Change is possible

The Kennedy family has had a hold on politics in Massachusetts for a long time. I am sure there are many thousands of people in the state that did not go along with Kennedy politics but until now there wasn't much chance that their views would ever be allowed to come front and center. The Kennedy dynasty was a wall which prevented their opponents from breaching. There was the money, and there was the name of Kennedy. Those two things were powerful enough to deter most opponents from even entering, let alone win a race against Ted Kennedy. There are voters in the state of Massachusetts that have never voted in a senate race where Ted Kennedy was not an incumbent. Something in that sentence itself shows some of what is wrong with elections today.

Perhaps the race in Massachusetts begins to make more sense to me today than it has in the past. The amount of political power the "family" held left little chance for anyone to remove Ted from office, especially if it was a Republican. I can see how people that weren't happy to go along with the status quo could become indifferent to the voting process when it was a Kennedy that held politics in his hand.

That sense of being helpless against such a power has been removed and I believe people opposed to the Obama plan or those that haven't always voted will come to the poles in large numbers. The Kennedy dynasty no longer has ownership of that long held senate seat and the power of the Kennedy name is not in this election. People realize now is the time for their voice to finally be heard and understand that their vote could help decide the outcome of an election that has in the past seemed almost ordained.