it s brought me closer to the people of this state. scott brown and his truck. scott brown a previously obscure state senator with no major accomplishments of anykind. really, he had never done anything of note. even thoug he was very handsome and he had been a model and he got a lot of press for that. but after senator ted kennedy died, scott brown, this very unlikely candidate, he ran adds the republican candidate in the special election for that senate seat. no republican had won a senate seat in massachusetts for almost 40 years. but that was 2010, not a normal year in politics. it was the year that wave of tea party energy and scott brown of all people won in massachusetts and that shock upset victory was the first indicator of what was on the way for republicans and democrats. scott brown was first, he won that forever blue senate seat in january, 2010 and later that year in november, 2010, that was the wipeout for democrats. democrats lost 63 seats in the house. they lost six
it s brought me closer to the people of this state. scott brown and his truck. scott brown a previously obscure state senator with no major accomplishments of any kind. really, he had never done anything of note. even though he was very handsome and he had been a model and he got a lot of press for that. but after senator ted kennedy died, scott brown, this very unlikely candidate, he ran adds the republican candidate in the special election for that senate seat. no republican had won a senate seat in massachusetts for almost 40 years. but that was 2010, not a normal year in politics. it was the year that wave of tea party energy and scott brown of all people won in massachusetts and that shock upset victory was the first indicator of what was on the way for republicans and democrats. scott brown was first, he won that forever blue senate seat in january, 2010 and later that year in november, 2010, that was the wipeout for democrats. democrats lost 63 seats in the house. they lost si
party energy and scott brown of all people won in massachusetts and that shock upset victory was the first indicator of what was on the way for republicans and democrats. scott brown was first, he won that forever blue senate seat in january, 2010 and later that year in november, 2010, that was the wipeout for democrats. democrats lost 63 seats in the house. they lost six seats in the senate, canceled out the gains of the previous four years. president obama called it a shellacking. well, now we re on the same kind of spot on the political timeline. there s another brand new president but this time president trump is far less popular than president obama was at this time he s also facing an unprecedented level of serious scandal early in his administration and he s also facing a grass-roots protest movement against him just like president obama did with the tea party folks but already the on-the-ground movement against trump is larger than the tea party ever was, even at its height.