The Guard
Sometime back I solicited the idea of using members of the Massachusetts National Guard as a source for potential State Legislators. There were a few reasons I felt this would work.
There are just not enough lawyers in Massachusetts willing to be Republican legislators, otherwise they would be filling those positions now.
These current and former Guardsmen have already passed background examinations and already have a sense of commitment to society. All one has to do is go to the barracks on a Saturday night and after few cocktails find out how many turn into constitutional attorneys advocating states rights issues. By the way this is one of the main differences between the Guard and Reserves, I never heard those conversations while I was in the Reserves.
They would require a little mentoring, perhaps in the form of an apprenticeship program, but the crowd is clearly up to the challenge. So the next question I always get is do I want to see the Guard run the state, no. Remember I was in the military for 11 years, that's the last thing on the face of this earth I would ever want to see.
I think that the GOP in the Commonwealth is overlooking an excellant source of talent.
