February 3, 2010 - NECN BroadSide with Jim Braude

Suddenly Scott Brown's swearing in is on the fast track. Just when all signs were pointing to February 11th as Brown's swear-in date, things changed in a hurry.

Now there's a guessing game as to why.

Brown says he wants to be present for unspecified votes. A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he expected a ceremony at 5 p.m. Thursday.

George Bachrach, former Democratic State Senator and State Rep. Vinny DeMacedo, a Republican from Plymouth join Jim Braude to talk about the news.

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January 21, 2010 – Old Colony Memorial – By Emily Wilcox

PLYMOUTH — The new senator from Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown, received a resounding endorsement from Plymouth voters Tuesday.  And his former colleague on Beacon Hill, state Rep. Vinny DeMacedo, R-Plymouth, expressed his pleasure in Brown’s victory Wednesday afternoon, as he recounted his friend’s political roots.

“We had back-to-back offices in the transportation offices at the State House,” deMacedo said of Brown. “He’s a friend. I’m excited that the people of Plymouth responded to his message.”

With approximately 60 percent of the state’s voters registered as unenrolled – declaring no party affiliation –  and only about 15 percent registered as Republicans, deMacedo said the upset election sends a message to Washington...

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