Kerry did better than Brown in MA candidates - Brown: It's not my fault if GOP were clobbered in MA

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Something tells me Brown is worried about his reelection at this point. But it is not nice to say to Baker and Perry that if they lost, its because they were not good (as true as it may be).

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2010/11/brown_weighs_in.html

Senator Scott Brown, in his first comments after the midterm elections, said today that the defeat Republicans were dealt in his home state should not be viewed as a prediction of his own fate in 2012.
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“An endorsement certainly is one thing, but the candidates will rise and fall on their own merits,” he told reporters, according to an audio recording released by his office. Brown made the comments in Boston, following an event at the State House paying tribute to female veterans.
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“Well, this is Massachusetts, guys. Okay?” Brown said. “And the fact that we had a tremendous amount of people getting off their couches and out of their homes, engaged -- that was what I was most excited about. The fact that people got engaged, they worked for their favorite candidate, and they made their positions known. The election is over. My election back in January’s over, this election is over. We have a tremendous amount of work to do and I’m excited to go down to Washington and do it.”

Brown also decried Democrats for not being more willing to work with him.

“Well since I’ve been down there I’ve been reaching across the aisle,” he said, when asked about President Obama’s call for bipartisanship. “I’ve had many meetings with the president and the majority party, trying to work across party lines to get things done. I’ve voted with them probably about 29, 30 percent of the time. They’ve voted with me zero. So it’s a two way street.”
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Totally dillusional on this last point. First, I would be surprised he voted with the Dems 30 % of the time, and anyway, there are Dems who voted with the GOP 30 % of the time, I am sure.

Matt Viser also look at Kerry's record, noticed he did better than Brown in MA.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2010/11/kerrys_candidat.html

WASHINGTON – Senator John Kerry had a strong track record in his home state on Tuesday, but outside of Massachusetts the candidates that he supported lost more than they won.

Kerry had used his extensive fundraising network to raise money for candidates across the country, and he traveled to stump with several. Eight candidates he backed notched impressive victories – including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Senator Barbara Boxer, of California – but in 10 senate races his candidates came up short. The losses included two incumbents -- Russ Feingold, of Wisconsin, and Blanche Lincoln, of Arkansas.

In several instances, the Bay State's two senators, both competitive sportsmen, went head-to-head in well-contested US Senate races. Senator Scott Brown's candidates came out on top in three of those races (Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire), while Kerry's won in two (California and Connecticut).

Kerry fared better than Brown, though, in their home state. In Massachusetts, Kerry helped several congressional candidates -- Bill Keating, who ran in the 10th congressional district, and incumbents Niki Tsongas, Richard Neal, John Tierney, Barney Frank, and James McGovern – who all won. He also backed successful candidates Governor Deval Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Secretary of State William Galvin, Treasurer-elect Steve Grossman and state House Speaker Robert DeLeo. Two of Kerry’s Massachusetts candidates lost: state Representative Mark Falzone, and Dan Bosley, who was running for sheriff of Berkshire County but lost in the Democratic primary.
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