MORE DEFIANCE – AT 7:17 P.M. ET:  The Massachusetts Senate race continues to be all the rage.  Last night Scott Brown, the steely GOP challenger, had what is being described as a Reaganesque moment in a debate with Dem-anointed Martha Coakley.  From the Washington Examiner:

...supporters of Republican candidate Scott Brown have been zeroing in on two key comments from last night's debate with Democrat Martha Coakley. One is this exchange with omnipresent Washington wag David Gergen, who was moderating the debate:

GERGEN: If this bill fails, it could well be another 15 years before we see another health care reform in Washington. Are you willing under those circumstances to say 'I'm going to be the person. I'm I'm going to sit in Teddy Kennedy's seat, and I'm going to be the person who's going to block it for another fifteen years?

BROWN: Well, with all due respect it's not the Kennedy seat, and it's not the Democrats' seat -- it's the people's seat. And they have a chance to send someone down there who's going to be an independent voter and an independent thinker and to look out for the best interests of the people of Massachusetts.

Great reply.  Win or lose next week, Scott Brown is becoming a GOP star.  And the Massachusetts governorship is open this year.  Election in November.  We'd prefer Senator Brown, election next week, but the other title sounds fine as well.

One of the problems the GOP has had in recent years is developing great candidates.  Scott Brown is showing how that's done.

January 12, 2010