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Scott Brown brings crowds, cash for GOP hopefuls
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Aug 04, 2010 09:09pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Kristi Keck |
| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Thursday, August 5, 2010 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "With midterms around the corner, Republican candidates are hoping Sen. Scott Brown's appeal will bring a boost to their campaigns.
In seven months, the Massachusetts native went from a little-known state senator to a key voice in the U.S. Senate and a hot commodity on the campaign trail.
"There is definitely a big demand for him," said Jennifer Nassour, chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party. "He is our hometown hero. He did what everyone said was the impossible, and he did it through a lot of hard work."
The impossible was defeating Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election in January to fill the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy.
No Republican had won a U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts since 1972, and Democrats had control of the governorship, both houses of the state legislature, and the state's entire congressional delegation.
"Scott Brown is a superstar. Scott Brown won a race that nobody expected Republicans to even be competitive in, and he was able to do it at a time when nothing else going on, so he captured the attention of conservatives across the country," said Carl Forti, a GOP strategist and former communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Since his underdog win, Brown has had a hold on political and pop culture headlines. His victory made him the key 41st Republican vote in the Senate, putting an end to the Democrats' supermajority. But his independent streak has caught the eyes of Democrats, who see him as a gettable vote on some legislation." |
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