Tsongas at least has the guts to hold town halls and her staff actually is polite. None of the other reps in MA have town halls because they all run unopposed and win in this one party state. It is the Kennedy factor, too many over educated ivy league derelicts, the abortion issue, lots of college students, a disdain for the south and general elitism and condescension that combine to make it a one party state. The state legislature is 90% democrats and all federal reps are democrat as is the governor. There is no Republican Party to speak of and MA is essentially a lost cause for anything remotely conservative.