A Mid-Race Assessment

    It is hard to believe that not even a month has passed since the election of Scott Brown to the US Senate.  While the most optimistic of us had always thought that Scott could, indeed, win, who could have predicted the tsunami-like aftermath?  It would appear that his victory unjammed aspirations of many candidates.  In 2008, only 4 of 10 Congressional races were even contested.  In 2010, at least 9 of 10 races have one viable candidate or more.  On both a regional and national scale, we have seen multiple incumbents crumble under the increased scrutiny of the electorate.And Scott continues to woo them down in DC.  This is good from many perspectives: it keeps the heat on our incumbents in Massachusetts; it reaffirms the correctness of the voters decision on January 19; and, it gives us oxygen to wage our campaigns despite the challenges of raising both money and awareness.Like my fellow Republican challengers, I continue to measure the days to two significant events: (1) the September 14 primary and (2) the November 2 general election.  I am also measuring the days to one last event: the Swearing-In Ceremony on January 3 in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives.  While the first two dates will bring great joy to the campaign, the third date will liberate a seat held for 57 years in the hands of a Democrat machine and restore control of that seat to the people of the Second Congressional District.  It is for this that we toil long hours, volunteer so much of our time and energy and donate our precious resource of money.  Victory is not for me, and it is not for you; it is for our future generations of Americans who deserve the full promise of the American Dream.