Joe Battenfeld

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Rain down here hopefully get rid of the snow and snow up north -- rather skiing you ski country are horrendous always -- sympathetic to this situation can you imagine your business you -- isn't there were some balls. No I don't do any lobbying for them. But you business rises of falls with the mother nature and the courts skirts it is that is -- terrible life analysts here especially with -- global warming they tell you Scalia or Michelle doesn't you can't trust anybody stands by. So while everywhere address that -- you do everything and this we're joined by Joe Maddon told fox 45 he is the only political reporter in the city. Full time on the Statehouse how about that her job.

And -- great job idea if you if you look torture. But and I mean everyone is everyone today is -- got -- is maintaining. A week ago leaving -- now he's ago.

Now he's a sellout that's right so all of.

You know I didn't they call him number 41 -- Washington now what are they gonna call 62.

Ha ha ha I think it's a good calculation in his -- your anger people medically to literally he's creating some space for himself. Yeah -- yeah don't you think.

Part but yeah I totally agree side and I don't I think in -- anyone should be surprised who it would really watching what really here and note Scott Brown. Knows he would not gonna go down there NB. Just 88 -- Dog for all the Republicans or you know because he's said there is campaign to going to be independent I think you've been sending signals the last few weeks. That on the jobs bill that he would be open to supporting that god go I mean I don't think it's valuable for health care a lot of other bank but I think it was good. Figure it gets some separation have first that you noted two other Republicans were joining him so they didn't really need his vote in the end.

Iowa but yeah there was five in the end and -- uses student.

It triggered it I think it'll do triggered people would say hey. We can join -- guy and making you know album cover for each other.

This straight I'm a guy can do. -- are sometimes when he got to do well in the stand up well what -- he enjoys obviously the spotlight and all eyes -- rock -- silly to have I don't really a disproportionate -- Joe was a student and as a reporter -- the of over the is you -- seen him voting for example house leadership in the in the mouse house and the Senate Leadership up -- Have many many times I mean it was almost as if he was just another. Many times just another Democrat.

we every -- vote it down -- by the same time they had no real power and then let you know in the message didn't help the represented Republicans really can't do any bank because there's only about five the Republican senators felt he had that kind of work with down but I don't think it should be surprised that he'd he'd get -- I think he is creating some separation it's smart politically has sides that. But now everyone matter no matter around the country -- maybe people weren't really that familiar with some. Are gonna we look at and say hey what is going on here but. I think brown right now is in a position to influence a lot of things because. Because of him and that's why eight the other Republicans joined them what base that they probably wouldn't have done it.

And I think that's also really good for Republicans I don't know why a lot of Republicans wouldn't have voted for this. Just to show a little balance interest -- that they're not the party of no.

Right Enrique got his first vote went against the labor nominee. So he did join Republicans and now he's voting with Democrats on that but I think. You know a lot of people a lot of conservatives around the country a lot of people of that feedback convention were cheering everything you today what's going on.

Well Joe doesn't -- people allow themselves they wanna be deluded it's in and I know it's a little bit it's like Obama may have fanatics. Who think guys transformative and all my god my messiah has arrived there about to have -- how it's broken I mean politics is politics and most of it most of the real work happens in the middle.

Yeah no I agree and they denied that I mean nine not lately though but I but then if you Democrats make in the same misstate what what's the president doing now saying. I'm gonna pass the jobs go other Republicans deserve the big ridiculous field. You know already you mean you're gonna get healthcare Bob Barry yes -- forgot -- already of the Scott Brown an election. And then say no you know I don't say this is giving them some kind of slowly past the -- Phillips spoke for healthcare now but a big mistake I think.

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Brutal experience and let -- timeout just like alcohol in my ability answer that one but. I I been -- I think -- more than one.

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