, joining Reagan in his second term. I was excited to be part of the Reagan team in the fight to build up our national defense, enhance world security by challenging Soviet Communism around the globe, to cut taxes and to inspire us to face the challenges of the future with optimism.

United States Congressman, New Hampshire (1985-1990)

Service on Veterans Affairs Committee and Science and Technology Committee
I entered the Congress in 1985 thrilled to be a part of the “Reagan Revolution”, but I soon realized that a freshman Republican congressman in a hopeless minority would have little hope of changing things. Then I met Newt Gingrich and became part of the Conservative Opportunity Society (COS). Judd Gregg (NH), Bob Walker (PA), Connie Mack (FL), Trent Lott (MS), Duncan Hunter (CA), Vin Weber (MN), Dan Burton (IN), Newt, myself and very few others held our meetings in a small room on Capitol Hill each week to devise a strategy to win back the House of Representatives. We wrote a book called “A House of ILL Repute” and fought for the next ten years, until victory was ours in 1994 with the Republican takeover of the House in the “Contract With America.”
I left the House in 1990 when I was elected to the U. S. Senate from New Hampshire, but I was always proud of my involvement in the “cause” in the early years of my political career. We stood on principle and we won elections in both the House and the Senate. The highlights of my House and Senate career are listed below and further amplification on these issues may be found in other locations on the website.

United States Senator, New Hampshire, (1991-2003)

Service on the following Senate Committees:

• Environment and Public Works Committee, Chairman 1999-2001, Ranking Member 2001-2003
• Ethics Committee, Chairman (two years)Armed Services Committee, Member, 1991-2003
• Chairman Acquisition and Technology Subcommittee of Senate Armed Services Committee (Responsible for oversight and budget for all new military technology programs)
• Chairman Strategic Forces Subcommittee of Senate Armed Services Committee (Had direct oversight and budget responsibility for missile defense systems and offensive missile platforms such as submarines, aircraft and land launchers)
• Member Judiciary Committee (Participated in hearings for all federal judicial nominations)
• Voted for Justice Thomas and voted against Justices Ginsberg and Breyer

Awards and honors Highlights

• Airline Security Award from the Allied Pilots Association for supporting guns in the cockpits
• Golden Gavel Award for chairing the U.S. Senate for over 100 hours
• National Security Leadership Award for votes promoting a strong national defense
• National Taxpayers’ Union Best Friend Award for votes saving taxpayer dollars
• Bill of Rights Defender of the Year Award presented by Gun Owners of America for defending the Second Amendment
• League of Private Property Voters for promoting and protecting private property rights
• Numerous awards from American Legion, Disabled Veterans and other veterans groups for work on POW/MIA accounting and overall support of veterans issues
• Nationally recognized by Humane Society of the United States and other groups for introducing and passing legislation for the prevention of animal abuse
• Ranked in the top 5 percent of the House and Senate as one of the most conservative members on social, economic and military issues
• Pro-Life Leader in the House and Senate for 18 years

Run For President In 1999-2000

In 1999 I entered the race for the 2000 Republican nomination for President of the United States. I campaigned extensively in the early primary and caucus states of New Hampshire, Iowa and Louisiana. Also in that race among others were Pat Buchanan, Gary Bauer and, of course, George W. Bush.
I picked up thousands of supporters and contributions along the trail, but as the months wore on, it became apparent that the Republican Primary voters wanted Bush. In the summer of 1999 I withdrew from the race and endorsed then Governor, George W. Bush of Texas.

Leaving The Republican Party

In my Senate duties I became increasingly frustrated with the Republican Party leaders and officials who were constantly refusing to fight some of the extreme liberal appointments of President Bill Clinton on key administration positions, especially liberal activist federal judges, such as Ruth Bader Ginsberg. I was one of only THREE senators to vote against putting her on the Supreme Court.
I simply could not understand why senators who claimed to be “conservative Republicans” would vote for Ginsberg. In addition Clinton was pushing his aggressive gun control agenda in the Congress and Republican leaders were content to let much of it pass, when we could have easily blocked it.
Furthermore, most Republicans left it to me, and a very few others, to fight the pro-life battles as many were afraid of the political consequences.
At this point I made a decision which would have a dramatic impact on my political career. I resigned from the Republican Party and became an Independent. I did not plan to make this a final move. My objective was to “shake up” Republicans. In my Senate floor speech (which is posted on my website), when I resigned from the party, I warned my colleagues and the entire Republican hierarchy, that, if you continue to place your politics above your principles, the American people will soon figure it out and banish you from power.
While an independent, I always supported the principles of the Republican Party. It is interesting to note that while the leadership often lost the support of such “Republicans” as Senators Jeffords, Snowe, Collins and Specter, my voting record was consistently over 98% in support of Republican Party principles.
Unfortunately, I was proven correct regarding the voter’s reaction. Although President Bush won two close elections, the Republicans in Congress made the same mistakes their Democrat predecessors made. They had scandals, arrogance prevailed, debt and spending rose, government grew larger, we did nothing to secure our borders and the Rove strategy of division and special interest politics failed miserably, causing us to lose the House and Senate and finally the White House in 2008.

