Well, that's just it, isn't it? You can compromise and get yourself into the game, or you can be ideologically pure and sit back home and watch it on TV. Our government is founded on compromise.

or post on an internet forum....;)

Easy to be pure when you don't have to answer to constituants...:arrgh!:

I see your point about being a Repub in Mass and all that, I had considered that but he does damage when he votes for crappy things such as the jobs bill etc in order to go along to get along, which is a huge part of the problem in D.C., no one has principles they stick to except for a few.I'll give him a chance but thus far I am highly disappointed

Your disappointment is nothing compared to what you'd be feeling if we had elected Martha Coakley.

Do you live in Massachussetts? If not, then saying you'll give him a chance is meaningless. You can love him or hate him, and it won't make one bit of difference.

The thing that I liked the most about Reagan was that he loved jelly beans. I was a kid during his presidency, so there you go. :rotfl2:

No I do not live in MA but his votes do not only affect MA but the entire country so my opinion as well as others matter.

August, good point, better than Coakley but MA could have done better than either of them.

Not really. You can't vote for or against the guy if he does well or poorly in your estimation, and he doesn't represent you. So no, your opinion of him doesn't matter much. Not saying you can't have an opinion. Just saying it doesn't make a difference.

:har:Ha! I just looked at the comment section on the first post video. Damn thats what you call a desperation but my favorite is "Mr Putin gemme "rinda, i`am desparate russian good for nothing vodka drinker and i need some attention". I think we have a winner on this thread, 46. Well.... here is your magical number 3. GoFYS :salute:

They broke the mold when Ronnie was born.

Well I agree, *if someone better had been running for that office*.

Don't get me wrong. Martha Coakley has done a good job as State Attorney General. She's a pitbull when it comes to going after lawbreakers, but as a legislator she would have been a rubber stamp for the ruling party who would have exacerbated the problems in Washington rather than helped to alleviate them.

Nobody here really thought Brown would make a better legislator. He got elected because he was able to successfully cast himself as an outsider who would vote his own conscience rather than along party lines.

Which was exactly my point. I can try to do something about Orrin Hatch. I can't do a thing about Bill Nelson except make noise.