Thursday, February 4, 2010

Scott Brown: Who's Victory is It?




**Today as Republican Scott Brown is sworn into the Senate seat occupied for over 3 decades by the late-Ted Kennedy.. Liberals view this is a major setback to such things as Health Care Reform, the Immigration Amnesty and other "progressive" programs. Conservatives have been glowing with their victory flag since the Election was held (and won) on January 19th.. As a former liberal now Independent, I think that both parties and their minions are missing the REAL message sent out by this victory.. Voters are fed up and want "REAL CHANGE!"

The election of Scott Brown was not necessarily a victory for the Republicans or a defeat for the Democrats as it was a defeat for the incumbent.. When Republicans gained a huge majority in the House and Senate in 2002, many swing and Independent voters wanted to see new ideas.. More fiscal conservation, low taxes and more job creation (opportunity).. Unfortunately, the Republicans, under the leadership of President George W Bush skyrocketed the National Debt and the then Republican Congress set the debt clock up by setting the $9 trillion dollar limit in 2006.. As a result of this and growing public sentiment against the Iraq War, the Democrats claimed sweeping victories in November..

In late 2007 the recession hit.. The housing and stock markets plunged, employment began creeping up and many Americans were losing confidence in the Government.. The Democrats seized the opportunity to market and sell a Junior Senator from Illinois as their candidate and Obama Mania swept the Democratic Party and in November 2008, the Nation... It seemed that the nation finally had a President that brought about the "Change.. We Can Believe in"..

Sadly, the Honeymoon was short lived as the expensive $787 Billion dollar Stimulus Package failed to generate or create the number of jobs that it was set out to do.. Financial Reform fell by the wayside as AIG continues to reward the Executives with lavish bonuses despite being bailed out by taxpayers in late 2008.. National Unemployment soared to 10% and the Dow has tethered around 10,000 for over 3 months.. Meanwhile, that National Debt that I mentioned earlier, is set at a record of $11.4 Trillion with the ceiling raised to over 14 trillion.. Not to mention the proposed Health Care Reform bill that has earned critics on both sides of the aisle..

There is no doubt that the paradigm will continue to shift in November as the Electoral map will literally look like a circus with the number of Elephants that will score victories.. The voters will speak again.. The question is: Between the pundits, politicians and national media, Will anyone be listening?