Returning To The Republican Party

After four months, I felt that I had made my point and I informed Senator Lott that I felt that I could fight for the principles of the Republican Party more effectively from within rather than outside the party. Sadly, just days after informing leadership of my decision to return, Senator John Chafee passed away suddenly. Republican party leaders, to their credit, decided to allow me to keep my seniority on all committees and I was selected Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee.
I then “plunged” into my Senate work and the election of George W. Bush as President. I campaigned extensively and raised money for him in New Hampshire where he won a very close election. As we turned the page into 2001, I was beginning to “gear up” for my re-election campaign in 2002. However, the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington put my campaign on hold in September of 2001 as, like the rest of America, I was focused on responding to the aftermath of that terrible and tragic attack on our nation’s homeland.

My 2002 Republican Senate Primary

I knew that I would have a tough general election opponent in Democrat Governor Jeanne Shaheen. Since the Republicans accepted me back into their Senate ranks and my active support for the election of President Bush, I was confident that my loyalty would be repaid with the full support of President Bush and the Republican Party establishment in my re-election. I was wrong.
Just a couple of weeks after the 9/11 attacks, Congressman John Sununu announced he was going to run in against me in the Republican primary election in 2002. President Bush and I had a good relationship even though we were opponents in the 2000 Presidential primary. As stated earlier, I had supported him and raised money for him in the 2000 general election for President. In addition I had nearly a 100 percent record of support in nearly 18 years in the House and Senate in support of the core conservative issues of our party.
I felt very comfortable asking Karl Rove, the President’s Deputy Chief of Staff and top political operative, for an endorsement in the primary. A few days later he informed me that “the President would in fact endorse my re-election in the primary, that he would do so publicly and help me to raise money.” I relayed my gratitude to the President. Karl Rove then came to NH and in direct response to a reporter’s public question stated “that President Bush would endorse Senator Smith as soon as the filing period had ended.” After my opponent subsequently filed against me and I inquired about the President’s endorsement I was tersely informed “It is not going to happen.”
This signal to the establishment of the state and national Republican Party to work against me or withhold support was the major reason I lost the primary. When people ask me why this happened, I can only guess that they thought my opponent’s poll numbers against then-Governor Shaheen were better than mine and they did not want to lose the seat.
I believed then and believe now that “winning is not winning”, if you sacrifice loyalty and principles in the process. My frustration and anger and what I perceived to be a betrayal caused me to send a “letter of endorsement” to John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential election race. It was a stupid mistake. I do not support John Kerry on any significant issues. I did something in anger and I apologize for it. If some want to hold this against me, I fully understand.
In any case, that is the past and the future is what matters. I do not hold any grudges. As Willie Nelson says in one of his songs,

“I find it easy to forgive, but forgetting seems to take the longest time.”

This election is about rising to the challenges of the future not dwelling on the past. I am running for US Senate again because I believe that I have the qualifications and leadership qualities to meet those critical challenges and lead our nation forward.
The 2002 primary was a bitter election battle and a devastating personal loss for Mary Jo and me. However we still maintained our New Hampshire home on Lake Winnipesaukee which was then and is now our family compound. After watching with dismay these past several years as Republicans seem to have lost their way and then seeing the results of the 2008 and 2012 elections, I could no longer stand on the sidelines and watch. I need to get back into the arena. I believe that my background as a former U.S. Senator is a unique opportunity for New Hampshire to benefit from my experience and leadership on the major issues facing our nation and our state today.
That is why I am running again for the U.S. Senate. Among other issues, I intend to focus on repealing Obama Care, laying out a plan to balance our budget and reduce the nation’s debt, replacing the current tax code with a fairer less complicated system, reducing the size of government, enhancing our national security, providing assistance for veterans and our troops and ending illegal immigration.
While others will tell you what they will do, I invite you to review my website and see what I have done. New Hampshire and our nation needs more than anything else at this moment in history, a passionate, principled, no-nonsense, proven conservative leader, not another politician. Check out my record and I hope you will agree that I can, have and will always put principle above politics as your United States Senator. I am asking you to join me in the spirit of Ronald Reagan and rise to the challenges we face in a positive campaign. We are Americans. We can meet any challenge as we defend our freedoms and values!
I look forward to meeting you on the campaign trail. I would be honored to have your support! Thank you.

- Senator Bob Smith

We All Get Fooled Again.

http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2010/07/12/figures-rino-scott-brown-to-vote-for-frank-dodd-wall-street-takeover-bill/

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2024427220100521

http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/12/scott-brown-says-hell-support-financial-regulation-bill/

rightwingnews.­com/­2010/­07/­financial-­regulatory-­bill-­includes-­race-­and-­gender-­quotas/

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/05/et-tu-scott-brown-.html

http://iamtheteaparty.net/news/scott-brown-bans-the-tea-party-from-posting-to-his-fb-profile


http://www.mediaite.com/online/facebook-blogosphere-take-on-traitor-scott-brown/

Link of the Day: Dick Morris via Newsmax

Dick Morris can be way off target in his predictions and he lets his fantasies run away with him but he is on the money here.

