The shine’s already off Scott Brown

Remember how excited conservatives were when Republican Scott Brown was elected to the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts? Folks in the Tea Party hailed Brown’s election as a sign of tremendous voter discontent with the status quo, and Brown’s victory was hailed as a victory for all those small government Tea Party folks.

Clearly, that enthusiasm has waned now that Sen. Brown has started casting votes in the Senate, as right-wing squawker Glenn Beck is attacking Brown as being a progressive for Brown’s vote in favor of a jobs bill that is essentially a tax cut for small businesses. While I can certainly understand why an ultra-conservative like Glenn Beck would be upset that Scott Brown’s not as conservative as folks thought, the fact that Scott Brown wasn’t a far-right “Tea Party” conservative shouldn’t have come as a shock to anyone, as I pointed out shortly after Brown was elected.

Here’s Beck’s take on Scott Brown: