Just a gal sitting in our living room in our virtual pajamas

Who are we that Jim Oliphant of the LA Times/Tribune Papers would cold call us for a phone interview this afternoon on what the heck is really going on here in Massachusetts below the radar? Well, he tells us he did a google search for "scott brown," and there we were above the fold, right below Scott Brown's own campaign site. We've been blogging our tea-partying heart out about Hottie McAwesome since December 9, the day after our native son won the primary. Oliphant's article comes out Sunday. Watch this space.

"For Democrats, it's a nightmarish scenario: A Republican appears to be within striking distance of capturing the Senate seat of the late Edward Kennedy," writes LA Times correspondent James Oliphant, at sea somewhere in the wilds of Gloucester, Massachusetts — the magical landscape of our childhood summers — when he called us out of the blue this afternoon. Just a gal sitting in our living room in our virtual pajamas, we were swept off our slippered feet, of course.

Caption from our September 2004 post "To sleep perchance to blog": Classic pajama in silky satin charmeuse with a subtle luster. An everyday luxury, for sleeping or blogging, from Victoria's Secret.

Oliphant's looking for some local color, perhaps, in this story of a lifetime. We gave him all we've got, and who knows how it will play out in his column Sunday morning? Portrayed by astroturfing leftists as phony baloney, we New England tea partiers are the real thing, grassroots seekers of wisdom and truth horrified at how the international progressivists inside the corridors of power are trying to turn the lights out on this Shining City Upon a Hill. As we told Jim — may we call you Jim? — when he mentioned the hope-and-change optimism of so many of our clueless fellow Americans a year ago, the hope and change are here, but not quite in the way Barack Obama imagined. We owe him for reawakening this sleeping giant just in time to bring the nation back to its senses, starting with electing Scott Brown to the people's seat on Tuesday, January 19. If you're with us, click here to contribute and/or volunteer in the final countdown. Even if we win, there's no guarantee the vox populi will be heard, of course:

Even if Democrats lose the special election to pick a new Massachusetts senator Tuesday, Congress may still pass health-care overhaul through a process called reconciliation, a top House Democrat said.

That procedure requires 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to prevent Republicans from blocking votes on President Barack Obama’s top legislative priorities. That supermajority is at risk as the Massachusetts race has tightened.

“Even before Massachusetts and that race was on the radar screen, we prepared for the process of using reconciliation,” Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said.

Maybe we've never been tempted, but we just don't get how these people can face themselves in the morning light.

Update: Instalanche! Sweet dreams, professor.

Update II: "For now we are the revolution," writes Dan Riehl with a link and a bit of savory philosophizing:

From my earliest days blogging, what excited me most was the ability of the medium to democratize news and information, as well as politics. Just imagine how many more people are getting politically active today - in groups and through relationships that couldn't have existed not long ago.

Update III: Lots more hits and intelligent eyeballs from Michelle Malkin's Buzzworthy!

Update IV: "My 30 years in Democratic politics tells me that Brown is surging because he now has the support of a lot of Democrats — and that will be the biggest surprise from the exit polls Tuesday night," writes John Burke at The Purple Center with a link. Thank you, and welcome aboard!

Update V: Just stumbled on this wicked fun update at Instapundit: Reader EMB Whitton writes: “Sissy Willis for president!” I think she’s much too sane to want the job.

Comments

[Buck O'Fama]

"Maybe we've never been tempted, but we just don't get how these people can face themselves in the morning light."

It's simple; vampires all go back to their crypts before daylight so the issue never arises.

[Christopher Calandro]

Hey Sis.

For the record, I bopped over from Michelle Malkin's site.

Please make a note.

[Donald Douglas]

American Power tracked-back with, "'What the Heck is Really Going on Here in Massachusetts Below the Radar?'".

[Mary Beth]

Given the reference to Brown Beauty and the Revolutionary War, I wanted to share a comment I saw somewhere else.

If Brown wins, it'll be the "Scott heard round the world."

[goomp]

The "Tea Party" party is America rising above the corruption and greed of those who produce nothing to enhance our prosperity and moral character.

