January 22, 2010 -- Senator Scott Brown, will begin his career in the U.S. Senate by inviting the leadership from both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party to a reconciliation meeting regarding healthcare reform. He will note that he has some practical experience bringing diverse legislators together for cooperative efforts and that he believes a “servant’s heart” is the best way to approach people who are experiencing the deadlock of intense conflict.

He will further note that he did not invite President Obama because he did not want to appear to be presumptuous but that the President would be welcome to attend in person or to send a representative of his choosing.

Senator Brown will ask the news media to send a pool representative to attend and cover the meeting so it will be public. In addition, he will suggest that each participant bring two lists of one or two word per line items to contribute to the agenda for the meeting. Everyone’s list number one will be those items for which the preparer believes there is some basis for general agreement among the participants. List number two will be those items for which there may not be consensus yet but which the preparer feels are important. The reason to limit the lists to two words per item/line is to keep it simple.

Senator Brown will offer to serve as the mediator for the group but will also offer to step aside from that role if someone else would like to have the responsibility.

He may observe that tens of thousands of words have already been written and spoken attempting to interpret his victory this week in Massachusetts. He may also note that in his opinion the focal point of the message voters are sending is simple. “Politics as usual” will no longer be tolerated by the American people. Republicans are fed up. Democrats are fed up and, most certainly, independent voters are completely fed up.

The Political Prophet predicts that incumbents from both parties who try to serve themselves rather than their constituents are likely to get discovered and defeated in the next election cycle.