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Transcript: Senator-Elect Scott Brown Interviewed on ABC's 'This Week"
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyBARBARA WALTERS: Welcome to "This Week." (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) WALTERS (voice over): He is the freshest face in politics, who has turned the political world upside down, (inaudible), and he's with us this morning in his first Sunday interview, Scott Brown, on his passion, his ambition. (on camera): President, 2012. Do you rule out? (voice over): And his youthful indiscretions. (on camera): (inaudible.) Well, it just so happens I have it. SCOTT BROWN: You're kidding, right? (LAUGHTER) WALTERS (voice over): This morning, my exclusive interview with the newly elected Republican senator from ...
Scott Brown Says Talk of Running for President 'Silly' but 'Humbling'
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyIt doesn't take long in today's relentless news cycles for a hot new political property to be immediately mentioned as a presidential candidate, but Massachusetts' Senator-elect Scott Brown said Sunday that talk of a race by him in 2012 was "silly" although "extremely humbling." Before taping an interview on ABC's This Week [transcript here], a well-wisher had said to Brown "President 2012" and Walters reminded Brown of it: "You said to me -- or under your breath, 'That's silly.' But do you rule it out?" "I have to tell you, I don't even have a business card," Brown said. "I haven't even ...
70 Percent Say Democrats' Loss of Veto-Proof Majority Is 'Good for the Country'
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySeventy percent of Americans say it is good for the country that the Democrats lost the Senate race in Massachusetts and no longer have the 60 vote supermajority that allowed them to pass legislation without cooperation from the Republicans, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Jan. 22-24. Here's how CNN worded the question: "Until that special election, the Democrats had sixty votes in the U.S. Senate which allowed them to pass legislation without any votes from Republican Senators. Now the Democrats still have a largemajority but cannot pass bills without cooperation from at ...
Now What? Democrats Struggle to Make Sense of Losses
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAfter a year of tightly scripted, largely predictable speeches, President Barack Obama went slightly, but tellingly, off script Friday afternoon during his town hall meeting in Lorain County, Ohio. Before getting into the meat of his speech on the economy, he said, "It's just nice being out of Washington. There are some nice people in Washington, but it can drive you crazy."The president returned to his script to talk about his days on the campaign trail, when he could eat in diners and walk into barber shops to ask people what's on their minds. "It's harder to do that nowadays, to get out of ...
Needing a Rebound, Obama Cranks Up the Populism
By David Knowles - AOL News(Jan. 22) – Since his party lost the special election to fill Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat, pundits have been proclaiming President Barack Obama in need of a new message. As this week drew to a close, he offered some samples of what it will sound like. Turning up the volume on the fiery populist rhetoric he's been deploying against the Wall Street "fat cats" that have become a favorite target, Obama said he will not stop fighting to create jobs, reform health care and straighten up the financial world, despite his party having lost its 60-seat supermajority in the Senate. ...
Scott Brown's Daughter Ayla Flooded With Date Offers After Dad's Speech
By David Sessions - Politics DailyMassachusetts Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown shocked the television audience during his victory speech Tuesday night when he pointed out that his daughters were "beautiful" and "available." Now Ayla Brown, 21, says she's received more than 1,058 requests on Facebook for dates. "Let's just say we had a family talk," Ayla Brown told the Boston Herald. "I cannot believe he said that on national television." She added that her father was "not joking." Scott Brown later said that his daughters "have a sense of humor" and were "over it." Ayla and her younger sister, 19-year-old Arianna, were ...
Big Health Bill Still in Play As Polls Shed Light on Massachusetts Vote
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyDemocrats are not rushing back into action on health reform, and that's probably wise -- because their initial reactions to the week's events might be over-reactions. Post-election polls trickling out of Massachusetts suggest that Republican Scott Brown's impressive Senate victory was not a wholesale rejection of President Obama, his policies, or his health care plan. Already, the Obama administration is walking back hints that it is looking at slicing, dicing, and miniaturizing the comprehensive reform bills passed by the House and Senate. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs ...
Humbler Scott Brown Travels to Capitol
By Russell Berman - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 21) – The Scott Brown who greeted senators and a throng of reporters here for the first time since his stunning election win was not the same victor who introduced himself to the nation Tuesday night. That Scott Brown was brash and exuberant, offering bold pledges (and a date with his "available" daughters) and challenging the president to a basketball showdown. This Scott Brown was quieter, humbler, perhaps a bit star-struck. "Obviously I've got a lot to learn," was the refrain of the day, repeated often by Brown as he was herded into quick "get-to-know-you" meetings ...
Brown Victory: Democrats Once Again Fail to Seize the Moment
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyRepublican Scott Brown's defeat of Martha Coakley in Massachusetts is both stunning and, at the same time, a scenario all too familiar for Democrats. How did it happen? The same way Massachusetts nominees lost the presidency for Democrats in 1988 and 2004, and the same way Democrats in Congress lost health reform and their majorities in 1994. They think they have all the time in the world to define themselves, to sell themselves and their policies, to respond to attacks, to dicker over bills, to win elections. And then it turns out they don't. ...
Opinion: The Democrats' Golden Opportunity
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 20) – Democrats distraught in the aftermath of Martha Coakley's tumultuous defeat in Massachusetts may one day look back and find a silver lining. Scott Brown's upset victory – propelled by suburban and independent voters – should serve as a wake-up call to Democrats in Washington: If we want to preserve a Democratic governing majority in November, we'll have to earn the trust of the forgotten middle class every step of the way. Some Democrats may be tempted to blame Coakley's loss simply on a disastrous campaign – that but for a series of missteps, the outcome ...
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