
The Boston Herald's headline was "He Did It!" in reference to Scott Brown's victory in the Massachusetts Special Senate election. A more appropriate title could be "We Did It!"
This campaign proved when We The People get involved in the political process, great things happen.
It's common knowledge that for decades moderate and conservative Massachusetts residents have had no representation in Washington.
What is not necessarily common knowledge is what went on behind the scenes in order for Scott Brown to get elected.
Start with the introduction of Obamacare. Congressmen across the country held Town Hall meetings to hear from their constituents. Yet our MA Representative, Bill Delahunt, made himself unavailable, as he was rubbing shoulders with Chavez in Venezuela.
So a faithful group of dedicated Tea Party patriots met several times outside Bill Delahunt's Main Street Hyannis office to protest.
On this particular cold, rainy day, we had no idea we would soon be celebrating the victory of a US Senator who would oppose the government takeover of healthcare on our behalf. And we would be impassioned enough to help him get elected.
When then State Senator Scott Brown announced he would run for US Senate, he asked us to get signatures just to put his name on the ballot. I recall the six hours it took my husband and me to get 100 signatures, and all the hostility that accompanied it.
While Brown was victorious on the night of the Primary election, the number of votes he received compared to Coakley was diminutive. We understood the next hurdle would be helping Scott Brown get name recognition.
So we the people got involved. We blogged, emailed, texted, tweeted, ninged, blipped, and posted on facebook. We volunteered our time at the campaign headquarters, making calls and getting Scott Brown's name out there. We donated the few dollars we had in this Obama-poor economy and encouraged others to do the same.
And something truly remarkable happened. As we made phone calls, as we spoke to friends, as we canvassed neighborhoods, Scott Brown's message of Bold New Leadership began to catch on.
Conservatives in Twitter circles started to pay attention. A new hashtag was created, #masen, just for the Massachusetts Senate election. The power and significance of the social networking revolution can not be overstated.
In the end, we really did it - Scott Brown, his staffers and volunteers, tea party patriots, social networkers, and fed-up MA voters - all joined forces to fight and defeat the political machine of corruption otherwise known as the MA Democratic Party. What happened in Massachusetts on January 19, 2010 is just the beginning. May millions all across this great nation join with us in shouting "We Can Do It, Too!"