[Amy]

Sissy, you have given a lot of vox to the populi. If Brown wins (and I think he will) it will be a credit to your dedicated information and opinion writing and sharing. So please put up a donation button or at least a link to an Amazon wishlist. I really think people need to be supporting new media (free media) that they value. Thank you!

[willis]

"If Brown wins, it'll be the "Scott heard round the world."

Rest assured that if (when) Scott wins, the MSM will see to it that there is a Brownout of the news.

[sean]

Just A fellow Chelsea - ite up here on Admirals Hill who can't wait to vote for Scott on Tuesday, checking in. Keep up the good work.

[Pasadena Phil]

The two main victories of having a Brown victory (or coming close) are 1) ObamaCare will fail even if it passes via reconciliation and 2) it demonstrates to the one-party system establishment that no seat is safe. This is a kick in the groin to the leadership of BOTH parties (be wary of the post-election spin by BOTH parties).

I realize that most of the country can't believe that MA could possibly be fertile ground for the Tea Party message but having lived half of my life in Boston, I completely get it. The original Tea Party was in Boston and MA residents have been proud of their history but cynical about their politics for a long time but couldn't do anything about it since the political system was so rigged.

Suddenly a small crack of opportunity opens to quickly grow into a wide chasm as the Tea Party message slips through and resonates within the historical context of their long frustration. It is now a viral phenomenon.

It makes perfect sense that the pivotal moment for the Tea Party movement would occur in Boston. It is beautiful historical symmetry. If Brown wins, Boston Harbor re-affirms its status as a national symbol for the latest struggle to shake off tyranny in our own time.

[Doug Santo]

Is that you in your charmeuse pajamas? You're a hotty!

Doug Santo
Pasadena, CA

[Amy]

Sissy, you have inspired this post (and I really am still in my Saturday morning pajamas):

Martha Coakley, the King of the United States, and the Minutemen of Massachusetts

http://bit.ly/9HLDeU

[Laura Lee Donoho]

You go girl!

[KingShamus]

Do sweatpants, two-day old beard growth and a Black Sabbath t-shirt count as pajamas?

[chasingwaterfalls]

There is little I enjoy more than intelligent commentary by an accomplished smart-a**. I'll be checking back. Thank you!!!

[Steve]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING!

We have 5 Scott Brown videos posted on Common Cents.

[goomp]

My daughter Sissy, a leader of the present day Massachusetts Militia.

[Erik]

Robot theater campaign spot

Cheers,
Erik

[Scott]

Your dedication, loyalty and determination are inspiring. You are amazing.

Thank you.

[John Burke]

I think we're going to find out from exit polls Tuesday night that Brown has a lot more support from among the enrolled Democrats of Mass than people currently understand, working from crosstabs of relatively small-sample polls. think Mitt endorsement of Brown is just one small sign of the backing he's getting from moderate Dems.

[AST]

Utah's Third Congressional District was one of the most Republican in Congress, but in 1990, the Rs made the mistake of nominating a party hack for the seat on the assumption that people would vote for a ham sandwich if it was on the Republican ticket. That's how Bill Orton, a Democrat, became a Congressman for three terms.

It sounds like this syndrome isn't limited to Utah. We saw it in upstate New York, costing Republicans a "safe" seat last year. Now it's popped up MA, where a dimwit has been nominated to succeed Teddy K and is trailing Republican/Independent Scott Brown. I hope you all shove this arrogant and insulting nominee, Coakley, back down the Democrats' throats and serve them notice that the government is from the people up, not from the pols down.

[AST]

I don't know who Jon Keller is, but he's in the WSJ with an article headed "The Backlash is Coming! The Backlash is Coming!" If I lived in Massachusetts, I'd be telling everybody I knew to vote for Scott Brown in memory of the kind of politics that Ted Kennedy stood for and his support for this abhorrent health care bill.

[James]

I have survived conflicts, some violent, but this is the most important of our lives. Thanks for all you are doing.

"We're gonna get there soon."