Republican Scott Brown joined four other Republicans, 55 Democrats and two independents to overcome a procedural hurdle that sets up a final vote later this week.
Brown was widely hailed as a conservative hero after his surprise victory in Massachusetts last month gave Republicans enough seats to block most Democratic legislation.
"I hope my vote today is a strong step toward restoring bipartisanship in Washington," he said in a statement.
More "bipartisanship" isn't what this country needs, Scott. We need elected officials who vote on principle and who stand firm for the things they believe. Bipartisanship has become a synonym for compromise, and compromise rarely leads to anything meaningful. If you're just wet behind the ears and trying to extend an olive branch to the other side so that they won't hate you, you can forget it. It won't work. Just ask George Bush, who did the same thing with the senator you replaced on No Child Left Behind.
He was still crucified by the left.
But it was an early indicator of the type of politician he would be. He frequently turned his back on the very people that had gotten there in the interest of "bipartisanship." The left still hated him and vilified him and it just ticked the Republicans off. There are no brownie points with the left, Scott.
This is exactly why I'm leery of people like you and Sarah Palin and Barack Obama - political "saviors" who rise from nowhere and are swept into power on a wave of popularity when we know basically nothing about them. When will we learn to quit voting for fad candidates? Not the 2012 primaries, I suspect. I foresee Sarah Palin being the Republican nominee, which will virtually hand another term to Barack Obama.
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