A longtime GOP operative says of the Massachusetts race: “Anytime one side or the other has a chant, you have to bet on them. When our guy walks into a room and people echo ‘people’s seat, people’s seat!’ something big is snowballing. When a campaign is captured in a phrase, in a moment, when it morphs into a political icon, you’ve got a powerful thing.”

The politico continues: “That is what is happening in Massachusetts. Populism has found a GOP voice.”

“The political dynamic stopped being about jobs long ago, the source adds. “It is about listening. Voters have told the one party in power to slow down, stop their impulsive spending and experimentation and they are not listening.”