Elizabeth Warren's campaign has never been directed negatively against her opponents within her own party. She has touted her own credentials and put forth what efforts on behalf of the citizens of this great state she would make as a senator. At a gathering with her supporters she was asked about Marissa DeFranco's detractors within the Party who would rather make political calculations than letting the democratic process procede. Her answer was compelling. She praised Ms. DeFranco's addition to the race and her energy but stated this did not diminish her own energy to seek the nomination of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. This impressed me as a clear headed understanding of what produces a nominee for the party, namely winning that position by force of argument and experience. It was a significant moment to see Prof Warren rise above the tactics of the "horse race" and instead state she was relying on organizing, letting people know who she is, and putting forth what policies would make this county a better place. If she wins the nomination in September for her Party it will not be because she puts down someone else's achievements. Of course her own detractors would rather vilify attempts to broaden opportunities for fellow countrymen under the guise of some American code that no longer exists. As a delegate to the Massachusetts State Convention I will proudly cast a vote for Elizabeth Warren as the Democratic nominee, reconfirm it in September, and once again in November to oust Scott Brown who most certainly embodies backpedaling on many fronts to a more unjust and unworkable past.

You are substantively wrong when you say that the national party somehow chose Warren. I was among thousands of local Massachusetts Democrats who, looking at the field, believed that Warren was far and away the strongest candidate to represent heart, soul and mind of the Democratic voters of Massachusetts and those unenrolled voters who will join us. If anything, Warren irritated Washington insiders with her staunch criticisms of TARP and principled, lawyerly defense of open government oriented toward the citizens rather than the big banks and other special interests. That's why I supported her then and support her now. The "national party officials" that worry me are those like Karl Rove and the warring billionaires that we saw in the Republican primaries. I would agree with Mr. Keane on the value of a primary if that primary were held in June rather than September. The timing is such that the wounds unavoidably opened up during that process remain raw as the general election is held. I will go to Springfield today and vote for Elizabeth Warren because I believe she will be an excellent Senator for Massachusetts, where I have lived for forty years. Not because someone in Washington told me to do so. And I will hope that Ms. DeFranco does not get the required 15% because it will weaken rather than strengthen our fight against Mitch McConnell, John Bonher and Newt Romney.

Right on!

Did Keane, the GOP hack, consider it shameful when Mitt Romney was anointed to cast Jane Swift, a sitting Governor, aside? Let's hear it for GOP white men deciding the fate of the "little ladies" in politics!

I mean this in a nice way....I feel bad for the Democrats. It's like we are back in the old days, when candidates were picked by Party bosses. It's amazing to me that people are proud of her. Let's not forget she listed for years that she was Native American and only AFTER she got tenure she did not want to be listed as Native American. Why would she do that after her promotion? This is also a women who claimed that she was the FIRST women to breastfeed while studying for the bar in NJ. Since 1895 not one women ever breastfed? This is also a women who said she was the only working women on a train to NY. Funny, my mom was taking that same train around the same time. Harvard has a strict ethic codes on plagiarism in and out of the classroom. She wrote in a cookbook about Indian recipes and telling everyone that they were passed down from her Indian tribe. When in fact she copied them word of word from the NYTimes. This women is in academics at Harvard! She is aware how serious plagiarism is. The fact she even said they were passed down from her tribe is telling to her ethics. I could go on. The far left defending her are not much different then the far right. I would like to be a democrat again, but the party keeps letting me down.

I'm the writer of this piece and just wanted to respond to "tributaries" gibe about me being a "GOP hack." I'm not. I've been a registered Democrat my entire adult life. There are two Republicans named Tom Kean (without the "e"), one the former Governor of new Jersey, the second his son, but they aren't me. And as to the substance of the comment: yes, I did consider the Swift/Romney machinations shameful.

Tom, I have been reading your stuff for a while, and you are a real democrat. When I read that someone called you a "GOP hack", I thought the person was a moron. Most people who comment on the BG know who you are. On a side note, I enjoyed reading your opinion because it was honest, to the point and you explained clearly that America should be a democracy.