Scott Brown Says No to Senate Bid

Politics • February 2013 • Views: 1,679

Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) will not run for Senate in the special election to succeed John Kerry, dramatically increasing the odds that Democrats will hold the seat and setting the stage for Brown to run for governor next year.

It’s a serious, early recruiting failure for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and it makes the already uphill climb to a majority that much steeper for the GOP. They need six seats, and many party strategists privately counted on Massachusetts as one of them.

“With Brown out, the Republican odds just went from excellent to poor in terms of winning the special,” said Rob Gray, a Massachusetts Republican political consultant.

Brown clearly agonized over his decision to stay out of a winnable race.

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9 comments

EPR-radar Fri, Feb 1, 2013 4:00:16pm

Thanks for the page. This is really good news, because Scott Brown is by far the strongest Senate candidate that the MA Republicans could field.

The last thing we need is blue states sending wing nut-enablers to the Senate.

CuriousLurker Fri, Feb 1, 2013 4:02:19pm

So he does have his eye on the Governor’s office.

EPR-radar Fri, Feb 1, 2013 4:06:27pm

re: #2 CuriousLurker

So he does have his eye on the Governor’s office.

From the article, the Senate seat schedule is most unpleasant. Special election shortly, then the normal election for that seat would be in 2014. It makes sense for Scott Brown to avoid that, especially if he is thinking of going after the Governor’s office.

But Mitt Romney should have poisoned the well thoroughly on that front, unless the state-level Democrats have really screwed up since Romney.

CuriousLurker Fri, Feb 1, 2013 4:08:19pm

re: #3 EPR-radar

It’ll be interesting to see what happens in MA.

Ogami Itto Fri, Feb 1, 2013 4:52:09pm

re: #3 EPR-radar

But Mitt Romney should have poisoned the well thoroughly on that front, unless the state-level Democrats have really screwed up since Romney.

Democrats run one of the most corrupt state legislatures in the country, which is probably why voters have been electing Republican governors since Bill Weld. Deval Patrick is the first Democratic governor since Dukakis.

So I’d say Brown has a very good chance at the governship if voters forget what an asshole he acted like during his campaign against Elizabeth Warren.

EPR-radar Fri, Feb 1, 2013 4:54:52pm

re: #5 Ogami Itto

Democrats run one of the most corrupt state legislatures in the country, which is probably why voters have been electing Republican governors since Bill Weld. Deval Patrick is the first Democratic governor since Dukakis.

So I’d say Brown has a very good chance at the governship if voters forget what an asshole he acted like during his campaign against Elizabeth Warren.

I was afraid of that. The Democrats really need to clean up their act. Usually, voting the bums out is an adequate response, but electing Republicans is very painful these days.

geoffm33 Fri, Feb 1, 2013 5:12:42pm

re: #5 Ogami Itto

Democrats run one of the most corrupt state legislatures in the country, which is probably why voters have been electing Republican governors since Bill Weld. Deval Patrick is the first Democratic governor since Dukakis.

So I’d say Brown has a very good chance at the governship if voters forget what an asshole he acted like during his campaign against Elizabeth Warren.

Yep, gerrymandering isn’t just for the (R)’s

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danarchy Fri, Feb 1, 2013 5:34:28pm

Yeah, we’ve had our share of corrupt politicians here in Mass.

Indicted Massachusetts Politicians

geoffm33 Fri, Feb 1, 2013 5:55:25pm

re: #8 danarchy