“Buckle up — let’s get some stuff done,” one White House staffer said Obama’s response will be in the event of a Brown victory today in Massachusetts.  Politico reports:

President Barack Obama plans a combative response if, as White House aides fear, Democrats lose Tuesday’s special Senate election in Massachusetts, close advisers say.

“This is not a moment that causes the president or anybody who works for him to express any doubt,” a senior administration official said. “It more reinforces the conviction to fight hard.”

A defeat by Martha Coakley for the seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy would be embarrassing for the party — and potentially debilitating, since Democrats will lose their filibuster-proof, 60-vote hold on the Senate.

Clearly aware of the political ramifications of losing such an important (symbolic, even) seat, Obama has chosen the only proper route for any self-respecting ideologue:

The health care backdrop has given the White House a strong incentive to strike a defiant posture, at least rhetorically, in response to what would be an undeniable embarrassment for the president and his party. (Emphasis mine.)

Seems like a smart move.  Remember, he won.  At the same time, the population is becoming increasingly aware of and subsequently rejecting Obama’s other objectives:

Democratic operatives on Capitol Hill have made clear that enthusiasm is cooling for tackling controversial cap-and-trade legislation to curb carbon emissions as the party heads into an election year. The same is true for the always-sensitive issue of immigration reform. On the fiscal front, massive deficits were already pushing Obama toward more austerity on spending.

Viva la populism!  This should be a clear indicator to Obama and leftist Congress that American disapproves of this unprecedented increase of Government and leftist hegemony, right?  Er…

Already Obama’s rhetoric is reflecting what aides acknowledge is a strong undercurrent of populist anger. By these lights, impatience with the status quo — rather than any rightward turn in the mood of the electorate — is what would fuel a Brown victory [...]

In his weekly address on Saturday, he declared: “We’re not going to let Wall Street take the money and run.” Saluting Martin Luther King Jr. in remarks to a Baptist congregation the next day, Obama railed against “an era of greed and irresponsibility that sowed the seeds of its own demise.”

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1. Obama Heckled, Brown Surges And Dems Panic
2. Will Scott Brown Pull Off An Upset In Massachusetts?
3. Massacre in Massachusetts: Brown Annihilates Coakley