How desperate and worried about Scott Brown are the Democrats? They will delay his swearing-in to pass ObamaCARE if he wins the Jan 19th election

democrat-logoIt’s hard to even consider Massachusetts part of America. It’s basically a state of San Francisco much like Vermont. While there are a lot of good , hardworking conservatives who living in the state, the vast majority is just too far left. I REALLY hope the people of the state prove me wrong. Still, with the January 19th special election for Ted Kennedy’s Senate Seat, in which Republican Scott Brown has Democrats cowering in fear. Though it may be far fetched to think Brown could win in a libnut state such as that, Democrats are still pulling out all the stops to do whatever they can to pass ObamaCARE in the odd case Brown wins. The latest example which is explained by the Boston Herald how Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin and state Democrats would delay Brown’s certification should he win, until after ObamaCARE passes.

The U.S. Senate ultimately will schedule the swearing-in of Kirk’s successor, but not until the state certifies the election.

Today, a spokesman for Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, who is overseeing the election but did not respond to a call seeking comment, said certification of the Jan. 19 election by the Governor’s Council would take a while.

“Because it’s a federal election,” spokesman Brian McNiff said. “We’d have to wait 10 days for absentee and military ballots to come in.”

Another source told the Herald that Galvin’s office has said the election won’t be certified until Feb. 20 – well after the president’s address.

Since the U.S. Senate doesn’t meet again in formal session until Jan. 20, Bay State voters will have made their decision before a vote on health-care reform could be held. But Kirk and Galvin’s office said today a victorious Brown would be left in limbo.

In contrast, Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) was sworn in at the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 18, 2007, just two days after winning a special election to replace Martin Meehan. In that case, Tsongas made it to Capitol Hill in time to override a presidential veto of the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Yesterday, Brown, who has been closing the gap with Coakley in polls and fund raising, blasted the political double standard.

“This is a stunning admission by Paul Kirk and the Beacon Hill political machine,” said Brown in a statement. “Paul Kirk appears to be suggesting that he, Deval Patrick, and (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid intend to stall the election certification until the health care bill is rammed through Congress, even if that means defying the will of the people of Massachusetts. As we’ve already seen from the backroom deals and kickbacks cut by the Democrats in Washington, they intend to do anything and everything to pass their controversial health care plan. But threatening to ignore the results of a free election and steal this Senate vote from the people of Massachusetts takes their schemes to a whole new level. Martha Coakley should immediately disavow this threat from one of her campaign’s leading supporters.”

A spokeswoman for Coakley’s campaign declined to comment today.

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January 9, 2010 · Filed Under General Politics, Scott Brown


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