Should Senator-elect Scott Brown of Massachusettes be seated and allowed to vote on the Healthcare Proposal?

Let me first say that I am socially liberal, from Massachusetts, and voted for Coakley. That being said, Brown was democratically elected, in Massachusetts of all places. There is no reason why he should not be allowed to vote on the proposal.

Sure, let him vote on it. Whatever Teddy might have done, the majority of people from Massachusetts decided that they want Brown to be their new Senator.

I think he should propose a bill to make your state more spellable. Maybe lose the whole Massa whatever and just call it Big Boston, or Teapartyton. So much easier. If you still want ot use the turtle for your team, have at it

fluther hell, fluther hell. Dear Bendrew almighty, I’mgoing to fluther hell…

I vote he should pose more in the nude.

I heard about those photos. at least he was honest and told this himself, without the news media blowing it out of proportion.

If I posed nude I would definitely want the news media to blow parts of the photograph out of proportion. Just saying.

As for the question, I would like to see a good clean fight.

@john65pennington
A very clever tactic, that. More politicians should try it. Or better, not cause the problem in the first place.

There’s absolutely no reason why he shouldn’t be allowed to vote on the health care bill if it comes to that.

There’s also absolutely no reason why that situation should ever come up. Both houses have already passed bills. The House should just pass the Senate bill and bypass any need for further negotiation with people who clearly are not negotiating in good faith.

Absolutely

If the House passes the Senate bill the fallout for the Dems in the next election would be tremendous. Not many Senators or Representatives will put their political career on the line for a President who is loosing his appeal. The people of Mass sent a clear message to the Dem party and the White House, neither will risk November by pushing through this legislation

@softtop67 your empty threats are both empty and lack any discussion of the merits of the actual bill.

About half of Obama’s opposition are liberals pissed off that he continually caves to people with your mentality.

@Qingu Its not a threat it is basic politics. Mass a heavy Dem state I believe its 3.5 to 1 elected a Republican Senator for the first time since 1972. Obama won this state by 26% less than one year ago. If this doesnt make other politicians question the strength of the White House or wonder if it could happen in their districts\states I am not sure what would. Merits of the actual bill are not in question as most Americans havent read it. The perception of dirty politics will have a greater effect on the November elections than the merits of this bill passed or not, and this is why the House will not push it through

@softtop67, they had a Republican governor pretty recently.

There is this thing, called concern trolling. Are you familiar with the term? You’re doing it.

@Qinqu
And so I suppose is the NYTs http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/us/politics/21elect.html

And after the results were announced, one centrist Democratic senator, Jim Webb of Virginia, called on Senate leaders to suspend any votes on the Democrats’ health care legislation until Mr. Brown is sworn into office. The election, he said, was a referendum on both health care and the integrity of the government process.

Beyond the bill, the election of a man supported by the Tea Party movement also represented an unexpected reproach by many voters to President Obama after his first year in office, and struck fear into the hearts of Democratic lawmakers, who are already worried about their prospects in the midterm elections later this year.

Jim Webb is obviously also concern trolling. As are Lieberman and Bayh. Did you look up what it means?

@Qingu
Just because you learned a new word doesn’t mean that it fits everywhere, you know.