My apologies if I sound like a defeatist, but nothing is going to change in MA unless the foolish citizens there stop voting for elitist liberals.
Nothing is going to change until Republicans understand the Massachusetts voter. Romney won the governorship running as a Republican against an entrenched Democrat. How is that possible if voters are foolish? Romney won because he brought believable management skills to the campaign. Voters figured he had the ability to manage and O'Brien did not.
Conservatives in Massachusetts had better start looking at the constituents more carefully. One for starters are union tradesmen. Almost all I know are Democrats who often vote Republican if they have a Reaganesque candidate from which to choose. Yet the Republicans turn their backs on them. That's one reason why the Republicans virtually have no party here in Massachusetts. I remember the days when Teamsters voted for Nixon. George Meany led the Trades to stand up against communism. So what do the Republicans do? Export production and open the floodgates of illegal migrants. What incentive do Republicans give blue collar workers to vote for them?