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Gooooooood MORNING, Massachusetts Members of Congress!

Did you SLEEP well?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 20th, 2010 at 08:00 AM  | 

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[UPDATE: Jove nods: I switched out Frank and Caputo.  My bad, and thanks to reader jack for pointing it out.  The basic point remains.]

Hi, John Olver!
Hi, Richard Neal!
Hi, Jim McGovern!
Yeah, hi, Barney Frank. [UPDATE: Excuse me, that's Barney Frank]
Hi, Niki Tsongas!
Hi, John F. Tierney!
Hi, Ed Markey!
Hi, Michael Capuano! [Michael Capuano.]
Hi, Stephen Lynch!
Hi, William Delahunt!

…Why the colors?  Because of this map, of course:

…Members of Congress who have towns whose voters went for Scott Brown are in red; Barney Frank (who is blessed with a Boston district) is in blue.  They’re all Democrats, so no need to distinguish there.  Interesting, huh?  And it makes me want to ask a couple of questions:

  1. How do the people on that list really feel about the current health care bill in the Senate?  More importantly, how do they think that their constituents feel about it?
  2. Do they really think that it’s appropriate for Senators Schumer (D-NY) and Kerry (D-MA) to use crude sexual imagery when referring to their constituents?  Particularly the ones that are really, really motivated to vote?

I think that these are questions that really should be answered.  Soon.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • throwback59

    a Happy First Anniversary!

  • Darin_H

    I said every Democrat is vulnerable. Turns out that only 90+% are vulnerable.

    OTOH, I was right when the Democrats were trying to spin this, saying that they could just pass the Senate bill in the House – There aren’t 218 votes there.

  • bsquared

    this happy, busy morning out west here to cut and paste my post from Sunday:
    “People of Massachusetts–
    we are proud of, and appreciate you.
    ?Giving people Constitutional rights that they?re not entitled to is wrong.? ?Scott Brown
    ?Listen?the shot heard ?round the world happened in Massachusetts?it?s gonna happen again baby?let?s do it, get out and vote Tuesday??bystander and one of the people?as in, ?the people?s seat??

    I must add, I was pleasantly surprised that the anticipated cheating by ACORN, the “unions” (not so unified behind the dems, it looked to me re: the quotation marks) did not quash this whole effort, and speaking of effort–WAY TO GO RS! Now let’s down the java and get back to work!!

  • http://vbushmills.blogtownhall.com/ vassar

    …referring to you piece last night.

    Now you know you can win any election you set out to win.

    Good job.

  • bsquared

    time for today’s celebration round? Oh, and if you’re out of balls, I’m sure Scott Brown could loan you some from his bag…
    (What was that Alinsky thing about ridicule? Hmm…”)

  • NeoKong

    I’m hungover and late for work.

    I don’t care. Last night was a freakin’ miracle.

    Teddy K’s seat went red.

    WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!

  • Mayhem

    I think there are 2-3 pick up opportunities in Massachusetts this year. If I were Bill Delahunt, I would be peeing my pants right now. Cape Cod went overwhelmingly for Scott Brown, and his district (MA-10) is the least-liberal of all the Mass. districts (only D+5).

    John Tierney is in the same boat. The Northeastern tip of the state that he represents went for Brown too, and MA-6 is only a D+7 district.

    Maybe there will be others, but MA-6 and MA-10 seem like strong pick up opportunities for the GOP this cycle.

  • retiredjarhead

    Somehow the sun was little brighter, and birds’ songs a little sweeter this morning…

    : )

  • CincoSolas_del_Bronx

    NYT’s Change from President 2008 has a statewide D LOSS–in really nice hues of brown, no less!–including -10 in Boston.

    (ftr the little white blip in your map, Paxton’s 1 precinct, finally came in at Brown 65%. Lest anyone be holding out hope for Marcia, you know.)

  • http://thecorruptworld.blogspot.com/ wayneinnh

    Looking at the 4th congressional district in Massachusetts, it is a typical gerrymandered district running from the south shore into Boston. If you superimpose the results map from last night over the 4th CD in Mass., the results are interesting.

  • dellbabe68

    Great job, all. It’s a new day.

  • proudgop

    I think whoever represents seat around Worcester should be worried too.

    Scott Brown will be a rock star in New England and he can help Republicans in CT, NH, and in RI take out Patrick Kennedy. If I were Rob Simmons I’d be trying to replicate this race in CT

  • tedpomeroy

    Has done the most harm. A know-nothing bull in the china shop.

    From “leading” the ignoramouses against nuclear power in the 70′s to the global warming hoax of today.

    We should focus our energies on him.

    Sad fact is, he has been in Congress for over 30 years.

  • RealQuiet

    The Kossacks were alluding to this last night too looking at the breakdowns in Massachusetts. Lots of districts that went for Brown that are ripe for GOP congressional challenges.

  • fsured

    Thanks for posting that Moe. Incredible.!

  • khayos

    … is my representative. Hopefully not for long. Barnstable county went 61/38 for Brown.

  • proudgop

    What did Capuano say when he went back to DC after he was defeated in primary?

    anyone have his quote? I believe it was “we’re screwed?”

  • capeindependent

    I had the honor of voting for Scott Brown yesterday. I am registered Undeclared in MA which means I am not a Dem or a Rep. For me Brown was the clear choice yesterday based upon integrity as well as the elimination of the supermajority in the Senate. The majority of MA voters are Undeclared/Independent. Personally I have been let down by both parties. I learned yesterday that I am part of the silent no more majority. While I have more in common with the GOP than the current liberal Progressive Democrat party I am angry as hell with both parties. We need less spin in politics and open honest dialogue. Here are some takeaways from yesterdays results.

    1. MA has health care reform already but it is a messy expensive beast that needs to be fixed. Anyone listening at the Statehouse?

    2. Voters do not want the Senate or House healthcare Bills.

    3. It is about Jobs stupid. Scrap health care deform and work on the ‘Main St Economy” that means tax cut not Pork Stimulus Spending Stupid!

    4. Empty Campaign Promises will no longer be tolerated.

    5. Government needs to re-align their behavior now, today and meet us in the center. The middle class who pays for all their crap need some serious quality time from Washington.

    6. Every one in office is on notice! Business as usual won’t cut it.

  • SusanAnne Hiller

    The relief I/we feel is incredible. My call: you will see employers hire, consumer spending will begin to increase, and the stocks will rebound more. Wall Street Tax, Healthcare, cap/trade ALL dead. All in due time, and the credit will try to be stolen by the Democrats and the left, when we all know it was the MA election that stopped this socialistic agenda in its tracks. Alinsky 101 keep the pressure on. Thank You, Massachussets!!

  • SusanAnne Hiller

    A bit brighter!

  • banzaibob

    Thank you for putting a modern face on Socialism.

    Thank you for showing America that any Socialist can be just as corrupt as any Capitilist.

    Thank you for showing Progressives and the rest of the Democrats there is a line most of the people will not cross. This includes union members who talk about fair play which your back room deals were not.

    Thank you for reenergizing Conservatism in America which hopefully will wake up the Republican Party.

    Thank you people of Massachusetts for giving the rest of the country a good chance to defeat the Healthcare Reform scam.

  • http://www.linkedin.com/in/williamgainey billg

    a lolly pop like Barney F? Maybe they can come through with a HAPPY STRATEGY for the other representatives!

  • johnt

    Yeah Nancy, those wailing sounds you hear are the ambulance sirens, they’re after you.