Brown supporters revel in an exultant victory

Updated 11:40 p.m. By Karl Vick Until the news of Scott Brown's victory flashed Tuesday onto the massive video screens in the ballroom of the Park Plaza Hotel, it was hard to believe anything could be louder than the James Montgomery band, a blues ensemble that was making the most of the Senate campaign's concert-grade sound system. Then came the roar. Ayla Brown, the daughter of the senator-elect, thrust an arm into the air amid a thunderous, sustained cheer. Flags waved. Women wailed. The words "U.S. Senate" under "Scott Brown" suddenly looked like a title. When the voice of the crowd ebbed, the band resumed with "Dancing In the Streets," and at the next break Ayla Brown -- who at the start of the campaign was by far the best-known member of her family, by dint of reaching the semifinals of "American Idol" -- directed the attention of the crowd