It sure didn't take long for Scott Brown to sell out!http://www.newsmax.com/Morris/finance-bill-barack-obama/2010/05/21/id/359786

MSNBC Desperately Tries to Spin The Massachusetts Election

CAN THE RACE CARD BE PLAYED ON EVERY HAND? APPARENTLY

More From Mr. Mega-Ratings

There used to be lefties defending all lefties on Youtube in the comments section. No more. Apparently, they are all hiberanting. One interesting comment was a member who made the case that Olbermann is acting and that he could not possibly believe anything so ridiculous and his acting is all not that convincing. Could be.

MORE FROM THE OLBERMENSCH

Media Monday: The $7.8 Million Dollar Man

One of the projects I have never gotten off the ground is to compile a list of overpaid media figures. This would not be a subjective measurement. It would be a Bill James/Moneyball project whereby we divided the star's salary by the total number of viewers. Letterman might seem overpaid at $32M/year but compared to the likes of Conan or Couric, he is an electronic pied piper. I cannot say for certain but I think the numbers would confirm that Keith Olbermann is at the top of the ranks of the overpaid. His audience could probably be seated at some of the country's larger race venues.

Olbermann is bitter and he has no regard for the truth. None. He sees enemies everywhere and he hates any and all foes of Obama. Why would anyone watch him?

Yes, why would anyone watch Olbermann? Under normal circumstances the answer is "I don't know." But during the Massachusetts special election, the days preceding, election evening and the days following, the answer happened to be "To laugh uproariously at some of the wackiest clowns our great land has ever produced."

A sample.





MELTDOWN OR EPIPHANY?

Reflections of a Weary Blogger

I am still giddy and yes, inspired by the Scott Brown story. No Brown fatigue here. What a leader! "Follow me and we'll get it done." He smashed a formidable machine. What a guy!

And of course this guy married a local hottie and then he fathered Xena and Gabrielle and they are living happily ever after. So it is easy to watch the puff pieces about this great man. I could fixate on this story for a long, long time.

But this blog is devoted to Barack Hussein Obama and his loyal dupes. It is hard to stay on topic because the topic is so damn depressing. Just 15 months ago we were in the Twilight Zone. Zombies in T-shirts with Obama's mug and the word "HOPE" emblazoned on the front swarmed at every turn. Worse yet, otherwise reasonable people were following Jim Jones into the jungle. A creepy "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" scene polluted our beloved land. It was depressing, not because we were losing, but because common sense was losing. Self-delusion had become stylish and I had no style.

To this day we know very little about Barack Hussein Obama. Is he evil, buffoonish or both? Is he the second coming of Jimmy Carter or of Charles Manson? Can he persuade his minions to give up their lives in a suicidal display of unity? Or is he, in the description of Osama Bin Laden by a Saudi Prince, incapable of leading a flock of ducks across the street?

I suspect that Obama will be remembered more as a Barney Fife than a Che Guevera. Yes, there is hostility and hatred in this man. But there is also ineptitude. This is a guy who has had everything handed to him. The Senate. The White House. The Nobel Peace Prize. Everything. He might dream of lynching bankers and risk takers but he is, in a word, petty. Everyone who has ever had a paper route had more executive experience than this guy had a year ago. Without the ass-kissing press and George Soros' funds, Barack Obama is well, present.

I felt the need to call the world's attention to Obama's flaws when it seemed that people had blinded themselves to such "distractions." Now it seems like people are waking up. Even the cheerleaders are expressing buyer's remorse. The tide has turned. Obama jumped the shark on his inauguration day. That was his high water mark and few people will say otherwise. The question I have to ask myself is "Do we still need to expose Obama's deficiencies?" No one seems surprised at his ineptitude any more. It seems to be expected and accepted. Who needs a blog that points out the obvious?

Scott Brown's Most Amazing Achievement

Scott Brown vs. The Democratic Machine is the biggest upset since David vs. Goliath. But this event pales in comparison to Senator Brown's (love saying those word in succession)most miraculous accomplishment. Senator Brown (poetic, isn't it?) has done the impossible: Senator Brown (he is a Massachusetts Senator so we don't have to do the Senator-elect thing)has made MSNBC not only watchable, but enjoyable.

No really. He has. It is so much fun to watch the hatemeisters try to spin/explain/analyze the Brown victory. They are all over the place. The Dems should have listened to Dean. They should have listened to Pelosi. Massachusetts people could not grasp the intricacies of politics we thought they could be trusted with. They are children running with scissors.

We all know MSNBC resides in their own world of self-delusion but we probably cannot begin to grasp the degree of self-delusion. Deaf people can intellectually understand the appeal of Elvis but MSNBC pundits are incapable of understanding the appeal of a candidate like Scott Brown. For MSNBC, the opposition is alternately evil and stupid. There is no gentleman's disagreement or anything like that. The brilliance of the anointed is self-evident and the failure to grasp the obvious reflects a character flaw in the observer. But the confusion of the enlightened sure is amusing.

Alas, MSNBC will dry their tears and move on to other subjects. They will entertain dozens of viewers but people like me will grow weary of their tired shtick and will click the remote. Not even Scott Brown can keep a miracle going forever. But it sure is fun now.