Roy Blunt is No Scott Brown

In the wake of the MA special election, one thing is clear - Roy Blunt is no Scott Brown. 

Blunt’s long time party insider status means he can’t portray himself as a Washington outsider like Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown did.  In fact Congressman and Abby Blunt, seen below, are on every Washington VIP party guest list. Both Abby and Congressman Blunt have been named top partiers in Washington, DC.

Conservative Radio Host Mark Reardon commented on KMOX this afternoon:

I said this at the beginning of the show. There is no Scott Brown in Missouri. Congressman Roy Blunt is not Scott Brown. He's a party guy.

Political journalists Tony Messenger and Steve Kraske on KCUR also chatted about this issue this morning:

Messenger: …Roy Blunt isn’t Scott Brown. There is a complete difference in the fact that Roy Blunt is still going to be dealing with the fact that he is a Washington insider, and he’s not going to be able to do some of the same things that Scott Brown did – drive around a truck in the rural hills of Missouri and say, “I’m not this guy from DC.”

Kraske: “I’m somebody new and different,” yeah.

Messenger: That message doesn’t work. Now, Roy is definitely going to try to tap into that momentum, and he already has. He’s already issued a couple of statements this morning on Scott Brown, so he’s definitely going to try to tap into that message. Whether that narrative works between now and November as it relates to that specific candidate who’s been in Congress for so long, that’s the real question.

Even NBC First Read reported on how Blunt can't be compared to Brown yesterday:

Republican lessons to learn: Here’s one thing Republicans can take away from this race: It’s good to be an outsider. If you'll recall, just before the NY-23 special, we remarked that what made Doug Hoffman the perfect potential candidate -- and we stress the word potential, because Hoffman ended up losing -- was that he wasn't burdened with the GOP brand. He was running as a conservative, but NOT on the Republican ticket. And we wondered if that was the perfect way for a conservative candidate to both excite the conservative base and woo independents. In essence, Scott Brown was able to do something similar to Hoffman with one extra advantage: Unlike Hoffman, Brown had a personality. We now see the GOP path to victory right now in this toxic political environment for the establishment. Not only run as outsiders but actually be an outsider. It was easy for Brown since he had never had a Washington address. Of course, this isn't going to be as easy for a Roy Blunt in Missouri…