Dems fear Scott may run for gov (Brown/MA)

Boston Herald ^ | 1/2/13 | Joe Battenfeld

[GeronL]

liberal R’s have a LIBERAL AGENDA.

How clear is that?

[Blackirish]

I like Scott.. Can’t believe in got canned for that hack Warren. Get him in there... one more Senator to gum up obamacare

[nutmeg]

Great post in #8, FRiend...

Wait 'til the country sees what they're gonna get with far-left Marxist Granny Warren in the U.S. Senate for the next 6 years (Think Barbara Boxer on Steroids). They'll be begging for Scott Brown to come back.

I never thought about Brown making a run for MA governor. I did assume he would run for Senate again to replace John Effin' Kerry though.

[GOPsterinMA]

Yep...schmucks, all of them.

[A'elian' nation]

Scott will win whichever race he chooses to contest for two simple reasons.

1) The low-informed voters have been sated by The One’s re-election and are back on their meds and freebies and could care less.

2) Brown will get the liberal sympathy vote from the rest of the Massachoosians.

[Andy'smom]

Maine has a Republican gov and senator.

NH has Kelly Ayotte.

[adorno]

liberal R’s have a LIBERAL AGENDA.

The majority usually sets the agenda. So, when liberals have the majority, they set and control the agenda. When republicans have the majority, they set and control the agenda. If there are RINOs in the republican majority, they still count as republicans for the control of the agenda.

Normally, the agenda with a republican majority, is not set or controlled by a liberal-republican.

Whether someone is not a pure republican, is not the question. The matter is about how control of the agenda is gained. The way it works is by, getting the majority to be either "Rs" or "Ds".

How much clearer can that be?

[repentant_pundit]

Didn’t we already lose on that premise?

Exactly.

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[Impy]

Republican Senator 1

Ayotte (NH)

RINO Senator 1

Collins (ME)

Republican Governor 1

LePage (ME)

[Impy]

Exactly. The headline should read “Republicans fear Brown may run for Governor”.

Obviously the rats would much rather not have to defend Kerry’s seat.

[GeronL]

liberal and Republican?

no conservatives at all?

like I said originally, most FReepers have no dog in the fight

[fieldmarshaldj]

The MA Governorship IS a dead-end job. The last Governor to go on to a Cabinet post was John Volpe (for the lamentable post of Transportation) in 1969. Prior to that was Christian Herter, who at least got Secretary of State in 1959 (but it required the incapacitation and death of John Foster Dulles — even Ike only gave Herter the UNDER-Secretary position straight from the Governorship, he still had to wait 2 years).

Governor isn’t even a good stepping stone for Senator. The last Governor to win was Republican Leverett Saltonstall in 1944... and that was only because Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. had resigned midterm to enter active military duty. Democrat Foster Furcolo tried running against Saltonstall in 1954 and lost, and his consolation prize was the Governorship after Herter retired in 1956. His job AFTER the Governorship ? An ASSISTANT D.A. in Middlesex County 6 years later.

Go back further and the last Governor that went anywhere was Calvin Coolidge in 1920... and he gave up the job for the post of VICE-President (at a time when you never moved up to the top job unless the top guy bought the farm, and Harding didn’t look like he was about to keel over that year).

Lastly, excluding the circumstances surrounding Coolidge, no Massachusetts Governor has ever gone on to be President. Not one (unless you count John Hancock... who served as President of the Continental Congress).

No, in MA, Senator is the job that you want.

[Impy]

I bet the rats are desperate to con him into running for Governor instead.

He’s already attacking GOPSTER’s critter Markey. They’re ascared.

[adorno]

liberal and Republican?

no conservatives at all?

Last I heard, republicans include conservatives, and conservatives don't have a separate party.

Also, last I knew, most FReepers who voted, voted republican, so, they did have a dog in the fight, and they continue having the republican party as their dog.

[GOPsterinMA]

“He’s already attacking GOPSTER’s critter Markey. They’re ascared.”

I saw that - hilarious! Here’s an idea for Scottie: Milk containers with Markey as the missing person on them.

I’ve lived in the district for years, never seen Markey once. People that have lived in the district for decades before me, never seen the guy.

This could be interesting:
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2013/01/stephen_lynch_mulls_senate_bid

Like Howie Carr said: Lynch is a white, Catholic, pro-life, heterosexual male who has a trade besides being a politician...he’s a walking hate crime for the Democrats.

[campaignPete R-CT]

"like I said originally, most FReepers have no dog in the fight"

correction:
"like I said originally, Texas FReepers have no dog in the fight"

I live 25 miles from the MASS border and I very rarely get involved in politics up there. It's a fool's errand. If I lived across the country, I'd ignore it, not claim some expertise at it.

[campaignPete R-CT]

Lynch was a ‘no’ vote on ObambiCare
yes, interesting crap up there

maybe I’ll head to a Spinnner’s game and campaign all in the same day.

[campaignPete R-CT]

Small boats, cast about in an awful storm
who can think about managing the great outdoors?
it is enough to stay afloat

the political world around us
I did my year-end tax planning, seeking safety
Woe is me! I sold my AT&T stock
days before it shot through the roof ...

[GeronL]

Conservatives and liberals

Democrats and Republicans

mix and match

conservatives are not necessarily Republican and visa versa

[adorno]

conservatives are not necessarily Republican and visa versa

Sounds like an identity crisis for many conservatives. Fact is that, when they vote, they vote mostly are "republicans", which is their party of record. I'm a conservative, registered as a republican, and I vote republican, and I don't have a problem calling myself a republican. The problem is that, far too many republicans have strayed from the principles of what republicanism was/is about.