You pose an interesting and timely question.

Yesterday, the special election in Massachusetts, to fill the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s seat, was held. And, to the surprise of many in that bluest of blue states, the winner was a little-known Republican State Senator named Scott Brown.

U.S. Senator-elect Brown will become the first Republican to hold that seat since 1953, when then U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy was sworn-in.

Massachusetts special-election voters may not have been thinking about green business when they cast their ballots. But their decision to elect a conservative Republican to “the Kennedy seat” most certainly impacts all of the programs that President Obama and Democrats in Congress support, including: renewable energy projects, green tech, clean tech, and so-called green jobs.

From a political standpoint, yesterday’s special election result struck national Democrats like cloud-to-ground lightning. They have lost their filibuster-proof super majority of 60 seats.

But from business standpoint, I don’t think that green business will be impacted. From IBM to Wal-Mart, leading companies are leading the green business charge.

Businesses are going green because doing so makes good business sense.

What is uncertain is how long will it take before the green economy picks up speed.

But as I mentioned in my earlier post, I have high hopes for 2010. I think we’re going to make a lot of progress on the green business front, this year. And hopefully, very soon, lots of high-paying green business executive jobs will follow.

Maybe now, green energy and green jobs will be less about politics and more about getting people back to work, quickly. This should not be a Democratic Party or Republican Party priority. It should be an American priority.

So to you, Kwame, and the rest of The Green Suits out there, I say…GET READY!

What affect do you think the loss of Kennedy’s Senate seat will have on the future of green business?

Yes, I remain very hopeful about the job market in general and the green business executive job market in particular. I think that 2010 is going to be a year of great improvement in the economy and on the executive employment front.

And I appreciate your excitement about my book Tailoring the Green Suit: Empowering Yourself for an Executive Career in the New Green Economy. I will update this site with new details (as they happen).

Be well!

D

Do you really think that the green job market will improve this year? I hope it does. Whether or not it does, I still plan on buying Tailoring the Green Suits. I am eager to change my career path with a new job and help the Earth at the same time.

I WANT TO BE A GREEN SUIT! I have been a marketing executive for 10 years, but want to work in the renewable energy industry or some other green industry.

And yes, I think you are right. 2010 will be a turnaround year.

This is a great website. Keep up the great work.