If a Democrat Can Lose in Massachusetts, So Can Spratt

Last night the unthinkable happened.  A Republican won the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts.  This is something that hasn’t happened since 1972 and Massachusetts is a state where the Democrats enjoy a super majority in the state legislature, with Republicans holding only about 15% of state legislative seats in both chambers.  No Republicans hold any state wide offices and none have won a U.S. House race since 1994.

If an entrenched Democrat state like Massachusetts can elect a Republican to the U.S. Senate, Jack Spratt ought to be quaking in his boots right about now.