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That seat, held for nearly half a century by Mr. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, will now be held for the next two years by a Republican who has said he supports waterboarding as an interrogation technique for terrorism suspects, opposes a federal cap-and-trade program to reduce carbon emissions and opposes a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants unless they leave the country. It was a sharp swing of the pendulum, but even Democratic voters said they wanted the Obama administration to change direction. “I’m hoping that it gives a message to the country,” said Marlene Connolly, 73, of North Andover, a lifelong Democrat who said she cast her first vote for a Republican on Tuesday. “I think if Massachusetts puts Brown in, it’s a message of ‘that’s enough.’ Let’s stop the giveaways and let’s get jobs going.

G.O.P. Senate Victory Stuns Democrats - NYTimes.com

Ladies and gentlemen, your American voter. Votes for a Tea Party Republican to curtail Wall Street giveaways and “get jobs going” (whatever the hell that means). As de Tocqueville said, a democracy requires an educated electorate. And we don’t have one.

Source: The New York Times