I have to disagree. Here's why.

Scott Brown sided with compounding pharmacies, like the one in Framingham, and signed a letter to help block further regulation of this part of the pharmaceutical industry, which is not regulated by the FDA. The owner's donated $10,000 to his campaign which he has since returned. The also held a fundraiser. He has kept that money. In the meantime, meningitis contracted by people all over the USA who used this pharmacies drugs has killed 23 and sickened 183. It's not Scott's fault, but he stood on the side of deregulation, not product safety.

By comparison Ted Kennedy tried to address the regulatory black hole of compounding pharmacies because he understood the importance and consequences of product safety. In this case, the lack of product safety caused lives, 23 of them so far! Scott Brown took the money and left the product safety issue to others. Actually, he paved the way to less product safety.

Warren saw how financial products were ripping off middle class americans. She had the idea to create a CFPB that would make banks, credit card and mortgage companies be honest about their products so middle class families could decide based on good information. Warren understands the benefits of product safety and the consequences of unsafe products.

Neil, Kennedy care so much about safety that he pushed to allow physicians from schools outside the US who were not eligible to work in US hospitals, to work in VA hospitals.
Kennedy was so for the middle class that he tried to remove the estate protections his family enjoyed so us in the middle who aspired to be in the upper wouldn't get the same. He was a real prince! Forget the sexual assaults and murder in his own war on women! Thank God we have one Senator that isn't a total embarrassment!
As for Warren, funny since she out in her "controls" credit card interest rates and fees have skyrocketed! I wonder if that is why she is getting so much money from them? Nah couldn't be! Right?

Scott Brown had a much better voting record on labor when he was in Mass. Senate than in the US Senate. He's done a 180.

PFFM supports the candidate who supports them. They picked Warren. So did MassAFLCIO, SEIU, United Steelworkers, Teamsters, Mass Teachers, American Federation of Teachers, Nurses, Carpenters, Building Trades. Warren said she'll fight to protect their pensions, and she's got it right. Republicans are going after public sector workers' pensions.

Here's a link to Ed Kelly's letter, Pres PFFM, responding to Sen Brown. It includes detail on the votes Scott Brown took which surprised them and hurt the interests of labor http://ow.ly/eJT5k

Republicans have been trying to weaken labor in an organized effort across the country. Republican majorities in states across the US have crushed public sector labor by passing law to end collective bargaining and they're undermining private sector labor by passing the right to work law.

This is actually to Neil.

Do you know why the Republican are trying to weaken unions? It is because towns & states are broke. You know what is killing them the most, pensions & healthcare for public sector union employees. I'd love to see the percentages of tax money that goes to retired workers some still in their 40s. The unions don't want to budge. Everyone else has had to tighten their belts because of the economy not the unions. The SS retirement age for me has gone up to 67. The unions think that should not apply to them. If it was the private sector I don’t care. But when it comes to my tax dollars I have issues with that.

Tom,

Unions are not the problem. In fact, strong unions make for a strong middle class.

State and town's budgets are in crisis because of the great recession caused by the financial crisis created by Wall St. It was entirely avoidable.

8.5 million jobs were lost, and $14 trillion in homeowner value in the great recession. Tax revenue is down because of job loss.

Pension funds took a big hit too becuase they like everyone had bought the toxic mortgage-backed securities that Wall St so;d worldwide as AAA quality. It wasn't.

From 2000-2007 the majority of corporate profit increase came from cuts in salary and benefits according to a study done by JP Morgan. At the same time corporate America was seeing record profit. All of the profit is flowing to the top, even as productivity increases. Unions are not the problem.

Neil,
State budget gaps have closed by half but their debt has barely changed over the last year. The states have about $2.8 TRILLION in unfunded liabilities! California just announced that they made 1% return on their public employee retirement funds. They are paying out at a rate that requires about 7.5% return. This means California will have to pay more to fund pensions. They are dying and the public unions don't care as long as they get theirs!