Who'd a thunk it?

Who would have thought that a special election for Teddy Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts would be making major national news? After all, this is the People's Republic of Massachusetts we are talking about. The entire congressional delegation and every statewide elected official in Massachusetts is a Democrat. The Democrats hold a 3 to 1 registration advantage. The Democratic candidate the party chose has won a couple of statewide races already and was the leading vote getter in the last statewide election, winning 73% of the vote. Despite all that the most recent polls show the Republican candidate, a state senator is leading the Democratic candidate, who is the state's attorney general. And it all boils down to health care. The Republican candidate has made this a referendum on the Obama "agenda" especially health care. And he is leading going into the weekend before the election. despite all the "numbers" being against him. It is almost funny to watch the Democrats scramble to keep this seat. "The One" is making robo-calls. He is going to make an appearance in the state on Sunday. Slick Willy is up there campaigning. And the polls are going south for the Democrats.

How will this end? I don't know. I'd like to hope that the Scott Brown will win. But win or lose I think this race will prove to be the demise of Obamacare. The health care bill is a loser. The majority of Americans oppose it. If it is such a good bill, why are they having to cut all these underhanded "deals" to buy votes? Just on the basis of this race in Massachusetts being made about health care and someone opposed to the current health care reform leading going into the weekend before the election, I think Obamacare is in deep trouble. How many moderate democrats who voted for the bill initially are going to look at what is happening in Massachusetts and not fear for their seat? If Obamacare is that unpopular in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, how are some of these Southern and Midwest moderates going to defend their votes? I personally think that no matter the result of Massachusetts, that there are going to be significant defections putting passage of the whole bill in doubt, at least that is my hope.