Excuses, Excuses: Democrats Dig Deep to Explain Loss in Massachusetts

Democrats are offering a wide variety of excuses to explain why a truck-driving, war-supporting, health care reform-opposing Republican will be sitting in "Ted Kennedy's seat" in the U.S. Senate.

(FOXNews.com) - Health care reform. The economy. Bad candidate. Cheap Democrats. Ben Nelson.

These are among the myriad excuses Democrats were circulating on Wednesday to explain why a truck-driving, war-supporting, health care reform-opposing Republican will be sitting in "Ted Kennedy's seat" in the U.S. Senate.

Democrat Martha Coakley promised there would be "plenty of Wednesday-morning quarterbacking" after she lost to Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special election Tuesday night. And she was right.