Scott Brown pivots, claims he’s against plan to kill Medicare

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Kase Wickman

Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) has performed a complete 180 within the past two weeks, pivoting from praising the Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) plan to phase out Medicare to penning a Politico op-ed voicing his disapproval for the plan, according to Talking Points Memo.

Brown, who is up for re-election in 2012, headlined his Politico screed, "Why I don't back Paul Ryan's Medicare plan."

"While I applaud Ryan for getting the conversation started, I cannot support his specific plan — and therefore will vote 'no' on his budget," Brown wrote, citing additions to the national deficit and the $500 billion that has already been cut from the private side of Medicare.

However, Brown told state business leaders on May 13 that he would vote for the plan, though he acknowledged that it would fail when put to a vote in the Senate. At another meeting in Westminster, Mass., he praised Ryan's plan again.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/23/scott-brown-pivots-claims-hes-against-plan-to-kill-medicare/

[eleny]

1. Typical politician

[WingDinger]

2. What it shows, is Paul Ryan is radioactive. And the face of the enemy.

[WingDinger]

5. And more damning, He looks like Hanover Fiste. Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqTLolHFSCc

[AtomicKitten]

3. Dizzy.

[gratuitous]

4. So, what will Sen. Brown say two weeks from now?

Did he endorse the Ryan scheme without any knowledge or insight? What's happened in the past two weeks that he couldn't have done prior to shooting his mouth off (I hope it's nothing as prosaic as reading polls and shifting with the wind, because that's not very principled)? And will Brown be saying the same thing come June, or will he reverse himself again? And, if he does reverse himself again, will he write another Politico column letting his constituents know that?

[DefenseLawyer]

6. I still wouldn't bet $10 bucks that he won't switch parties before the election.

The numbers are pretty ugly for a Republican trying win statewide in Mass in a presidential election year.