Jeff Bennett's Blog

Since my birth there was one constant…Ted Kennedy was the U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.

He was challenged, lampooned, pilloried but he fought on for all of the citizens of my state for my whole lifetime.

Today a new day has dawned as Scott Brown was sworn in officially as the U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.  It took a little longer than we thought…but it has happened.

I blogged about it on a few occasions here – I did not agree with every Brown position – but I believe he outworked his opponent and the whole Democratic establishment – to earn this seat.  I also believe that is great to have a new face with new ideas injected into this system.

The ironies are so deep with Kennedy working his career for so many things like health care.  He has passed and the future of this work hangs in the balance of his replacement.  You could not dream of such a subplot to this.

Now it is “show time.”  We will all see how he does.  There are many significant issues that we face as a nation.  Godspeed Scott Brown as you weigh the options before you in your work in the U.S. Senate.