After Scott Brown's victory over Martha Coakley for Ted Kennedy's senate seat, the media has analyzed every aspect of the race a come to the predictable conclusions. The liberals think Martha was a poor candidate, Obama thinks he did not explain his policies clearly or often enough, Sean Hannity is certain that this was a wholesale repudiation of everything Democratic, and -- well you get the picture. The truth is that there are as many explanations for the result as there are voters. One thing, however, is certain in my opinion: Brown tapped into anger at the Washington establishment (read that as the Democrats). It takes a fundamental shift in attitudes to get a Republican victory in Massachusetts. Only massive anger could produce that.
Given this fact, I find it amazing that Obama is keeping on the same course. It is as if he does not understand anything of what transpired. Maybe he doesn't!
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