Whose Seat Is It Anyway ???

UPDATE:  According to an update at the Boston Herald website:

"U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown has demanded his official swearing in ceremony be pushed up to tomorrow afternoon saying there are upcoming vital votes in Congress." 

This is one of the few times I am proud to be a Massachusetts voter!

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Jay Severin at 96.9 Boston Talks has been one of the people speaking out for the rights of the voters of Massachusetts.  On January 19th, we voted for a new Senator, Scott Brown.  The appointed Senator, Paul Kirk, Jr., is still voting in the Senate.  Meanwhile, important legislation is being passed, and the voters of Massachusetts are not being properly represented. 

When Scott Brown was asked how he felt as an opponent of nationalizing healthcare running for Ted Kennedy's seat, he replied, "Respectfully, this is not the Kennedy Seat. It is the People's Seat."  That was one of the best sound bites of the election campaign--a few words that spoke the truth.

Jay Severin rightly points out:

"The rationale, such as it is, goes like this: "Sure, sure - when a Democrat was elected in a special election, she was voting in 48 hours...and Yes, yes - an obvious, insidious double standard has been used to deprive us of our new voice - as the Kennedy stooge Kirk has been kept in this seat weeks after the election, so the losers (Obama, establishment politicians) can steal our vote on critical issues by having Kirk cast his against us...BUT it isn't a problem because...Scott Brown is fine with being seated later; Scott is fine with February 11.""

The question then becomes, according to Mr. Severin, "what are You fine with?"  Mr. Severin points out that Scott Brown is being a total gentleman about the whole thing, but that really isn't the point.  The seat does really belong to the people of Massachusetts.

He concludes:

"But we must never lose sight of the fact that this historic election, this Senate seat and everything connected to it is only fine if and when "We are fine with it", too."

Well spoken, sir.