Shays outlines priorities for a Senate campaign he says will be a revolution

Written by Ken Borsuk/Hersam Acorn Newspapers

For Christopher Shays, his return to politics is just the first step in what he hopes will be a revolution of thinking.

But in making official his entry into the Republican race for the soon-to-be vacant seat of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Ct.), Mr. Shays has not suddenly turned into a radical calling for riots in the street. Instead, he wants a revolution of priorities and approach, one that he says will return America to its greatness.

"We want people to join something special," Mr. Shays said in a recent interview. "It's a revolution to get our country back on track and our fellow Americans back to work. We have people who have no jobs and have lost their homes. They've also lost a sense of dignity by not having jobs. They don't have the same sense of hope they had in the past. They don't see this incredibly dynamic country through its leaders, talking truth and making tough decisions."