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Related: About this forumScott Brown Has A Cunning Plan
Ben JacobsFormer GOP Senator Scott Brown may have hurt his carefully cultivated political image by being caught lobbying against his opponent's legislation for electoral advantage.
Scott Brown may be too smart for his own good.
Brown, a former Massachusetts senator, trotted out an interesting tactic recently in his bid to win election in New Hampshire against incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. The Republican hopeful reportedly personally lobbied his former Senate colleagues against an energy efficiency bill introduced by Shaheen and Republican Rob Portman according to Huffington Post. The bill didnt receive the 60 votes necessary to avoid a filibuster after it got bogged down in a dispute over the Keystone pipeline. He did so in order to deny his opponent a legislative victory---not because of any opposition to the bipartisan legislation. The failure of the bill has already been touted by New Hampshire Republicans as evidence of Shaheens stunningly ineffective legislative record.
Interestingly, one of the three Republicans to vote for the energy efficiency bill was New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte. She said Thursday that Brown although lobbied her on the bill but "I just did what I thought was best based on my state and voted the way I thought I should. In addition, it has ++provoked anger++( http://www.wmur.com/political-scoop/teamsters-say-scott-brown-lied-to-their-face/25996752) from the Teamsters, who viewed Browns lobbying against the bill as a betrayal of a promise that he made to the union.
The Brown campaign has not responded to requests for comment from The Daily Beast. However, in a statement to Politico, a Brown spokesperson said "Scott Brown was concerned that Senator Shaheen was refusing to allow a vote on the Keystone pipeline, a commonsense and bipartisan project that would immediately create thousands of jobs and lessen our dependence on foreign oil."
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Scott Brown Has A Cunning Plan (Original Post)
DonViejo
May 2014
OP
But that's because you had a shitty Democratic candidate. Shaheen is nothing of the sort.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2014
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yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)1. Shaheen is going to win this....
I hope. Does anybody seriously think that New Hampshire is really going to elect Brown? He is horrible.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)2. Did anyone think Mass would... We did.
I'm happy to say I wasn't a resident at that point.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)3. Oh Lord....I forgot.
I guess I didn't forget but was trying too.....those were dark times. Wasn't the Senate in Republican hands at that time too.....too hard to think back at those dark days.
Wounded Bear
(58,720 posts)5. No, not Repub...
but Brown's presence strengthened their filibustering ability.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)8. But that's because you had a shitty Democratic candidate. Shaheen is nothing of the sort.
maindawg
(1,151 posts)4. This is a lie...........
'Scott Brown was concerned that Senator Shaheen was refusing to allow a vote on the Keystone pipeline, a commonsense and bipartisan project that would immediately create thousands of jobs and lessen our dependence on foreign oil.
That statement is a huge lie. Why do we allow them to keep saying that? If I ever heard that statement, I would point my finger and say you are a lier.
We should all do that.
So sick of the constant bullshit
That statement is a huge lie. Why do we allow them to keep saying that? If I ever heard that statement, I would point my finger and say you are a lier.
We should all do that.
So sick of the constant bullshit
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)6. Only a ditwit would think Canada is a State.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)7. Way to go, Scotty boy.