Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown needs as much bipartisanship as possible to fit in without getting put on in 2012.
Senator Brown won Ted Kennedy's seat after the Lion of the Senate's passing from brain cancer. The People of Massachusetts gave their seat to a politician who has worked across the aisle on a number of issues.
Notwithstanding the differences in opinion and policy with his caucus in the Senate, the opposition, or with certain interest groups, Senator Brown is maneuvering through these competing concerns to forge long-term aid for the economic needs of Massachusetts and the United States.
Congress must repeal ObamaCare. Brown was elected precisely to stop that monstrous piece of legislation.
The American People want to get working again, and the government needs to get busy doing the irreducible minimum to effect recovery. Senator Brown is correct when he writes, "sometimes government itself is the biggest obstacle to job growth." The key word is "sometimes", a measured response indicating that we need legislators who will take on difficult issues, seeking careful and calculating compromise to effect the greatest good for the greatest number of people in this country.
Unlike most politicians whose pleas for bipartisanship merely mask their desire to shuttle pork and favors to constituents for votes, Senator Brown has demonstrated by his efforts in the Senate that he will pursue and promote legislation that protects our rights, secures our borders, and discharges the massive debt weighing on our nation while removing bureaucratic burdens to economic growth.
Though I do not agree with all of his views, and although I have not supported every vote he has cast, I know that his independent voice is not only a service to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but an inspiration and hope to like-minded voters across the country.