Funny how this thread about Mass. Senatorial race turned into a second thread on healthcare reform. I guess maybe that really was the overriding issue of that election.

From: katlaughing - PM
Date: 20 Jan 10 - 10:53 PM

My very liberal friend in MA said he basically ran as an Independent and she has been impressed by what she's heard from and of him so far.
   
Being an independent can mean being to the right of mainstream Republicans, a feat that is increasingly difficult. He's a darling of the Tea Party movement who, whether they realize it or not, are the de facto right wing of the Republican Party masquerading as populists. They're shadowy quasi-leader is Dick Armey a longtime Republican insider.(He was co-author of the Contract With America and co-founder of the Republican Revolution of the nineties which spawned from the killing of healthcare form back then.)
Test them on their populism. Ask if they support a windfall profit tax on corporations who took Tarp funds and more regulation on investment banking like reinstating Glass Steagall.