The frustration that voters are feeling with Obama and his legions is palpable. Voters have expressed this frustration at town hall meetings and in larger “tea party” demonstrations. Despite the obvious voter antipathy for team Obama’s plans and the trouncing of Democratic candidates in New Jersey and Virginia, the Democrats have not gotten the message and have continued to move forward in the most arrogant path I have ever seen. A Scott Brown win would have to wake up the tone deaf Democrats and just might succeed in stopping socialized medicine in its tracks as well as slowing or eliminating future attacks on our capitalist institutions and ways of life.

Attorney General Martha Coakley (D-MA) has a thin resume and has arrogantly presumed from the start of the campaign that she is entitled to the Senate seat because she is a Democrat. She and other Democrats also appear to presume that since Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) held the seat for 47 years they should continue to “own” that Senate seat. She has not spent as much time as Brown in one on one meetings with the public to better understand what they want from an elected official. She has also made major verbal gaffes like calling retired Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling a Yankee’s fan. Schilling, referring to the people of Massachusetts, has been quoted as saying that Coakley is “out of touch with who they are and what they are and what they want.” You can read his interesting opinions and the comments that other Massachusetts residents are posting at: http://38pitches.weei.com/

Democrats are doing everything they can to help Coakley. Obama has campaigned for her and filmed a commercial with her. Ted Kennedy’s widow, Vikki has endorsed her. President Clinton has been flown in for his star power and major pharmaceutical companies raised money for her in a Washington, D.C. event. These are the companies whose lobbyists are helping Coakley: Pfizer, Merck, Amgen, Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Astra-Zeneca, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, HealthSouth, and United Health. Based on that list, do you think that Coakley is representing what is best for you? (Perhaps she and other Democrats are trying to push through a huge health care bill that benefits the large pharmaceuticals and insurance companies instead of us. That would be my educated guess.)

Let’s hope that all this push from the left ends in failure like it did in the New Jersey and Virginia governor’s races. So let’s hear a loud and resounding, “Go Brown!”

Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime, a new book about the 2008 presidential campaign is creating turmoil in the Democrat party. Much of the world has already heard about Senator Harry Reid’s (D-NV) remarks about “negro dialect” but far fewer have heard about President Clinton’s remarks. According to the book, President Clinton made disparaging remarks about then Senator Obama (D-IL) when discussing him with the late Senator Kennedy (D-MA). The book says that

Clinton told Kennedy that he should not support Obama because “a few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.” This supposedly so angered Senator Kennedy that he decided to support Obama.

As you might imagine, this book is full of interesting, behind the scenes facts about the 2008 election and the men and women who participated in it. It will also clearly show how deceitful the Democrat party really is.

Senator Kennedy was an unquestionably successful senator who promoted many liberal causes wholeheartedly. His influence was felt nationwide and his opinions on presidential candidates often made the difference between broad support and marginalization of candidates.

Although I disagreed with Senator Kennedy on almost all issues, I can respect his 46 years of service in the Senate.

The following speech from last years Democratic convention in Denver was one of his last major speeches.

Senator Kennedy supported candidate Obama from the start and is one of the reasons that Obama prevailed over Hillary Clinton for the nomination for president.

Again, I wish the family my condolences in this trying moment.

Now that a Democrat is governor, they want the law changed again. This is the problem with Democrats. They talk a good game about fairness in government, politics and the private sector, but what they deliver is blatant lack of fairness and transparency. Every decade or so, they fool enough of the electorate into voting them into power and then we all have to suffer their inequity.

I think that the law should stand as is. The current law, passed by Democrats to prevent a Republican from gaining a senate seat should be inflicted on them as well. It requires a special election between 145 to 160 days after a vacancy of a United States Senate seat. There is absolutely nothing wrong with letting the people of Massachusetts decide who they want to represent them. If they vote another Democrat into the office, so be it.

The fact that Kennedy wants the law changed shows that the Democrats know that the electorate is angry about having health care reform forced on them. They are afraid of losing a senate seat when that special election takes place. Let’s make sure that we the people are heard. Contact your representatives in the state legislature in Massachusetts and make sure that they do not change the law to be self-serving once again. Tell them you want fairness or they will be voted out during the next election cycle.

(The Boston Globe has a copy of the letter on its web site. You can view it here.)

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R – CA) issued a statement on his mother-in-law’s passing:

I am immensely saddened by the passing of my mother-in-law, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

Eunice was the light of our family. She meant so much, not only to us, but to our country and to the world. She was a pioneer who worked tirelessly for social and scientific advances that have changed the lives of millions of developmentally disabled people all over the world.

Inspired by her faith in God and her love of her sister, Rosemary, she was on a life-long mission to expand opportunities for those with intellectual challenges and to prove that they are capable of great achievements.

Apart from her family, her greatest legacy is the Special Olympics, which started as a summer camp in her backyard in 1962, and has grown into a global movement and organization that has transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of people.

Eunice was the devoted mother of five children, including my dear wife, Maria. My mother-in-law changed my life by raising such a fantastic daughter, and by putting me on the path to service, starting with drafting me as a coach for the Special Olympics. I will miss her every day, but I know her spirit endures through her amazing children and grandchildren, and through the many lives she changed.

The entire press release can be read here.

Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver changed the world is a positive and selfless way. We need more people like her. She will be missed.