Massachusetts Senate To Take Up Appointment Bill Tomorrow, After GOP Delay

The MA Republican party gives new meaning to the term toothless. They can snarl, but can't back it up. Their numbers in the state legislature are so small that their whole caucus can be listed on their letterhead, and they are mostly ignored. Unfortunately, the Republican stream of governors from Weld, through Cellucci, Swift, and Romney, all did a poor job of maintaining or building the party ranks. Sure, they sold the public on a Republican governor, although aside from Weld and Romney, the middle two inherited the seat, but they mostly never stuck around to finish the job, and never did the grunt work of building the party which has to begin at the bottom. Local town seats usually went unchallenged. Legislative seats often went unchallenged. I believe even some federal seats had NO challengers, or nominal cannon fodder, at best. This is not the way to change public policy or promote Republican policy in MA. BTW, I'm glad the Rs are so bad, although there are many instances where I'm not pleased with the attitude of the Dem leadership in the Lege, at least I know they see most issues from my perspective.