This past September Massachusetts Governor, Devahl Patrick, named former Democratic Party chairman Paul G. Kirk Jr. on Thursday to temporarily fill the Senate seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy who passed away last August.
Senator Kirk’s appointment was a temporary one, until the voters of Massachusetts could pick a replacement in a special election to be held next week on January 19, 2010, fllowing democrat and republican primary races.
Governor Devahl’s interim appointment of Kirk was an important one as it allowed President Barrack Obama to retain a critical 60th U.S. Senate vote he needs to pass a health care overhaul.
The contenders in the January 19th Special Election are Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley won the Democrat Primary and Scott Brown was the Republican candidate.
The Democrats and Obama were initially pretty laid back about this race. After all, this was Massachusetts, a solidly democratic town and this was “Teddy Kennedy’s” senate seat that was at stake. Obama and company all figured that Martha Coakley’s victory in this race was a “lock.” After all, Massachusetts is a state with one million more rgisered democrats than republicans!
Then something unheard of before (as far as Massachusetts politics is concerned) took place. During a recent debate between the candidates Brown, who has said he would vote against Obama’s health Care bill, was asked if he really was saying that if he sat in Ted Kennedy’s seat he would vote against health care, Brown responded, "With all due respect, it's not the Kennedy's seat, it's not the Democrats' seat, it's the people's seat." (see video above)
Brown suddenly started gaining momentum in the polls while Coakley’s numbers remained stagnant. Keep in mind that should Scott win the Seanate seat the democrats will no longer enjoy a super majority in the Senate and the Presidient’s Health Bill will be, for all intents and purposes, dead on arrival. If you were a fly on the wall of the Oval Office in the White House you would hear the political alarms sounding loudly… ”Danger Will Robinson, Danger!” Several polls now show this race as being a statistical dead heat!
In a bid to stave off a potential political disaster, President Barrack Obama and his allies have now mounted a last-ditch effort to thwart Scott Brown's bid to score a "Massachusetts Miracle" should he win the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in next Tuesday's special election.
The democrats even have a health care vote fail safe provision ready to go in the event Brown should pull off the “Massachusetts Miracle.” Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin, citing state law, says city and town clerks must wait at least 10 days for absentee ballots to arrive before they certify the results of the Jan. 19 election. They then have five more days to file the returns with his office. Until this “delaying action” is over, interim Senator Paul Kirk would remain in office guaranteeing Obama and company the much needed 60th vote for his health care bill.
Of course this is the same William F. Galvin who bypassed this delayed certification provision in 2007 so his fellow Democrats could gain a House vote they needed to override a veto of then-Republican President George W. Bush.
If Scott Brown is unable to pull off a republican “Massachsuetts Miracle” next Tuesday, his campaign’s ability to make this election a close one has sent a strong message to President Obama and his liberal democrat cronies regarding not only ObamaCare but this years 2010 general elections as well. If Massachusetts is no longer a solidly blue, “safe” liberal” state, what can they expect within the other 49 states?
On the other hand, should Brown actually win the Massachusetts Senate seat and the democrats invoke their delayed certification provision to ensure interim Senator Kirk remains in office long enough to provide Obama his 60th vote, they will have provided even more evidence of their “the people be damned” attitude towards governance.
In either scenario, the liberal democrats lose!
Peter J. Mahon
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