I’m getting e-mails from folks who tell me that they are torn. They want Scott Brown to win, but they are worried that his electoral victory today would be a great gift to the Democrats because it would kill Obamacare.
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.
There’s an election today. If you live in Massachusetts, vote. And be simple about it. That’s how Scott Brown got where he is today — his campaign is a small operation that did what made sense, and took opportunities as they’ve come up. No grand plan. And then you’re the lead on Drudge, and all the rest.
And the people have a say about the Ted Kennedy seat today! They have a clear choice.
So, let’s say Obamacare dies, in its current form. Obama vows to try again. He makes clear that Republicans are the problem and says that they are continuing in the tradition of the Bush administration, which left behind everything that’s burdened him in his first year in office. And the Republicans … do what they’re doing: Run candidates like Brown and McDonnell in Virginia and Rubio in Florida. And they say – and they say it in the form of candidates like McDonnell — what Mitt Romney did on MSNBC this morning: A lot of work can get done on the state-level, folks. A lot more, in fact. And programs can be customized to the actual people they’re going to serve there. We don’t need huge domestic big-government makeovers.
(Of course, one can argue with the example Romney used — his health-care plan, which we all know doesn’t get all high marks. But his point is a good one, one he has some experience with, one that makes good common and business sense. And a much better alternative to what this White House believes.)





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