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I Wonder If Gergen Realizes That Was The Election

Posted on | January 11, 2010 | 35 Comments

by Smitty (h/t American Glob)

Brown was obviously laying in wait for Gergen to serve that up so he could crush it like so many dynastic dreams:

Of course, we’re talking about Massachusetts, so they could still vote Democrat. Vote Brown, you chowderheads. For Sam Adams, and the thought of why this country was founded.

Update:
I disagree with Dan Riehl, who thinks that Scott Brown should have also mentioned Martha Coakley in his statement. Less is more, gratuitous is no score.

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35 Responses to “I Wonder If Gergen Realizes That Was The Election”

  1. Philip
    January 12th, 2010 @ 4:29 am

    If we send just Brown and Rubio to the Senate in ’10, it will be a good year.

    Philip

  2. Philip
    January 11th, 2010 @ 11:29 pm

    If we send just Brown and Rubio to the Senate in ’10, it will be a good year.

    Philip

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  4. Joe
    January 12th, 2010 @ 4:36 am

    Please let him win. I have faith in you Massachusetts. Do the right thing.

  5. Joe
    January 11th, 2010 @ 11:36 pm

    Please let him win. I have faith in you Massachusetts. Do the right thing.

  6. proof
    January 12th, 2010 @ 5:23 am

    This could be Scott’s “I knew John Kennedy” moment!

  7. proof
    January 12th, 2010 @ 12:23 am

    This could be Scott’s “I knew John Kennedy” moment!

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  10. Joe
    January 12th, 2010 @ 7:08 am

    Intrade has him far behind, but I like those odds.

  11. Joe
    January 12th, 2010 @ 2:08 am

    Intrade has him far behind, but I like those odds.

  12. Thomas L. Knapp
    January 12th, 2010 @ 7:44 am

    A vote for Scott Brown is a vote for Martha Coakley.

    For that matter, a vote for anyone other than Joe Kennedy is a vote against mom, baseball, America, freedom and apple pie.

  13. Thomas L. Knapp
    January 12th, 2010 @ 2:44 am

    A vote for Scott Brown is a vote for Martha Coakley.

    For that matter, a vote for anyone other than Joe Kennedy is a vote against mom, baseball, America, freedom and apple pie.

  14. gahrie
    January 12th, 2010 @ 10:17 am

    There is a reason why Gergen and other Washington insiders consider this seat to be the Kennedy seat.

    The Kennedy clan has controlled this seat continuously since 1953.

    First John was elected to the seat in 1952. He held it until he resigned in 1960 to become president. The Kennedys then picked Ben Smith to hold the seat for two years until Ted turned 30. (The minimum age to serve in the Senate is 30)

    As soon as he turned 30 in 1962, Ted took over the seat until his death last year, when Paul Kirk was appointed to the seat. Paul Kirk was again hand picked by the Kennedys.

    So this particular Senate seat has in fact been the Kennedy family seat for the last 56 years.

  15. gahrie
    January 12th, 2010 @ 5:17 am

    There is a reason why Gergen and other Washington insiders consider this seat to be the Kennedy seat.

    The Kennedy clan has controlled this seat continuously since 1953.

    First John was elected to the seat in 1952. He held it until he resigned in 1960 to become president. The Kennedys then picked Ben Smith to hold the seat for two years until Ted turned 30. (The minimum age to serve in the Senate is 30)

    As soon as he turned 30 in 1962, Ted took over the seat until his death last year, when Paul Kirk was appointed to the seat. Paul Kirk was again hand picked by the Kennedys.

    So this particular Senate seat has in fact been the Kennedy family seat for the last 56 years.

  16. smitty
    January 12th, 2010 @ 11:58 am

    @gahrie,
    Also, this country was a colony of Great Britain for most of a couple of centuries, prior to independence.
    If we’re going to restore aristocracy, why not go Olde Europe?

  17. smitty
    January 12th, 2010 @ 6:58 am

    @gahrie,
    Also, this country was a colony of Great Britain for most of a couple of centuries, prior to independence.
    If we’re going to restore aristocracy, why not go Olde Europe?

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  19. Bob Belvedere
    January 12th, 2010 @ 12:48 pm

    The Kennedys would have been friends with Lord North.

  20. Bob Belvedere
    January 12th, 2010 @ 7:48 am

    The Kennedys would have been friends with Lord North.

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  23. gahrie
    January 12th, 2010 @ 2:10 pm

    @smitty

    I am in no way endorsing Gergen’s beliefs….just explaining them.

    I am against political dynasties on the Left and the Right.

  24. gahrie
    January 12th, 2010 @ 9:10 am

    @smitty

    I am in no way endorsing Gergen’s beliefs….just explaining them.

    I am against political dynasties on the Left and the Right.

  25. d.eris
    January 12th, 2010 @ 3:20 pm

    Actually, it’s neither the Kennedy seat nor the people’s seat, it’s the state’s seat.

  26. d.eris
    January 12th, 2010 @ 10:20 am

    Actually, it’s neither the Kennedy seat nor the people’s seat, it’s the state’s seat.

  27. MrMaryk
    January 12th, 2010 @ 4:34 pm

    Ooh, Dan’s getting a little testy about your comment, isn’t he?

    FWIW, I’m on your side – it’s a nearly perfect soundbite.

  28. MrMaryk
    January 12th, 2010 @ 11:34 am

    Ooh, Dan’s getting a little testy about your comment, isn’t he?

    FWIW, I’m on your side – it’s a nearly perfect soundbite.

  29. smitty
    January 12th, 2010 @ 5:43 pm

    Not, alas, since the 17th Amendment in 1913.

  30. smitty
    January 12th, 2010 @ 12:43 pm

    Not, alas, since the 17th Amendment in 1913.

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  33. Bob Belvedere
    January 13th, 2010 @ 4:13 pm

    Quoted from and Linked to at:
    Vote Early And Often For Brown     [heh]

  34. Bob Belvedere
    January 13th, 2010 @ 11:13 am

    Quoted from and Linked to at:
    Vote Early And Often For Brown     [heh]

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