Although I love popular culture references and I love politics, I hate it when pundits compare politicians to characters from popular culture. So I’m pleasantly surprised that no one (according to my google searches) has compared Brown and Coakley to Sam and Diane from Cheers (along with “Homicide”, the finest show ever to air on television with commercial interruptions). It seemed like an obvious comparison to me, especially with Cliff in the campaign mix.
I do wonder if Brown will represent a new model for Republican candidates in 2012, if we’ll see more affable himbos running for Congress in 2012. The fire-breathing teabaggers and bitter old men haven’t turned out so well. Sure, Palin was telegenic, but she’s also angry and mean. Maybe it’s time to run candidates who have done semi-nude photo-shoots instead of candidates who are feuding with son-in-laws who have done semi-nude photo-shoots.
In other words…THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR JOHN THUNE!