BREAKING: DEMS PLAN SLEAZY END-RUN AROUND SCOTT BROWN VICTORY
by Brian Maloney, January 8th, 2010 at 11:43pm
BREAKING: Democrats aren’t just worried about a Scott Brown victory on January 19, they’re actively mapping out scenarios that would stall his swearing-in and leave appointed Kennedy crony Senator Paul Kirk (D-MA) in office as long as possible.
And Kirk himself has made it clear he has no plans to leave the post anytime soon.
This would allow Kirk to cast the deciding vote on ObamaCare, while blocking the will of the voters. From the Boston Herald:
Scott Brown swearing-in would be stalled so health-care reform could pass
By Frank QuaratielloIt looks like the fix is in on national health-care reform - and it all may unfold on Beacon Hill.
At a business forum in Boston today, interim Sen. Paul Kirk predicted that Congress would pass a health-care reform bill this month.
“We want to get this resolved before President Obama’s State of the Union address in early to mid-February,” Kirk told reporters at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast.
The longtime aide and confidant of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was handpicked by Gov. Deval Patrick after a controversial legal change to hold Kennedy’s seat, vowed to vote for the bill even if Republican state Sen. Scott Brown, who opposes the health-care reform legislation, prevails in a Jan. 19 special election.
“Absolutely,” Kirk said, when asked if he’d vote for the bill, even if Brown captures the seat. “It would be my responsibility as United States senator, representing the people and understanding Senator Kennedy’s agenda. . . . I think you’re asking me a hypothetical question but I’d be pleased to vote for the bill.”
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The U.S. Senate ultimately will schedule the swearing-in of Kirk’s successor, but not until the state certifies the election.
Today, a spokesman for Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, who is overseeing the election but did not respond to a call seeking comment, said certification of the Jan. 19 election by the Governor’s Council would take a while.
“Because it’s a federal election,” spokesman Brian McNiff said. “We’d have to wait 10 days for absentee and military ballots to come in.”
Another source told the Herald that Galvin’s office has said the election won’t be certified until Feb. 20 - well after the president’s address.
Since the U.S. Senate doesn’t meet again in formal session until Jan. 20, Bay State voters will have made their decision before a vote on health-care reform could be held. But Kirk and Galvin’s office said today a victorious Brown would be left in limbo.
In contrast, Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) was sworn in at the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 18, 2007, just two days after winning a special election to replace Martin Meehan. In that case, Tsongas made it to Capitol Hill in time to override a presidential veto of the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.Yesterday, Brown, who has been closing the gap with Coakley in polls and fund raising, blasted the political double standard.
Since when do Democrats care about military ballots? If this delay represented standard procedure for special elections, that would be one thing, but the new guy/gal is normally sworn in almost immediately.
I was right to call Paul Kirk (above image) a cockroach, but that may prove an insult to the little buggers. Kirk and Vicki Kennedy are doing their level best to turn the US Senate into the House of Lords, where peers are appointed for life or on the basis of family background.
UPDATE: Will Martha Coakley condemn Harry Reid for his past racial remarks?
Brown image: Politico
Entry Filed under: Another Coakley Screw-up
16 Comments Add your own
1. donhunt | January 9th, 2010 at 8:56 am
What else could one expect from the swill on Beacon Hill.
2. the real Barbara | January 9th, 2010 at 9:24 am
I’m shocked, shocked I tell ya……………NOT!
3. Hiding in Westfield | January 9th, 2010 at 9:28 am
Unless he wins by 50K they dems will steal this election like they did in MN. Come on rest of the state vote all these bums out.
4. WesternMassGuy | January 9th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Secretary of State Bill Galvin is up for reelection this year. Perhaps he needs to know that people are watching him!
http://www.billgalvin.org
5. AntiBrian | January 9th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
This is all a moot point because despite what the Republican pollster, who is more often wrong than right says, Martha will win with a comfortable 18 to 20 point margin.
Brown could win if the only people who showed up to the polls were the angry keno playing white guys who hang out in mall food courts and are still upset that they didn’t get to vote on Gay marriage or the dolts who form all the ideas based on wing nut talk radio and Fox “News”.
This race is over Brian you know it I know it and the good people of Massachusetts know it.
6. bob | January 9th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Hey, AntiBrian…
You’re an idiot. Your comments above speak for themselves. More proof that Liberalism is a mental disorder! You whiney bitches are desperate to keep your corrupt party in power…no matter what!
And now you try to pull this juvenile stunt of withholding Brown’s certification until the vote is cast on the Obamacare THAT NOBODY WANTS!
Again: You’re an idiot! And probably a state hack!
VOTE SCOTT BROWN 1.19.10!
7. WesternMassGuy | January 9th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Anti-Brain,
Rasmussen was one of the most accurate polling agencies in 2008, and called the presidential election within a point. Don’t kill the messenger because you dislike the message.
The rest of your posting seethes with hatred, elitism and a whole lot of fear.
Turn on PMSNBC and take a few deep breaths, okay?
8. RightKlik | January 9th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
This is nasty, but be encouraged:
An Open Letter to Brown Supporters Regarding Eeyorism and Concern Trolls: GREAT advice from unlikely allies
Call Dems Bluff On Refusing To Seat Scott Brown: Political EXPLOSION!
9. AntiBrian | January 9th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Hey Bob and WesternMassguy do hang out at the Holyoke Mall or do prefer the Dunkin Donuts?
Go back and take a look at how many primaries Rassmussen missed. The polls had Romney running strong against Kennedy as well in the US Senate race. How did that turn out for you?
You all bitch about Massachusetts but you don’t seem to want to move. I hear the climate in South Carolina is very nice this time of year.
Brown looses on the 19th then goes on to another defeat against Bill Keating our next Attorney General.
10. piratetoby | January 9th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Oooooh, yeah, Brian. That’s quite a plan Mass. officials have to milk the results of the election: follow the federal guidelines.
If they really want to delay the results, maybe Jeb Bush can give them a few pointers. Florida really knows how to certify an federal election, don’t they?
11. Bea in Biloxi | January 9th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Jeb Bush.. Now there is a name that induces
vomiting!
12. AntiBrian | January 9th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
One more thing Westernmassguy, do you remember Rasmussen’s poll for the Democratic Senate primary? I do, he missed by 11 points. He had Coakley at 36 points going into the Primary. She won with 47.
13. bob | January 9th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
AntiBrian…you’re still an idiot!
You make no sesne, like most liberal Democrats.
Whistling past the graveyard?
You’re obviously scared witless that Brown’s going to win this thing. What will you do then?
Oh, I know…blame Bush!
14. piratetoby | January 9th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
bob: speaking of idiots…….who’s the idiot that called Scott Brown a “baby-killer” on this blog?
15. WesternMassGuy | January 9th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
So Anti-Brain doesn’t like Rasmussen. How about Public Policy Polling? They’re left-wing, like you.
They show the Brown/Coakley race at 48/47. That’s Brown with 48. See http://www.publicpolicypolling.com.
And now Martha has B.J. Clinton coming in to stump for her…sounds like a bit of a desperate tactic for a race that should be in the bag for ol’ Martha. Or should that be Martha the ol’ bag?
16. bob | January 10th, 2010 at 11:27 am
I think AntiBrian mis-spells his name.
Perhaps he should spell it, Anti-BRAIN!
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