Martha Coakley has just conceded the Massachusetts special Senate election. I am watching her make her concession speech. She comes across better in her concession speech than she did in her whole campaign.
I voted for Scott Brown. I appreciated the way he ran his campaign--there were no negative ads--he simply stated what he wanted to do. There were Scott Brown signs everywhere, and for the past few days there were about three people carrying Scott Brown for every person carrying a Martha Coakley sign.
This has to be a problem for the Democrats in Washington. Despite what we are being told, this is a vote against the Obama agenda. Scott Brown made some very wise political decisions during the campaign--he nationalized the campaign and talked about national issues and how they would affect the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (they call it a Commonwealth because after you are done paying your state taxes, that's what it is!).
Scott Brown was the beneficiary of the perfect political storm. There is currently a political deafness in Washington, D. C., that the people in Massachusetts chose to reject. There is a new wind blowing in American politics. It is not a Republican wind--it is a 'listen to the voters' wind. Scott Brown did not win in Massachusetts because of the Republican vote--he won because of the Independent (in Massachusetts they call it unenrolled) vote. Had Washington been listening to the American voter (or at least given the impression of listening), Martha Coakley would be on her way to Washington.
Scott Brown ran a good campaign. He was a charismatic candidate who knew how to reach out to people. We can expect to see much more of him in the future.
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