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The left's hypocrisy

Obama's plan for saving the economy:

1) allow gay soldiers to say they're gay
2) lie about how he has prevented lobbyists from policy-making positions
3) anger members of the supreme court
4) freeze (and save) a whopping .58% of the nation's spending over the next ten years
5) build a train

Yep. That should do it.

So, yeah, the dems have been talking a lot of smack about still trying to pass obamacare by either passing the current senate bill in the house or using the "nuclear" option and cramming a different bill through the senate through reconciliation. Then this happened. Then this happened. Then this happened. And now, it's dead. Officially.

Sincerity
Obama on the campaign trail: Spending freezes are bad (video)
Obama on Wednesday night: What we need are some spending freezes

Humility
“The big difference here and in ‘94 was you’ve got me”

Honesty
Saved or created one zillion jobs

Brown: 1,153,808; 52.29%
Coakley: 1,052,391; 47.70%

Coakley Concedes
"41st no vote"

Dems on Obamacare: uh, maybe we should start over.

Bayh: hmm...this might be catastrophic for dems

Jim Webb: Let's not do any voting 'til Brown gets here.

Blarney Fwank: Yeah, Obamacare's pretty much dead.

Scott Brown: "I’m Scott Brown, I'm from Wrentham, I drive a truck, and I am nobody’s senator but yours."

Text of victory speech
You know. The one that CNN and MSNBC didn't cover.

Here are the latest polls in the Massachusetts senate race:

PPP: Brown 51, Coakley 46
Inside Medford: Brown 51, Coakley 41
Coakley Internal: Brown 47, Coakley 45
American Research Group: Brown 48, Coakley 45
Avg: Brown 49.25, Coakley 44.25

Now, it's important to note that all of these polls were conducted before Obama flew federal tax funded air force one to Boston to stump for Coakley. Furthermore, nearly all of these numbers are within the margin of error for the respective poll and as the race continues to garnish media attention in Massachusetts, it is sure to drive unmotivated democrats to the polls which will certainly help Coakley. But the fact remains that I can't find one poll that shows a lead for Coakley--regardless of how the sampling is interpreted. And this is great news for Brown and America.

With every passing hour, a win becomes more realistic for Brown. Even Coakley's internal poll has Brown up by two (47-45) with only two days left until the election. But while the polls suggest that a GOP victory is squarely within the realm of possibility, history and logic tell us otherwise. But a victory for Brown, while important both symbolically and substantively, should be irrelevant when it comes to stopping Obamacare. Massachusetts, which is about as blue as, well, Boise State's football field, isn't exactly kind to Republicans when it comes to the ballot box. And the fact that Brown is even within an exaggerated striking distance (much less ahead) of a left-wing democrat like Coakley should be enough to scare every blue dog in congress away from this monstrosity. But just look at Obama. He thinks saving the filibuster proof majority in the senate is so important that he is risking his own reputation to go help the flailing candidate. But he should be taking the hint that Americans do not want this. Including the liberal northeast. And regardless of the outcome, the lefties, their heads planted firmly in the sand, will not view this as an indictment on Obamacare or any other part of their radical agenda. In the mean time we can wait impatiently for the results of this close race and hope that enough moderates take notice.