Tuesday's Pending Senate Results

By early evening tomorrow the nation will learn of the results of the Senatorial election being held in Massachusetts. This is more than just another Senate seat contest and is more than just another contest between a Democrat and Republican. This election offers an opportunity for the door to substantially close on a piece of liberal political history - the legacy of the Kennedy Clan - and send a message that conservative politics is back.



In my youth I was of a liberal political persuasion and closely identified myself with the efforts of the Kennedy men. My high school, Tampa Jesuit, released early to allow the all-male student body to see in person JFK as he motorcaded near our school. Very soon thereafter he was killed in Texas. While in college at the University of Florida, there was a very strong Bobby For President organization whose members, including me, suffered greatly when our new "idol" was killed in California.



Years of exposure to the realities of life converted my political views into a much more conservative perspective and effectively eliminated any positive thoughts held in favor of the remaining powerful Kennedy, Ted. At the time of Senator Ted Kennedy's death there was no real thought given to the belief that this federal governmental power slot would be claimed by anyone other than another liberal Democrat. That early thought has proved to be in error as all media elements now proclaim that the Republican candidate for the vacant Kennedy seat could very well be victorious.



The race is now between Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley and is much to close to confidently call. The new Senator will be determined by Americans worried about the economy and the huge amount of money we owe Communist China; worried about Iran and Afghanistan; and generally concerned with how President Obama has failed in his leadership of this nation. This is all negative news for the said Democrat candidate.



Tomorrow a message may well be sent to our nation by the voters in Boston and by the voters in the rest of that State. The message could be, and I sincerely hope is, that even the legacy of the liberal Kennedy Clan cannot cure the negative, liberal aspects of the Democrats and their leader, Obama.