So the top political news of the day is the “upset” pulled by Republican Scott Brown in the run-off election for the vacant Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy.  The victory comes as a huge surprise as Mass is traditionally considered a liberal state but more importantly it exposes President Barack Obama’s health care bill to GOP assassination.

The loss by the once heavily favored Democrat Martha Coakley certainly puts a damper on President Obama’s first year which comes to a close tomorrow.  In effort to save the seat, The President did some last minute campaigning for Coakley in Boston on Sunday to no avail. While everyone today will likely be talking about how her loss most immediately puts Democrats short of the 60th vote needed to fend off a Republican filibuster, could this spell the return of the GOP.

Our good friend Malcolm ( Highbrid Nation since 2009) has been reading the tea leaves for quite some time and as a life-long Republican insider turned Obama supporter he’s predicted big political problems for the president’s party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide.

But could this almost inexcusable loss further exacerbate the problem? Here it is a Senate Seat vacated by one of the heroes in the Democratic party comes available in one of the liberalist (not a word) of states and Coakley falls asleep at the wheel.  Prior to last night, Massachussets had no Republicans in Congress and last sent a Republican to the Senate nearly 40 years ago.

This is a microcosm of the lethargic and complacent attitude exhibited by the Dems since Obama took office.  Just 12 months ago it was the GOP who was scrambling, trying to organize itself, trying to separate itself from extremist and the common belief folks like Rush Limbaugh set its agenda.  But now the tables have turned.  SOUND OFF:  Is Scott Brown’s victory the Republican Party’s alamo and a sign of things to come this November?