Scott
Brown's election victory in Massachusetts represents a direct
response to the false promises of hope and change made by president
Barack Obama and could pave the way for meaningful change in
2012.
Brown took the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat to become the
first Republican senator elected from Massachusetts since 1972.
Brown could now provide the telling vote to prevent the Democratic-led
health care plan from progressing, a fact that did not escape
voters who vented their anger at what they now see as a year
of broken promises and let downs.
Voters noted that health care and a more general backlash against
the Obama Administration were key factors in the vote:
“It’s too much government control. I do not want
taxes to go up.” One
voter said of the health care reform.
Another voter hit out at Obama: “When people say ‘change’
there should be something behind it. Obama made a lot of promises
of ‘change’ but I don’t think it meant anything.”
“I really thought when Obama got in he would be more
for the working class people,” another voter commented.
“He’s not doing much right now. He’s dragging
his feet. He has got a lot going on with the wars.”
Brown's own public statements that he does not think his victory
was a referendum on Obama have been pounced
on by the corporate media who are attempting to
spin a core grassroots victory and portray it as a right wing
kneejerk reaction.
Independent news guru Matt Drudge has already suggested that
Brown should run for president, perhaps getting ahead of himself,
but playing on the overriding indication that the grassroots
is ready to strike back with their votes in the midterms and
in 2012.
Brown will now finish Kennedy's unexpired term, facing re-election
in 2012.
Scott
Brown's election victory in Massachusetts represents a direct
response to the false promises of hope and change made by president
Barack Obama and could pave the way for meaningful change in
2012.
