Scott Brown Demands to be Sworn in Right Away

I had the chance to listen to some of Rush’s show today during lunch and he was talking about the breaking story that Scott Brown has changed his mind about waiting until Feb. 11 to take his Senate seat.

At first, Sen. Brown was OK with the 11th because it would give him time to hire staff, but according to Rush the Dems may be trying to pull off another one of their corrupt, backroom deals and have the lame duck, Paul Kirk, vote on some as yet unknown bill that you and I will not like.

It is hard to put into words the utter contempt with which I view the national Democratic Party. They are like a puppy that is not yet house broken……if you take you eyes off the little booger for 30 seconds, it makes messy on the carpet.

I’ll breath a sigh of relief when Scott Brown is firmly ensconcsed in office and ready to end the Dems super majority in the Senate.

~~John Cronin~~

Sen.-elect Scott Brown is demanding to be seated as early as Thursday — a week earlier than he had initially planned.

Brown, who won his special election Jan. 19, sent a letter Wednesday afternoon to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Secretary of State William Galvin asking them “certify without delay” his results so he can be seated Thursday.

Daniel Winslow, Brown’s legal counsel, said in the letter he wanted the results certified no later than 11 a.m. Thursday so that he can deliver a copy to the secretary of the Senate in time to be given the oath of office that afternoon.

This marks a change of heart for the Republican, whose swearing-in would end the Democrats’ yearlong supermajority. “He has been advised that there are a number of votes scheduled prior to that date. For that reason, he wants certification to occur immediately,” Winslow wrote.

A Republican leadership aide said that the Senate’s ability to swear in Brown “depends on what the governor does. If he doesn’t sign the certificate, he won’t be sworn in.”

A Brown spokesman says the senator-elect is eager to vote on President Barack Obama’s nominations for GSA administrator, solicitor general and a top slot on the National Labor Relations Board – all of which have some Republican opposition.

The Massachusetts secretary of state finished his certification of the official election results Wednesday — but they still must be approved by the governor’s council and signed by Patrick and Galvin. The Boston Globe reports the governor is away from the Statehouse because of several pre-scheduled events and that Patrick plans to certify the election at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, which would allow Brown to travel to Washington.

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