Brown Stuns Dems

I posted the New York Times article on Scott Brown's win (click on the title above) because I think "stunned" must be the right word for the Democrats in Washington. Obama said in his speech Sunday to Bostonians while campaigning for Coakley that he understood they were angry with Bush and his policies, but that they must vote for Coakley, as she will put forth the policies they all championed (read: his). Is he tone deaf? And how long will he continue the blame game? Unfortunately, I presume, his state of the union address will be riddled with words of blame. He doesn't yet see, and may be too narcissistic to understand that the country is not left of center, as he is, and he is the one that has to change and come to the middle. As Ms. Connolly, 73, a lifelong Democrat who said she cast her first vote for a Republican on Tuesday put it, “I’m hoping that it gives a message to the country. I think if Massachusetts puts Brown in, it’s a message of ‘that’s enough.’ Let’s stop the giveaways and let’s get jobs going.” Well said, Ms. Connolly. Unfortunately, although health care may be dead for now, the administration and the congressional majority is already talking about "pivoting" from the health care debate to blame Republicans for the country's economic troubles and begin to lower the boom on Wall Street. Well, at least they're smart enough not to try to shove health care through for now. Baby steps.