Scott Brown Comes to Town

For at least an hour yesterday morning, we all waited in the cold, brandishing our Scott Brown signs and waving at the cars going by, honking their horns in support and giving us the thumbs-up for Scott. There were so many Brown supporters that the din of honking horns seemed to keep up without hardly a lull. When Scott Brown's Bus finally appeared we all gathered beside the campaign office on Long Pond Road to welcome our candidate who soon appeared, and, in shirtsleeves, worked his way through the crowd, signing autographs and shaking hands with the hundreds of supporters on hand. After visiting with the phone bank volunteers inside, he came out and climbed into the bed of a pickup truck with our own Vinny de Macedo, who welcomed Scott to America's home town.

The enthusiasm was palpable among the crowd. And while there were certainly some younger campaign workers there, there was also a large contingent of older solid citizen types, many of whom stood quietly and listened carefully as Scott addressed the crowd. There was a sense that there were many people here who, while perhaps not Republican activists, and perhaps not Republicans at all, had been drawn out by Brown's straightforward message of fiscal sanity and thoughtful government. We had the sense that these were representatives of the great American middle, who have become appalled at the excesses of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid axis, and were looking for a return to a moderate balanced government.

Significantly lacking were the low-ball personal attacks that the other side has been firing at the Brown. Brown's only acknowledgement was a call for shame on Martha Coakley, and her minions, for attempted character assassination. When asked what he thought of the president's planned Sunday trip to Boston, Brown said:" I wish him a safe trip to Boston and I can recommend a few good restaurants where he might eat. Then, I wish him a safe trip back to Washington." Besides being an articulate proponent for thoughtful, effective policies, Scott Brown is a classy guy, a good family man and someone we would be proud to have filling "The People's Seat."