January 20, 2010

Republicans dancing in the streets after Brown’s victory
James Folmer, community conversations editor
The Desert Sun

The e-mail is buzzing this morning with Republicans giddy over Scott Brown’s U.S. Senate victory in Massachusetts.

He decisively seized the seat held by Ted Kennedy for 47 years.

Many are saying the problem was the lame campaign run by Democrat Martha Coakley.

Others call the first sign of a shift to the center and a rejection of President Obama’s liberal agenda.

It is only one vote, but it is a critical one that gives Republicans the 41st vote they need to sustain a filibuster.

Just a few from my e-mail:

- Liberty Counsel — a conservative group linked with Liberty University founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell — calls it “a shot heard ‘round the world.â€