Coakley Loses

Now you know why I don’t get into predicting elections, personal bias always wins. This win by Scott Brown is a shot across the Democrat’s bow. In 2008 they voted for “change they could believe in” and so far they have seen more of the same old, same old. For me the death knell sounded when Obama cut a deal with Big Pharma to continue the ban on importation of drugs. When Dick Cheney crafted energy policy in a closed door meeting with Oil industry representatives there was outrage among liberals, democrats and progressives. But these same groups played dead when this administration worked with the health industry to forge the health care reform bill. The health care reform bill that came out of the Senate is a disgraceful piece of work that is a gift to the industry that it is supposed to control. I can’t even begin to speak of the sins of Wall Street and the banks that continue unchecked. I was wrong about who would win this special election but I am right when I said the Democrats are expert marksmen when it comes to shooting themselves in the foot. With this election, the party in power has remained in power but they have lost that crucial one vote. The Democrats need to take a lesson from the Republican play book when it comes to legislation, jam it down their throats, whether they want it or not. But they won’t, they’ll just reload and shoot the other foot.