You don't need to be a political scientist to understand why the voters are turning against the Democrats. Just take a moment to read Howie Carr's brilliant piece in the Boston herald on why people should vote for Republican Senatorial candidate Scott Brown.

You're in a union, and you're going to have to pay a 40 percent tax on your "Cadillac" health-care plan if Martha Coakley gets a chance to vote for Obama's health-care rationing bill.[snip]

You're on kidney dialysis and you have to pay for your treatment . . . but illegal aliens don't.[snip]

Your local property-tax bill is rising almost as fast as the value of your home is dropping.[snip]

You've had to wait hours in line at a Registry office to renew your driver's license after they shut down your local branch because of the state's alleged fiscal crisis -- but they still want to give free tuition at state colleges to illegal aliens.

You're a veteran, and you wonder why you're supposed to vote for an ardent supporter of the administration whose Homeland Security secretary refuses to call real terrorists terrorists, but who last spring issued a memo to local cops warning that "the return of military veterans  could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups."