Why Scott Brown Became Republican Senator #41

The people of Massachusetts have spoken. With the defeat of Martha Coakley, the State attorney general, Scott Brown, a former state senator, has become the forty first republican vote in the U.S. Senate . Clearly the people of Massachusetts have sent a message to Washington. The defeat of the popular democrat in a largely democratic state has sent a chill up the spine of many incumbent democrats in this coming November election, as is evidenced by the quick reversal on pushing the health care bill through the House by Nancy Polosi.

But, how did Scott Brown delivery such a decisive defeat to Martha Coakley? Surly all politics are local, but in this case local and national came together to crate a political firestorm that caught Martha Coakley completely by surprise. She had campaigned, but not as vigorously as you should have, taking the race for granted as poles showed she had a substantial lead early on in the campaign. This laxity led her to making minor gaffs like her saying that Kurt Shilling, a form Red Sox pitcher, was a Yankee fan. But, the most significant reason for Scott Browns victory is that he did his home work. He talked to the people of Massachusetts and ran poles. In doing so he discovered a few things that steered his campaign to victory.

• The people of Massachusetts already have Health Care Reform and it is not going well there. The state is racking up massive deficits because of it and the people do not want the problem to become nation wide.

• The people are fearful of the Obama administration's lax approach toward terrorism. Repudiating Eric Holder decisions to have Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 's trial in the New York Federal Court and have underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried in criminal court and not by military tribunal.

• The people were disenchanted with the political dealings of Nancy Polosi and Harry Reid in their attempt to negotiate a health care bill. The political buy offs of Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska went against the peoples sense of fairness.

• The lack of transparency in the political process left the people out of the process and the people of Massachusetts understand that this is a government by the people and for the people so they were going to make sure their voice was heard in Washington. This was evidenced by the unusually high voter turnout.

With this knowledge Scott Brown shaped his campaign and developed the mantra "#41", vowing to stop the heath care bill and to protect the people of America. It resonated with the people and the rest is history. This was a victory for Scott Brown and a victory for democracy.

Joseph L. Conigliaro

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