Power Play - Is it a good bet?

Personally, I think it is a mistake for Sen. Brown not to do a debate down this way.  Quite frankly, passing up the opportunity to hammer home his work in his brief time in the Senate in support of the fishing industry seems a bit of a lost opportunity to me.

The one big plus out of his refusal is more in the nature of potential, rather than actual.  The potential plus is the fact that when this area is ignored in such future races, the daily across the river will take the same position over it.

The potential is also seen in the dual message I got from the Unger piece in today's edition of the S-T.

I can't speak for the actual intention of writer of that op ed, however after reading the article, it left me with the impression that not only had a shot been taken against Scott Brown, but the entire South Coast legislative delegation. 

The power politics reference was interesting, but it is not hard to imagine at all.  In fact it use to be played on a regular basis down this way.  Kind of surprising there was no mention of that.  

In fact, if there wasn't such a game played in the past, there wouldn't be any U. Mass. Law School in Dartmouth, because there wouldn't have been any U. Mass. - Dartmouth.  Certainly not to the level you see now.  For better or worse, there wouldn't be any Route 240 in Fairhaven.  The list could go on and on, but that will do.

Power politics is a real funny game.  When you want or need something, you want it played.  When it doesn't go your way, or it offends you sensibilities, one has the tendency to wail away about the injustice and harm to the democratic process.  The darling of your affections because the bull's-eye of your target.

You got to like the reference to the politicians teaming up with the local paper to play power politics.  Must be the darling part of the equation.

We were all most back to having that ability not all that long ago.  But there is a price to pay when you play power politics and lose, and that is the loss of power.   

Despite the continued efforts at6 resurgence of our area, that power continues to slip away.  Take a look around and as much new stuff is happening, pay closer attention to the things that have been lost,  The little things.  The ones that when you add them up, become a big number.

Right now there are no power politics in this area, and no prospect for any.  

Perhaps if the attention was shifted to what hasn't been done down here; if more high lighting about that were done; if it were made clear that status quo and table scraps aren't going to be enough; who knows what kind of impetus that might create?

Anyhow, it was a real interesting piece this morning.  Worth reading.  Worth digesting.  Every elected official should take note, along with every elector.

And to Senator Brown, the least you could do is what happens more often than not down here, when anything happens that is, throw us a bone.