These days, if you’re a Democrap Democrat, these are hardly the best of times for you. If you’re President Obama, especially so.

Scott Brown, the newly sworn-in senator from the state of Massachusetts, has started, in my estimation, the beginning of the end for a lot of lefties who are up for reelection in November 2010. Brown’s seat in the U.S. Senate has officially given the Republican Party relevancy again as the Senate is no longer filibuster-proof with a 59-41 advantage to the Dems.

And yet, the once potent majorities in both the House and Senate now need to use political Viagra to remain active.

And to be sure, casualties will be the codeword as Brown’s presence in the Senate ensured that healthcare reform – Obama’s version of it – has been put on the backburner for right now. And you can rest assured: There is nothing that Nancy Pelosi can do to ensure passage of any healthcare reform bill.

Another victim of Brown’s election win? Craig Becker. You’re probably thinking, “Who in the hell is Craig Becker?” Yeah, so did I. In any case, Becker is Obama’s nominee to the National Labor Relations Board. He passed the first hurdle by getting House passage, but now he has to face the Senate, where he will a much tougher road to hoe. RINO John McCain says that he plans to block the nomination, and you can safely assume that Brown will do the same.

Becker’s a union guy, so you can safely assume that he’s all for the “Card Check”. He would also make pro-union changes to the NLRB without Congressional approval, which is a Constitutional no-no.

That aside, the Demcrats, even before Brown was sworn in, were looking into “reconciliation”, which is where the Senate needs only a simple majority – 51 votes, to be exact – to get past any GOP blockades. Thus far, no luck as even the lefties are having trouble in bridging divides within their own party.

As what can be described as old news, there’s Demcorats who want a healthcare reform bill passed – any version, for that matter. And that doesn’t sit well for the vast majority of the country (yours truly included). Then there’s those who want the legislation scrapped.

Then there’s the obstacle facing the Democrats right now: the federal budget. They’re sitting on their hands as the party doesn’t want to put their incumbents on record as supporting spending that would probably be criticized in a political campaign. But to be fair here, the lefties are taking a stab at bipartisanship, as they’re trying to unite with Republicans in a deal which would give businesses a tax break for hiring unemployed workers. But it’s obvious that this wouldn’t happen if not for the fact that Brown is one vs. 100 (apologies to the game show).

But bipartisanship only takes you only so far; what is telling is that not one Republican attended the farewell speech of  former Sen. Paul Kirk, who was the fill-in for the then-vacant Ted Kennedy seat.

Now that Brown is in the Senate mix, he hasn’t divulged as to how he will vote on the Becker nomination or any other pending legislation. But Brown did say at least this much at his very first press conference: “The last stimulus bill did not create one new job.” That’s where things get gray, as there’s not any true definition of what a “new job” is. A new job could very well be one that’s only two weeks in length, or it can be something permanent. Most definitely up for discussion.

Once Brown’s “rock star” persona wears off, then he’s just a regular senator, albeit one with the least amount of seniority. And that’s where we will find out if there is any “voter’s remorse” coming from the state of Massachusetts. Let’s see how his actions while on the Senate floor turn out.

Then when he comes up for reelection, you can ask this question: “What did Brown do for me?”