Brown's election

The Massachusetts's election of a Republican to replace Ted Kennedy is a dynamic political event. But the interesting story is how will Democrats react. Labor has this right I think, here and here, but the Democrats' reaction is likely to go exactly opposite of producing results. Any significant labor reform is dependent upon Democrats seeking results, more than the fact that they have only 59 senators. A failure to provide results to their base, and by that we do not mean just labor, will result in significantly fewer Democrats in the next congress.