and ceci connolly, national health policy reporter for "the washington post." jennifer nassour, we just heard the president say people are angry in the same way that swept him into office is what swept scott brown into office. is that right? >> people are angry. i mean, if you just look here in massachusetts at our voters, they have been through three indicted speakers. they have seen three state senators who have resigned in disgrace, and we just increased sales tax over the summer. the democrats in the house and senate decided right now is a great time to increase our sales tax by 25% during a recession. so people are very frustrated. jobs are leaving massachusetts. the economy isn't growing. the housing market is still not going anywhere so people are very frustrated. >> ifill: yet, republicans are not even close to a majority in the massachusetts electorate so how did scott brown pull it off? >> well, his message is what resonated with voters. he talked about terror. he talked about taxes. he talked about spending. he talked about jobs. those are all things