Republicans celebrate Brown victory on Twitter

Republican lawmakers have been celebrating Scott Brown's victory on Twitter since the Massachusetts Senate race was officially called last night.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was one of the first to praise Brown, now the Senate GOP's 41st member. He tweeted:

just got a call from Scott Brown and I congratulated him on a tremendous victory!

Also last night, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) praised Brown's campaign team, supporters and voters for working hard to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley, who was up by double digits in early polls:

This victory shows that if Americans are willing to get involved & fight for their principles, they don't have to settle for second-best.

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Il.) used his congratulatory tweet Wednesday morning to take a shot at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has become something of a ubquitous target for GOP candidates:

Massachusetts is leading America out of the San Francisco fog! #tcot #masen #gop #tlot

Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.) suggested Brown's victory was a referendum on national Democrats' political objectives:

Last night's special election in Mass sent a strong message - the American people aren't buying what Obama and dems in congress are selling

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said in a pair of tweets this morning that the Massachusetts race was already having an observable effect on Democrats' healthcare goals:

7:00am saw a Dem friend. First thing he wanted to know if I would work with him on a modified health care bill

Hmm. That hadn't happened before the Brown victory. Of course we should work together. Looking forward to it.

But Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) reminded his colleagues that 41 seats is still quite a long shot from majority control of the Senate, much less the House:

The GOP must not celebrate 41 Senate seats; the GOP must only celebrate 51 Senate seats and 218 House seats. ... http://fb.me/4Or8JZ6

Democrats, too, took to Twitter on Wednesday to offer their thoughts about Brown's victory. Tweeted San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, considered one of his party's rising stars:

If we blame the Coakley campaign and not ourselves (our party) we do so at our own peril--we shouldn't understate this loss in Mass.

Meanwhile, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) fretted the thought of what Brown's victory might mean for healthcare reform:

With Scott Brown's victory, I worry about our chances of bringing down healthcare costs & cleaning up bad habits of health ins companies.