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Scott Brown tries to ride Obama's coattails.
Hitching His Wagon to Obama’s Star: a Republican Senator
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — President Obama is appearing in yet another television commercial in the Massachusetts Senate race. This time, it was not produced by the Democratic candidate, Elizabeth Warren, but by the Republican, Senator Scott P. Brown.
The advertisement, which was scheduled to start running on Saturday, shows Mr. Obama praising Mr. Brown for sponsoring a bill to end insider trading in Congress. As Mr. Obama signs the measure into law, he thanks Mr. Brown, saying, “Good job.”
With the political conventions over and the Labor Day parades behind them, Mr. Brown and Ms. Warren are entering a new phase of their intensely fought race, the most expensive Senate contest in the country and one of a handful that will determine which party controls the chamber next year. The race is distinctive in another way: in this state, Mr. Obama is so popular that candidates from both parties are trying to hitch their wagons to his star.
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The commercial follows weeks of other ads in which various former Democratic officeholders have endorsed Mr. Brown; on Friday, his campaign rolled out a “Democrats for Brown” coalition that includes a state representative, Christopher G. Fallon of Malden, and other officials.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/us/politics/senator-scott-p-brown-turns-to-obama-for-campaign-help.html
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — President Obama is appearing in yet another television commercial in the Massachusetts Senate race. This time, it was not produced by the Democratic candidate, Elizabeth Warren, but by the Republican, Senator Scott P. Brown.
The advertisement, which was scheduled to start running on Saturday, shows Mr. Obama praising Mr. Brown for sponsoring a bill to end insider trading in Congress. As Mr. Obama signs the measure into law, he thanks Mr. Brown, saying, “Good job.”
With the political conventions over and the Labor Day parades behind them, Mr. Brown and Ms. Warren are entering a new phase of their intensely fought race, the most expensive Senate contest in the country and one of a handful that will determine which party controls the chamber next year. The race is distinctive in another way: in this state, Mr. Obama is so popular that candidates from both parties are trying to hitch their wagons to his star.
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The commercial follows weeks of other ads in which various former Democratic officeholders have endorsed Mr. Brown; on Friday, his campaign rolled out a “Democrats for Brown” coalition that includes a state representative, Christopher G. Fallon of Malden, and other officials.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/us/politics/senator-scott-p-brown-turns-to-obama-for-campaign-help.html
WTF?
Then there is the as:
Ugh!
Scott Brown, a perfect example of why Republicans should never be given a pass
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021310588
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was saying that everyone was running away from President Obama and they were confident that he didn't have the "coat tails" due to the "Enthusiasm Gap™". 
They are giving me whiplash. 
This is what Brown has been running day in day out. If we didn't know better, we'd think he's running as a Democrat and/or BFF of every MA resident. Scotty is a guy you want to have a beer with, he brings home the pork...uh..bacon, he's 'for us!!'
