Scott Brown's Kelly Ayotte Problem Runs Deeper Than Energy Bill

Scott Brown Has A Kelly Ayotte Problem
FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2010 file photo, then-New Hampshire Republican Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte, left, gets help from Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., in Concord, N.H. The Republican resurgence that swept so much of the country blew with less gusto in most of the Northeast. Democrats largely held firm, particularly in New England, against the anti-incumbent, GOP tide that was so strong in places like the Rust Belt and South. Republicans did make serious gains in sprawling New York and Pennsylvania, a traditional swing state. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2010 file photo, then-New Hampshire Republican Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte, left, gets help from Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., in Concord, N.H. The Republican resurgence that swept so much of the country blew with less gusto in most of the Northeast. Democrats largely held firm, particularly in New England, against the anti-incumbent, GOP tide that was so strong in places like the Rust Belt and South. Republicans did make serious gains in sprawling New York and Pennsylvania, a traditional swing state. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

When the vast majority of Senate Republicans—including cosponsors—successfully filibustered a mild, bipartisan energy efficiency bill last week, citing dubious procedural objections, reporters smelled a rat, and Huffington Post quickly identified former Massachusetts senator, and current New Hampshire Senate hopeful Scott Brown as the source of the odor.

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