Scott Brown Schools Joe Biden
Once again, Joe Biden puts his nasty foot in his mouth.
Sen. Scott Brown thinks Vice President Joe Biden was “off base” when he suggested Sunday that the Massachusetts Republican get his facts straight on the legal procedures for military tribunals.
“It was insulting,” said Brown, who frequently jabbed the administration during his Senate campaign for giving suspected terrorists legal representation.
On CBS’s “Face the Nation” last weekend, Biden shot back that he doesn’t “know whether the new senator from Massachusetts understands: When you get tried in a military tribunal, you get a lawyer, too.”
“He’s trying to give me a lesson on military law, and I didn’t think it was appropriate,” Brown told POLITICO. “And I thought he was off base when it comes to explaining to the American people that somehow I need a lesson on whether people get attorneys — of course they get attorneys. There’s a difference as to what type of attorney they’re going to get and when they’re going to get that attorney, and how are they treated, and what rights do they, in fact, get.”
Biden does have the unfortunate position of having to defend this bad policy of Obama’s, but, his comments toward Scott Brown were absolutely ridiculous, especially considering Scott Brown was in the National Guard for over 30 years, and serves as their top defense attorney in New England. Who do you think knows more about this issue?
Would Biden have made similar comments about a Democrat? After all, their is bipartisan opposition to these show trials, Biden might be better off treating all members of Congress with the same level of respect… otherwise it won’t be long before he’s telling doctors that he knows more about medicine than they do.
TAGS: Joe Biden, Scott Brown.
Republicans Take Back The Web
It has been long believed that when it comes to politics and the internet, the left had an advantage. Past elections have shown that when it comes to raising money and influencing elections, the left was unmatched.
Well, the Scott Brown campaign proved that conservatives aren’t only making a comeback at the ballot box, but on the internet as well.
Scott Brown’s majority-grabbing win of the Massachusetts Senate seat Tuesday night is another tribute to the power of the Web in elections.
Brown consistently received more than twice the amount of search interest as his Democratic opponent Martha Coakley, according to Google statistics. And he had more than three times the number of followers on Twitter, more than five times the number of fans on Facebook, and more than nine times as many views of his YouTube videos than Coakley.
It wasn’t an accident. Brown spent around 10 percent of its media budget on online advertising—a new record for a political campaign (although that number is just an initial estimate). Some of that money ($145,000, to be exact) paid for Google’s “network blast” tool to spread ads everywhere Massachusetts Internet users went online since last Thursday.
This is not to say that Brown’s online presence clinched his win, but it’s a definite sign that Democrats no longer have the monopoly on Web-savvy campaign skills, as was popular belief after President Barack Obama’s election.
TAGS: online grassroots, Scott Brown.
Did Hudak’s Campaign Fake An Endorsement from Scott Brown?
Yesterday, we received a press release from Bill Hudak’s campaign that Scott Brown had endorsed him. Before we even had a chance to blog about this, his campaign’s official Twitter account alerted both Hub Politics and Red Mass Group about the endorsement. We reported it, as did Red Mass Group and local media.
Well’ it appears now that endorsement was not legitimate.
Dan Kennedy reports that Scott Brown’s campaign informed him that Brown did not endorse Hudak.
Interestingly enough, the Hudak campaign’s Twitter account appears to have been deleted.
The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room has more:
The Hudak campaign released a statement last night touting Brown’s endorsement and even quoting the newly elected Senator. But Brown’s campaign says they did not approve the release, and won’t comment on whether Brown has actually endorsed Hudak.
“Neither Scott Brown or anyone connected with his campaign approved that press release before its release or the quote that was attributed to Scott,” said Felix Browne, a spokesman for Brown. “Bill Hudak is an energetic candidate who has been working hard as a candidate for Congress. Right now, Scott Brown is focused on the job that people elected him to do. That’s his number one priority.”
Hudak’s campaign says Brown gave a private, verbal endorsement to Hudak, and blasted Brown’s staff for reneging.
“Scott Brown gave his endorsement to Bill Hudak and it’s unforuante that the people Scott Brown surrounds himself with are backing dowm from a commitment that their boss already made,” said Tyler Harber, a spokesman for Hudak.
Harber added that Hudak and Brown are friends and that Hudak worked tirelessly for Brown during his Senate bid.
“If you went to Bill’s office right now you’d probably still find Brown’s people packing their stuff up,” he said.
UPDATE: As of 10 AM on January 22, our emails to the Hudak campaign have gone unanswered.
UPDATE: Hudak’s campaign issues a retraction.
The People’s House
Scott Brown’s victory has given hope to those frustrated by one-party rule in Massachusetts. So, naturally, we have to look at other races where we can make Massachusetts’ delegation to Washington more representative of the state.
SamaBlog has looked in the results of Tuesday’s election to determine who won each congressional district.
Make no mistake, Scott Brown’s victory has Massachusetts congressmen worried.
Scott Brown’s Senate victory Tuesday sent shock waves through the Massachusetts congressional delegation, many members of which saw key communities in their districts vote overwhelmingly Republican.
More Senate coverage Democrats and Republicans said the results foretell a surge of two-party competition in districts that haven’t seen serious challenges in years, as the state’s exclusively Democratic roster of 10 representatives faces its 2010 reelection amid rising anger over the battered economy and the prolonged battle over the health care overhaul.
“I think that they’re all going to have challengers, and they all are going to have to take their challengers seriously this time,’’ said Matthew Sisk, a member of the Republican State Committee.
Let’s win. It’s time to make it the People’s House once again!