Former Sen. Scott Brown will not run for Mass. governor

[Tx4obama]

Former Sen. Scott Brown will not run for Mass. governor
Brown made announcement on radio show Wednesday night
8:56 PM EDT Aug 21, 2013

BOSTON —Scott Brown has announced he will not run for Massachusetts governor in 2014.

The former Republican U.S. senator made the announcement Wednesday night while speaking on "NightSide with Dan Rea" on WBZ NewsRadio 1030.

Brown won a 2010 special election to replace the late Edward Kennedy but lost his re-election bid in November to Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

He declined to run in another special election earlier this year after John Kerry vacated his seat to become secretary of State.

Brown made headlines last week, telling the Boston Herald that he was exploring the possibility of a presidential bid in 2016 and making an appearance at the Iowa State Fair, a typical stop for any potential future presidential candidate.

http://www.wcvb.com/news/politics/former-sen-scott-brown-will-not-run-for-mass-governor/-/9848766/21568466/-/u71sqaz/-/index.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Oh, good. Slink back into obscurity, you POS. n/t

[Tx4obama]

3. He probably thinks he can raise more money running for President than Governor. n/t

[Tippy]

7. EXACTLY right...

[hrmjustin]

2. I heard he is considering running for president. Thats a laugh.

He had a decent shot at being Governor and I am glad he said no.

[karynnj]

10. I wonder if he really did

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It may be that he knows that he would have a primary fight - maybe with Baker. From the race with Warren and the presumed race against Markey, showed initially high numbers that then fell - in the Warren race as he ran a nasty race and in the Markey race as Democrats really coalesced behind Markey. Then he would face a Democrat.

I would assume that his flirting with the NH seat did not help his Massachusetts popularity. As the republicans seem to always try to argue that the Democrats aren't from here - including with Markey, who was born and raised in the same town - that this "disloyalty" would make that a joke.

I also think his delusions of grandeur that causes him to float that he is as qualified as Obama was and that he has been in the military for 30 some years is a sequel to his speaking of kings, queens and heads of state consulting him. (Either that or he thinks - based on Kennedy and Kerry for whom that was truer - that was what Senators from MA did)

From the Boston Globe article, he strangely used his exit announcement to dump on the most likely GOP nominee -

"Brown told WBZ he would support Baker if the Swampscott Republican wages a second campaign for governor but raised doubts about Baker’s ability to appeal to voters. “Is he Mr. Personality? No,’’ Brown said. “Everyone knows that, he’s not.”

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/08/21/brown-will-not-run/O0fLXXnAZwKPy7nOPuMzuL/story.html

Note that he repeats the words of people who decided that he was Mr Charisma - which never seemed based on people who actually knew him.

Not to mention, in the WP, he mentions that "people" want him to speak to the country and the world about Massachusetts' lack of balance and the dysfunctional Congress - I wonder if those people were his friendly heads of state and Kings and Queens. (Maybe it was just people in MA telling him to go away.) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/08/22/scott-brown-doesnt-sound-like-a-candidate-for-any-office-heres-why/

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Being an attention whore is hard work. Heh. Heh.

He must really think he has a shot at 2016.

[rurallib]

5. he's a Massachusetts liberal - republicans hate those

liberal ( I kill me)

[Sunlei]

11. republicans hate everything, must be that 3% Neanderthal dna at work

[Warren Stupidity]

6. Ugh. Then he's still considering a NH senate run.

He can't run in the clown car primaries, and I think he is not that stupid that he doesn't understand that.

[WI_DEM]

8. his 2010 election was a fluke as for 2016 the hardliners would never

nominate him, but he might be useful in taking some votes away from Christie.

[Sunlei]

9. may the Great Spirit rain on his parade forever.