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Yes She Can: Nail Scott Brown to His Voting Record

By Anonymous on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 5:41pm

Senator Scott Brown, trailing in 9 of the 11 most recent polls, is trying to disassociate himself from the Republican party.

But it's looking like a losing battle. Here's what I thought was the most illuminating moment of the debate. It was Warren taking Brown to task on equal pay and reproductive rights—and then, after Brown responds, hammering him again almost verbatim a few minutes later:

[float=left][/float] This is a side of Warren—righteous anger—we really hadn't seen in either of the first two debates. And it's especially damaging because it frames Brown as squarely in the embrace of the national GOP. As Warren put it, "These issues were decided until the Republicans brought them back." (...read the whole thing.)

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By Anonymous on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 4:55am.

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By Anonymous on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 5:11am.

For her work as Chair of the TARP oversight committee, she got the nickname "Sheriff of Wall Street."

The TARP Oversight Committee was established after the Bush administration gave banks billions with no strings attached and after Bush left office.

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By Anonymous on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 5:14am.

Here's the whole quote:

"I have no doubt that Sen. Brown is a good husband and a good father to his daughters. But this is an issue that affects all of our daughters, and our granddaughters. And what matters here is how Sen. Brown votes. So he's gone to Washington, and he's had some good votes. But he's had exactly one chance to vote for equal pay for equal work, and he voted no. He had exactly one chance to vote for insurance coverage for birth control and other preventive services for women. He voted no. And he had exactly one chance to vote for a pro-choice woman -- from Massachusetts -- to the United States Supreme Court, and he voted no. Those are bad votes for women. The women of Massachusetts need a senator they can count on, not some of the time, but all of the time. [...]

"I am a mother of a daughter, and a grandmother of granddaughters, and this is about their future. And I want to be blunt: We should not be fighting about equal pay for equal work and access to birth control in 2012. These issues were resolved years ago -- until the Republicans brought them back."

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