The Outraged Liberal: In the end, Scott Brown chose multinational corporations over Massachusetts school teachers.

from FDL Seminal by Jason Rosenbaum:

After giving Senator Scott Brown exactly what he wanted and paying for the Wall Street reform bill on the backs of taxpayers by using TARP money instead of the proposed tax on big banks – which in Brown’s twisted world constitutes eliminating a tax – Brown’s still not on board with the final bill. Here’s his statement:

“I appreciate the conference committee revisiting the Wall Street reform bill and removing the $19 billion bank tax. Over the July recess, I will continue to review this important bill. I remain committed to putting in place safeguards to prevent another financial meltdown, ensure that consumers are protected, and that this bill is paid for without new taxes."

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There's a reason I ask. Ah, Norma, Boston just isn't the same without you.

Steve Syre shows how Brown's assertion that Massachusetts would lose up to 35,000 financial-services jobs if the government re-regulates financial services is based on incorrect assumptions. "Simply nuts," to be exact.

By now, we've all read the full-page ad by Rachel Maddow in The Boston Globe this past week. We know that Senator Scott Brown created the rumor that Maddow was planning to run against him. We know that Brown has stirred the pot, repeating the fictional story to conservative talk shows, campaign stops, newspapers like The Boston Herald, and his most important audience: potential donors.

He's lying. He continues to lie.

Declares her non-intentions in an exclusive interview on, um, her own show; says Draft Maddow page on Facebook likely a joke by a friend of hers:

Earlier:
Scott Brown uses UH post to scare up new campaign funds.

True confession: I grew up in your basic liberal New York Democratic household (I can hear you going: Noooo!). So when I went down to New York for a funeral a couple weeks back, family members kept asking me, basically, what the hell happened in Massachusetts (well, to be clear, not at the funeral).

Now local Republicans are getting a taste of that: Garrett Quinn rounds up local Republican reaction to the outrage from true believers westa Wuhstuh:

I didn't vote for Brown, doubt I will in two years, but in this video, is he really attempting to legitimize a suicidal murderer or is he just being incredibly clumsy in a live interview? I think he's trying to deflect Faux's attempt to make the loser a martyr, because he says he hopes the guy isn't connected to the sort of real anger he claims got him elected, but that he just completely mangled the thought. But maybe I'm missing something (if so, fire away):