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Obamacare was driven off a bridge last night. At the wheel, an intoxicated Democrat majority party emboldened by "I WON!" and rushing headlong to make it to a nonexistant far-left socialist nirvana to make out with European-style, Constitution-free CHANGE. Scott Brown (R, Kennedy) is the "Scott Heard 'Round the World".

Sorry, guys and gals of far-leftist "Progressive" persuasion, ObamaCare is not happening anytime soon. At least not without an overhaul that includes, you know, Republican input. Got tort reform? Want to open those closed doors? Air out the rooms? Maybe turn on the C-SPAN cameras next time like you promised?

Another Massachusetts liberal Democrat, Barney Frank, has acknowledged the near-death struggles of ObamaCare, giving this statement last night (read aloud on MSNBC by a shaken Rachel Maddow). Video here; transcript...

“I have two reactions to the election in Massachusetts.

One, I am disappointed.

Two, I feel strongly that the Democratic majority in Congress must respect the process and make no effort to bypass the electoral results. If Martha Coakley had won, I believe we could have worked out a reasonable compromise between the House and Senate health care bills. But since Scott Brown has won and the Republicans now have 41 votes in the Senate, that approach is no longer appropriate.

I am hopeful that some Republican Senators will be willing to discuss a revised version of health care reform because I do not think that the country would be well-served by the health care status quo.

But our respect for democratic procedures must rule out any effort to pass a health care bill as if the Massachusetts election had not happened. Going forward, I hope there will be a serious effort to change the Senate rule which means that 59 votes are not enough to pass major legislation, but those are the rules by which the health care bill was considered, and it would be wrong to change them in the middle of the process.” [emboldenings mine -ed.]

...from the American Spectator.

Barney Frank isn't the only Democrat watching the scrabbling fingernails from the safety of dry land. Democrat Senator Jim Webb (D, VA)...

"It is vital that we restore the respect of the American people in our system of government and in our leaders. To that end, I believe it would only be fair and prudent that we suspend further votes on health care legislation until Senator-elect Brown is seated."

One more bit of schadenfreude to indulge in (for now). Last night I posted three quick "Watching the Liberals Bewail: Parts 1, 2 and 3. Just one more.

Ted Kennedy lived in the Kennedy Compound of course, located in Hyannis, MA; the Barnstable Township on Cape Cod. Last night, Ted Kennedy's home township voted Scott Brown (see the entire interactive map at the aghast Grey Lady).


A nice final slap-in-the-face to a drunken sot.

Cheers~!

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