Scott Brown

The video runs 13:01 (min:sec), and it first aired on ABC Nightline on January 19 2010 ("special" election night in Massachusetts). Scott Brown won the Senate seat in Massachusetts that had been vacated by Ted Kennedy, who died of brain cancer in 2009. Kennedy was a "liberal lion" of the Senate for 46 years, so it was a shock that Scott Brown, a Republican who made health care the centerpiece of his campaign, won the special election, especially in a "blue" state like Massachusetts. The video details the campaign and the broader political ramifications of Brown's victory for Obama's policy agenda. Some believe that Brown's win is part of a national wave of Republican victories that could continue through the 2010 midterm elections, perhaps even resulting in a Republican takeover of the majorities in Congress. We'll see in November (2010).

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