THE MOMENT – AT 8:21 P.M. ET: Scott Brown has been sworn in as senator from Massachusetts. Joe Biden fluffed only once in administering the oath:
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown was sworn in as a U.S. senator, filling the seat held for almost half a century by the late Edward Kennedy and ending Democrats’ supermajority that let them overcome stalling tactics on legislation.
“I want to get to work,” Brown said at a news conference after he was sworn in today. “There are a lot of votes pending that I would like to participate in.”
Vice President Joe Biden administered the oath of office to Brown in the Senate chamber. Brown, 50, who won a special election Jan. 19, had been scheduled to take office next week until he asked Massachusetts officials to certify the results so he could join the Senate today.
Brown’s victory over once-favored Democratic state Attorney General Martha Coakley emboldened Republicans and stalled President Barack Obama’s efforts to pass sweeping overhaul of the health-care system, his top domestic priority. Health-care legislation was Kennedy’s decades-long goal as well.
You can see the swearing in here.
And now, for another view of Scott Brown. Two guys I admire, Michael Ledeen and Roger Simon, sent me this, from YouTube – Adolf Hitler learns that Scott Brown won the election.
February 4, 2010 |