Gee, I wonder where the Herald will be on this one?

You might not believe it because most of my postings are sarcastic and goof on the current state of the radically conservative national GOP, but I have voted for King, Weld, and Cellucci, and I greatly admired, but was too young to vote for him, Ed Brooke; none of these Republicans could/can exist in today's party. I'm sorry, but a vote for any Republican in congress is a vote for the national priorities of Boener, McConnel, Cantor, and their spiritual adviser, Rush Limbaugh. The paid posters here will have you believe otherwise and speak sagely of divided government, but you need only Remember how much these guys are in lock-step when a Republican is president - W was only three short years ago and Obama had to pick up the mess left by Republican excesses. Brown and Bielat might be good men but their party is currently too extreme.

Have you even met Elizabeth Childs? Her background and accomplishments are so vastly more compelling than either Bielat's or Kennedy's there ought to be no contest. They're both nice young men but better suited for alderman ann Congressman.

Go Sean!!!!

What has Obama done to correct this mess?

I watched the debates between Bielat and Barney. Sean not only held his own but beat him. He's sharp. No doubt. Kennedy should be pre-warned.

Sean Bielat puts down the Peace Corps and the experience that it gives people in helping others that are struggling because they live in poor countries. This is not a way to engender support with independent voters. Good for him for 1, volunteering and serving his country in the military; 2, for following that up with becoming a successful manager of a business. But he should not put down another person's volunteering to live and work with locals in some of the poorest parts of the world to try and help the local people make a better place for themselves. The work of the men and women that volunteer for the Peace Corps deserve our respect and support as much as the men and women that volunteer to serve in our military and for a candidate for a national office to put down that experience is insulting.

I second that. Peace Corps work is not like being in the military in that you are not constantly protected. Peach Corps volunteers are very often out on their own. I know a girl who worked in Bolivia teaching a small community of people how to raise bees and make honey. She was by her self most of the time. She was from Colorado and learned Spanish but had to endure many unwanted advances by the local men. She was robbed once and ened up with Dengue fever. She almost died for lack of hospital care. She used to walk miles and miles to get the honey to market and was not protected. I'll bet Mr. Bielat never had to endure that kind of exposure to danger and crime and disease. I'll bet he always had medical care available while serving in the military. Military service is great but he's no hero by definition. NEW PARAGRAPH Count me among the folks who in this day and age will never, ever vote for a Republican for congress. I don't care how moderate or reasonable. The current crop of reactionaries in congress with Jim Demint, Mike Lee, Jeff Duncan, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Joe Wilson, Mishele Bachmann, Orin Hatch, James Inhofe etc., etc. makes a vote for any Republican a vote for sheer insanity.