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Brown hits back at Kennedy for 'joke' candidacy dig
A stung U.S. Sen. Scott Brown lashed out at U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy today for insulting his landmark win by calling his candidacy "a joke."
Sure it's a joke. Everybody's laughing, aren't they?
Brown said Kennedy's remarks are "mean-spirited," especially coming on the day he was celebrating being sworn into office.
Meh. He's just off his meds again.
"I was elected and the votes are certified and I'm here to do my job. It's unfortunate that he would use mean-spirited comments like that at a time when we're just trying to solve the problems of the Commonwealth," Brown said today on his first full day on the job.

Kennedy (D-R.I.) told The Hill's Blog Briefing Room yesterday, "Brown's whole candidacy was shown to be a joke today when he was sworn in early in order to cast his first vote as an objection to Obama's appointment to the NLRB."

The son of former U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, whose seat Brown is now filling, added that the newly confirmed GOP senator is a key vote against the nomination of union lawyer Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). "This is where he shows that when they need him, he's in the tank for the Republicans," Kennedy is quoted as saying.
Possibly because he's a Republican. When they're talking about Publicans they're "in the tank." When they're talking about Dems they're "showing solidarity"...
Brown has denied any hidden agenda in moving up his swearing-in from Feb. 11 to yesterday afternoon.

A WPRI-12 poll shows Kennedy with a 56 percent unfavorability rating in his district. Republican challenger John J. Loughlin II, a veteran state lawmaker, entered the race yesterday.
A procedural vote on whether to confirm President Obama's pick for the NLRB is scheduled for Monday and is expected to provide the first test of whether the Republicans' new 41-member caucus can sustain a filibuster - and will be among the first votes cast by Brown.

As for the rest of his first day in office, Brown arrived at the Capitol this morning, walking in at 9:40 a.m. with his wife, Gail, by his side. "I'm here to start working," a resolute Brown said, entering the Russell Senate Building en route to his transitional office. "We have to get our office up and running ... I'm here, ready to go I have a whole morning of briefings."

As for Kennedy, he faces a Republican rival who is backed by Brown's top strategists. A WPRI-12 poll shows Kennedy with a 56 percent unfavorability rating in his district. Republican challenger John J. Loughlin II, a veteran state lawmaker, entered the race yesterday. Loughlin said Kennedy is out of touch with Rhode Island voters. "We can't afford it anymore," he added.
Posted by: Fred 2010-02-06
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=289746