UPDATE2 UPDATE1: GOP prods a hesitant Scott Brown to run for Senate

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. Midterms scare the crap out of me. Democratic constituencies, when we have the WH, tend to be lax..

in midterms. It's the reason so many nutjobs have been able to wreck local and state governments across the country. I don't know what will provide that "kick in the pants" we need, but it seems that a lot of us only vote in presidential years. Sadly, my father was one of those. I may be worrying about nothing, because it seems that Brown has decided he won't run. But we need candidates that generate the kind of excitement that Barack, Hillary & Bill have been known for. I'm just not sure that an Ed Markey is that kind of candidate.