Brown comes to Capitol Hill
Jana Hill
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Forum
On Jan. 19, 2010 Massachusetts elected their first Republican senator since 1972. This rare breed's name is Scott Brown.
Brown's Republican status disturbs the plans that Obama has so treasured for a year concerning the health care bill.
Brown's victory caused a political tornado that tore through Washington, D.C. from the White House to the capitol building.
Christopher Hayes, a writer for TheNation.com, writes in a blog that, "In the wake of Scott Brown's election, what was most dispiriting was the total leadership vacuum and chaotic, every-man-for-himself atmosphere among congressional Democrats. There didn't seem to be any hard consensus on what to do next."
Obama has hugged his health care plans for the last year, and with the possibility of the plans snatched from his arms, he does not quite know what to do.
To some, Brown seems like the hero that will inhibit the passing of a nationalized health care plan.
He seems like this down-to-earth, truck-driving American who has made some mistakes in his past, but he looks forward and puts his past behind him. But who is Scott Brown really?
Barbara Walters interviewed Brown on Sunday, Jan. 31, on ABC's "This Week."
In the interview, Brown did say that he was against partial-birth abortions and all abortions, but when Walters asked him his status on abortion, he said he was still pro-choice.
He went on to say that he does believe in God, but when Walters asked him if he believed a higher power looks out for everyone, he simply responded, "I hope so."
Walters also asked Brown if he felt the country has been more secure in the past year due to Obama's presidency.
Instead of just giving a direct answer, he skirted around the issue obviously trying to remain politically correct and trying not to hurt anyone's feelings.
A question was put to Brown about a bipartisanship ever being reached in Congress. He again, instead of giving a direct answer, listed off all these things he hoped would happen.
Brown's Republican status disturbs the plans that Obama has so treasured for a year concerning the health care bill.
Brown's victory caused a political tornado that tore through Washington, D.C. from the White House to the capitol building.
Christopher Hayes, a writer for TheNation.com, writes in a blog that, "In the wake of Scott Brown's election, what was most dispiriting was the total leadership vacuum and chaotic, every-man-for-himself atmosphere among congressional Democrats. There didn't seem to be any hard consensus on what to do next."
Obama has hugged his health care plans for the last year, and with the possibility of the plans snatched from his arms, he does not quite know what to do.
To some, Brown seems like the hero that will inhibit the passing of a nationalized health care plan.
He seems like this down-to-earth, truck-driving American who has made some mistakes in his past, but he looks forward and puts his past behind him. But who is Scott Brown really?
Barbara Walters interviewed Brown on Sunday, Jan. 31, on ABC's "This Week."
In the interview, Brown did say that he was against partial-birth abortions and all abortions, but when Walters asked him his status on abortion, he said he was still pro-choice.
He went on to say that he does believe in God, but when Walters asked him if he believed a higher power looks out for everyone, he simply responded, "I hope so."
Walters also asked Brown if he felt the country has been more secure in the past year due to Obama's presidency.
Instead of just giving a direct answer, he skirted around the issue obviously trying to remain politically correct and trying not to hurt anyone's feelings.
A question was put to Brown about a bipartisanship ever being reached in Congress. He again, instead of giving a direct answer, listed off all these things he hoped would happen.
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