Quote Originally Posted by loka View Post
Actually, if Scott Brown wins... it pretty much blocks the Health Care reform bill and any other bill that Obama tries to put forth.

And here in Massachusetts... we have no desire for health care reform.
In Massachusetts you already have government mandated healthcare, and in fact, the system that your state has in place is more progressive than the one on the senate floor at the moment.

Democrats have been conceding every point to republicans ANYWAYS. If there was a 99/1 split that would pretty much still be the case. 1 seat really doesn't change anything. The bill could still be passed through reconciliation in the senate, but for some reason the dems don't think it's right or some nonsense. Reconciliation would let the bill to avoid a republican filibuster, which is their only card in the hole at this point, and one they've played a lot recently. I've pretty much given up on the two-party system anyhow.

But either way, if the republican wins it's essentially Massachusetts telling the rest of the country "suck it bitches."