BillyG: > Scott Brown, my kind of Republican! > It's a really bad idea - and if the number of tea parties being held now is any indication, this move will spark an outrage with the mid-term voters.
Apparently a majority of American voters are not in favor of passage of the current health insurance reform bill. "With Brown in the Senate, Reid's natural coalition becomes one vote short of 60, empowering the Republicans to block the bill--but only if they all stick together. For Reid and for the White House, this creates an almost irresistible temptation to slow the seating of Brown while trying to rush the healthcare bill to President Barack Obama's desk while they still have the votes to override the filibuster. It's a bad idea..." Read more: 'Scott Brown Should Take His Senate Seat Immediately' By Peter Roff U.S. News & World Report January 20, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/ydhzp7d
