What do I think it means if he takes the seat? Nothing. In the unlikely event of a Brown win, the Democrats already have plans to pass whatever it is they feel they can get away with. They don't care. This is Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states in the world. Just how "conservative" this Brown guy is will remain to be seen should he be elected. I'm pessimistic, to me all these Republicans are RINOs. Not a decent one in the bunch. Don't get me started on the Democrats. I'm a registered Independent.

America still hasn't learned to give a balance to both houses and not a super majority, i.e. the upstate New York Congressional races. In the rush to get Bush the hell out, we mistakenly put far too many Democrats in. Even I, a right wing nut job, don't want all these RINOs. Conservative Democrats are ok in my book, as well as Republicans. Show me a decent politician and I'll show you a crook.

There's still plans, even if Brown manages to win, on giving amnesty to illegals, cap and trade.......all the good leftist stuff that they plan on cramming down our throats. That one vote may give them filibuster power, but in the end, even if the writing on the wall is there, and even if they know they're going to lose their seats, they know that there will be no way that enough Republicans can possibly be elected to reverse any legislation that they approve of between now and January 2011.

My two cents. Great thread topic, J!