Scott Brown's the one: "We have to make history in 2010"

"Scott Brown represents a new generation of bold leadership for Massachusetts and our country," says battle-scarred warhorse John McCain in one of his finer moments (listen here). We and several of our fellow bloggers and twitterers have been chomping at the bit yearning for a Palin endorsement, but blogfriend KT Cat of The Scratching Post brought us back down to earth with these words of wisdom: "I think she's wisely sitting this one out. She'd do more harm than good with the circus that would follow her."

"I don’t care what wing of the GOP they’re from," writes Dan Riehl of The Riehl Review in "Why is Coakley Hiding Out?" at Red State:

If we are going to get America on the right track via Tea Parties and grassroots activism of all stripes so the people, not the usual politicians, are running things, then we have to make history in 2010 …

My introduction to the less superficial elements of the race to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat in the Senate came via the blogging efforts of Sissy Willis [!]. The notion that we can strike a blow against ObamaCare with this race was interesting. Today, I came upon this. What’s the deal? Sign on to the party of Kennedy in the right state, keep your mouth shut and you’ll be a Senator? Is that what our politics should be about right now? The debates taking place in Washington today are too important for more of the same old thing.

We're gonna jump right in and start phone banking for Brown — first time evah! — from home tomorrow morning. Whether you're a red-state Bay Stater behind enemy lines like us or from beyond the pale, you can put your money and/or your time where your mouth is if you share our enthusiasm about this chance to send Obamacare into the dustbin of history by gaining a filibuster-facilitating 41st Republican Senatorial seat in the Massachusetts special election January 19.

Update: Instalanche:

Sissy Willis is fired up about Scott Brown.

Ya think? We disintermediate, therefore we are.

Update II: This just in from the Brownman himself via Facebook:

I love it. Please tell everyone that I have a huge tea party following. I have spoken at numerous tea party rallies, including one in Westboro MA yesterday, that had nearly 200 people on a snowy morning. Very encouraging. 

Here comes tea. Shall we be mother?

Update III: "Time to start the waltz, methinks," writes Moe Lane. channeling our inner "girls just wanna have fun" thang:

A few days ago Sissy Willis asked a very interesting question: Will Sarah Palin endorse Scott Brown?  I’ve been thinking about it a bit; and while I can see the arguments both pro and con, I think it’s time that Sarah Palin did. You have to speculate to accumulate, after all.

Sarah's instincts are perfect pitch. Will she or won't she? Stay tuned.

Comments

[D. Miller]

I am very excited about Scott Brown.
Do not live in Mass......but just sent
him a donation for his campaign.
D Miller

[goomp]

You are a leader in the Crusade for freedom from corrupt politicians.

[obi juan]

Don't understand why Brown is being linked with the Tea Parties. He's not the Tea Party candidate. Joe Kennedy is.
http://joekennedyforsenate.com/

[Dandapani]

I signed up for Brown's 1/11 money bomb? Anyone else?

[Advrvtr]

I contributed to Scott's campaign. He is a very worthy candidate and a needed voice in the Senate. Get involved, Massachusetts! Ms Coakley thinks she can just ride it out...show up and win because she is (D) MA. I hope those days are over!

[Bill Adams]

Aren't you worried about dirty tricks phone bankers -- obnoxious callers ostensibly for Brown but actually working for other side? It's so much easier to turn off a voter than to persuade one. Is there any way to screen for this? And don't think it's not likely. Sad to say, it's very likely.

[gs]

1. "What’s the deal?" asks Riehl. "Sign on to the party of Kennedy in the right state, keep your mouth shut and you’ll be a Senator?"

Yeah, pretty much, although Riehl neglected to mention that It's Time For A Woman. (An authentic woman, that is. No conservatives need apply.)

2. When he blew a historic comeback with his scatterbrained behavior as the financial crisis broke, John McCain alienated me permanently. If anything, his endorsement of Brown is a negative.

3. From Brown's campaign site: In 2004, Senator Brown received the Public Servant of the Year Award from the United Chamber of Commerce for his leadership in reforming the state's sex offender laws and protecting the rights of victims. He's against sex criminals and for victims' rights? Wondrous to relate, so am I!

However, I am also against a police state. I am against prosecutor-abetted witch hunts like the Amirault case.

Did Brown manipulate this issue--I know Coakley is open to the same charge--, or was the reform genuine? Details from a knowledgeable source would be appreciated because I had no luck with cursory googling.
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Brown will probably get my half-hearted vote, but if he wants more I need to know more. I will no longer support the Republican Party just because it probably would wreck the country a little more slowly than the Democrats are doing.

[fox3]

Endorsed by mcvain? Kiss of death...

[Advrvtr]

Is it possible that there is a "Silent Majority" in MA? Could enough conservative voters turn out believing, for once, that they have a shot in an important election? I am excited by this prospect and what it means for the future of Massachusetts politics and the welfare of the Commonwealth.

[Tom Seeman]

"We're gonna jump right in and start phone banking for Brown — first time evah! — from home tomorrow morning."

Good for you and way to go! Blogging is all very nice, but in the end traditional methods of campaigning, phone calls and door to door, are the single most effective ways to elect candidates.

I know because I did enough of both last year to elect Bob McDonnell as governor here in Virginia. We won because we had better candidates, better ideas, and a better ground game.

Thanks for doing your part in Massachusetts.

[Tom Seeman]

Another point.

Look, for the GOP to achieve a majority we have to accept that we're not going to elect hard-core true 100% pure Reagan conservatives everywhere. Sorry, ain't gonna happen.

Yes we will have conservatives-lite in Massachusetts. It's either that or another Ted Kennedy. The choice is obvious.

The principle is that you elect the most conservative person you can for that district In some places that will be a true conservative, in others a conservative-lite. In Massachusetts I'll settle for any Republican.

[Rob Sama]

You Joe Kennedy people are nuts. You'd rather have fascist healthcare and vote for a "pure" libertarian than stomach a Republican like Brown and thus kill Obamacare.

The best hope for Kennedy is that he draws away senile Coakley voters. As for those of us who are awake, we should be voting for Brown.

[DocinPA]

I sent a $100.00.

[Dan]

Scott Brown Could be our 41st Vote in the Senate!