"Warren also pressed Brown to produce a list of his legal clients." And Brown said he has done so. Both Warren and the moderator said they had not heard this. And the Boston Globe reported this morning that he has NOT, in fact, produced a list of his clients, but only mentioned some of his clients at a press conference.
MY COMMENT: With this lie, does Brown fail this test of HIS character? Why no list? He should hold himself to the same "standards" to which he claims to hold Warren.

"..., Brown jumped in, apparently agitated, and said, 'Excuse me, I'm not a student in your classroom, please let me respond, OK?'"
MY COMMENT: 100% pre-rehearsed, he was just waiting for an opportunity to say this. He said something similar "‘I’m not in your courtroom. I’m not a defendant.” in a 2010 debate with Martha Coakley.

I personally liked when the moderator asked: "Does it trouble you that MA has never elected a female US Senator?" and Warren replied, "Right now, I'm trying to do something about that."

I was left with the overall impression that Scott Brown is mean and unpleasant.

Here's my message to my fellow MA voters: When we re-elect President Obama, we also need to elect a Senator who will work WITH him, not obstruct him.

For this reason -- and many others -- I will be voting for Elizabeth Warren in 2012.

Thanks for reading this.

I agree with your overall impression about Brown seeming mean spirited and unpleasant. I was also completely repulsed by his "I'm not a student..." comment. It is somewhat amusing to me that his "nice guy" persona has slipped so readily. It's also worth noting that he voted with the GOP leadership 30 of the first 32 votes; I don't believe it is credible that he is a "50/50" voter, as he claims.

Name a SC justice, just one:

Uh uhhhhhh uhhhhh [5 seconds pass]..... Scalia!

Warren had to play defense most of the evening, starting with the moderator's initial focus on Warren's American Indian persona. It made it hard for her. Brown got the benefit of being able to frame the debate according to his plan -- which as a trained lawyer he had skillfully developed: start by casting doubt on her character and then hammering away at how bi-partisan he is. Of course his alleged bi-partisanship is his strategy to get elected in a predominately Democratic and Independent state, irrespective of the truth. Warren responded with details of Brown's straight-line Republican votes against important Obama initiatives, and did score with her comment about "oh, sure, Brown speaks this way in Massachusetts but in other states is all about being a good republican." But she needs to be more effective about highlighting how Brown is being deceptive and manipulative, and therefore untrustworth as a characer, by all this touting of bi-partisanship when actually is not. Brown effectively has Karl Rove on his campaign staff, and is carefully following the strategy of creating the truth you want people to believe by repeating deceptions louder and more often to avoid anyone successfully challenging you. Warren was not successful as she needs to be at highlighting how much Brown is a good Rove-style Republican

Brown ran all over her and his only blemish was the SC Justice question. Warren seemed timid. I find it funny people commented he was mean. He was sure of himself and respectful....more than he should have been. It was clear the interviewer heavily favored Warren...he was hard on Brown but he was undaunted. Its unbelievable to me that Warren wants to support what Brown perfectly labeled "Back door Amnesty". Its scary Warren is for putting illegal immigrants above US citizens in line for education.

I think the real Scott Brown was revealed when he immediately, without hesitation named Scalia as his favorite Justice. His efforts at damage control by listing others didn't work. He voted against Kagen. His true colors came out also with the snide remark about not being Warren's student.

I almost felt bad for warren...she was so unprepared. Looked like a scared grandma. haha

Scott Brown ran his mouth off because he doesn't want to talk about his voting record--which is highly partisan & favors the millionaires. His blustering & bumbling manner was on prime time display last night. Scott Brown has a real problem with telling the truth!
I completely agree with the above statement from Robyn Ochs:
"Warren also pressed Brown to produce a list of his legal clients." And Brown said he has done so. Both Warren and the moderator said they had not heard this. And the Boston Globe reported this morning that he has NOT, in fact, produced a list of his clients, but only mentioned some of his clients at a press conference.
MY COMMENT: With this lie, does Brown fail this test of HIS character? Why no list? He should hold himself to the same "standards" to which he claims to hold Warren.

Boston Globe, great liberal source of lies! He actually did release them. You would know this if you dug deeper then the globe. Warren on the other hand, continues to Lie about her ancestry. She is so deep in the lie, she event believes it now. She has ZERO proof because it doesnt exist. Her proof was throwing her grandparents under the bus and said they told her. She has zero character. Only Brown proved last night he will stand up for the legal citizens that need him. He comes from a background of poverty unlike warren. How many lies can warren come up with . its crazy. she is embarrassing.

Scott is hardly the sleepy, suburban lawyer who did work for “small banks and mortgage companies” out of his Wrentham garage. What about Brown’s work as a title agent for a pair of major mortgage companies, Fidelity National and First American. It was back when the mortgage bubble was just about to burst and LPS, a company owned by Fidelity National, was exposed as one of the worst offenders of mortgage fraud. she should have asked Scott: Senator, when you were an agent of major mortgage companies, did you see the looming disaster on the horizon, or were you too busy eyeballing “the people’s seat?”

Hey Scott, I said he came from that background he obviously isnt there now. Didnt realize that needed a translation but now I see the caliber individual im dealing with. Its not admirable to come from poverty and stay there. He and his family worked their way up. And his dad has a "Steam" ship? I bet all the minions are below the deck feeding it coal. so, yes, lets tax more and regulate more. thats working out great in Europe.

You're joking about not knowing this, right? You always seem to have a lot of "knowledge" at your fingertips, yet weren't aware of this fact? Again, her words. Lives in a $5MM house. Makes close to $1MM/year. "Not wealthy"

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/05/04/play-of-the-week-elizabeth-warrens-slow-response/

http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/309470/fancy-hotels-luxurious-headboards-elizabeth-warren-s-campaign

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/27/multimillionaire-elizabeth-warren-im-not-wealthy/

http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/hypocrisy-thy-name-is-elizabeth-warren1/

http://romanticpoet.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/worth-14-million-elizabeth-warren-thinks-shes-not-a-wealthy-investor/

I started writing a response to Scott's "BFD" post and you beat me to it Joseph. Hit all my points plus some so I just deleted it. Its like some of the people writing these posts are in a trance or under some spell. Makes zero sense to me.

I watched the debate last night. The only thing I did learn from it was, If the liberals in this state had a dog up against a Republican they would still vote for the dog because he is a liberal. Get over the fact that Kennedy's seat is held by a Republican even if the Republican senator voted 100% with Obama the liberals would still want too vote him out. Scott Brown voted against his own Republican party because he felt it was best for our state. Not like other liberals from this state vote with the party or just don't show up to vote. Something is wrong when a billionaire tells us he should be paying more in taxes. Tell Mr Buffet with all the company's he owns to bring the work force back to the United States. Last week when the new iPhone 5 came out did you stop and think about how many jobs we don't have because big liberal companies like Buffet or Apple out source to China. You complain about the rich making money. Don't blame the Republicans blame yourself and the liberals. The next time you buy your Apple phone or a new pair of shoes stop and think where its made and all the workers in the United States with out a job, its because of the liberal company's sending job over seas for tax breaks, And because the taxes in this country are to high for them to operate. keep raising the taxes and more companies will move out and less jobs. Vote for Elizabeth Warren that's what your going to get.

Brown, 31 out of 32. Warren, 1 out of 32

Warren won the debate. Her answers were (generally) clear and concise. Brown seemed to talk a lot, but avoid saying anything substantive.

I like Brown, but his was a weak and petulant performance. Maybe debating just isn't his thing. Another outing like that and I may not vote for him.