The 41st Vote

There isn't much to add to the TV pundits about the ramifications of tomorrow's senatorial election in Massachusetts:

If the Dems fail in Massachusetts, the bluest of the blue states, they can fail anywhere in the November 2010 election.

Tomorrow could signal the end of Obamacare and most of the Obama agenda unless Obama is willing to try being non-partisan, like he promised in his campaign. Let's face it, if he wants to get anything done in the future, he is going to be forced to bribe/buy at least one GOP'er over to the dark side.

If Brown is elected (or even close) ALL the politicians need to perk up and pay attention to their constituent voices, who have been begging for attention from the elite elected class in Washington. If they haven't listened in the past, now is the time to repent and reform.

Tick, tock.

On the other hand, if the Beltway Bozos are too arrogant to change their ways, well, they will be up for election soon enough.

Martha Coakley ran a poor campaign because she (and her Democratic advisers) assumed (were arrogant enough to believe) that since she held the seat of Ted Kennedy, that she was a shoe-in. Remember what they told you about assuming, Martha?

Whether Scott Brown is or is not elected tomorrow, both Democrats and Republicans need to wake up and listen to the voices of their constituents. They work for us, not the other way around.

Finally, a victory, or even a close victory in Mass tomorrow, gives all of us Independents hope that we will be able to clean house of the lobbyist-loving, bribe-taking, arrogant party loyalists who talk down to their constituents instead of listening to what they have to say.

Beware.

We're coming. And we're putting our money where our mouth is.