WHY I AM not a Democrat. In a post on the Washington Post's PostPartisan web site, Jo-Ann Armao tries to explain the meaning of the Massachusetts Senate race. The money quote is taken from Ted Kennedy's memoir, True Compass:

That building [the Capitol] symbolizes ... the benevolent power and the majesty of our government.

Wrong. The Capitol building symbolizes the "benevolent power and majesty" of the American people. Or, as Scott Brown so eloquently put it, "It's the people's seat."