Another Bay Stater:

This past weekend, I went to a Scott Brown rally in Plymouth at their campaign office. Having been to many MA Republican events over the years, I was stunned by what I saw. Hundreds of people were waiting outside for Scott. The atmosphere was positively electric. People were chanting “Go Scott, go!” Cars going by were honking, and people were cheering. Inside, it was standing room only, and probably 50 or more volunteers were working phone banks. Lawn signs are like gold, nobody can get them. A campaign staffer told me that he had 400 signs earlier in the morning, but they were gone by mid-afternoon. And, he had gone through 900 signs the day before. I have never seen a Republican rally in MA like this. Brown is a good campaigner. He is very approachable. He was positive and upbeat. He stayed long enough for shake hands with everyone. Later the same day, Brown did a rally stop in Middleboro that was unadvertised. Probably up to 200 people showed up, all by word of mouth. And, I am still trying to get a lawn sign.
This is going to be a real interesting election.