[GQuagmire]

Brown is in a no win situation. Palin's unfavorability(sp?) numbers are very low around here(sadly) and Brown has to walk a fine line to win reelection in '12. I do think he should go but I understand why he's not.

[GQuagmire]

Palin’s unfavorability(sp?) numbers are very low

should be numbers very high

[84rules]

He can’t win by snubbing the people who got him elected in the first place. This is precisely why the GOP in general is in such a shambles right now. They turned their backs on their Conservative roots. I was hoping that people like Scott Brown had finally learned this lesson. Apparently, my hopes were too high.

[sauropod]

I do not understand why he does not go.

If he thinks he can diss the Tea Party this way, he will be shown the door.

Sorry, I’m unimpressed.

[sport]

He won’t be the first to tell the one[s] that took him to the dance to take a hike after he gets there.

[howkn]

How rude.

[misharu]

I just love how the MSm is trying oh so hard to make the movement a “Party”. They just don’t get it.

[Recon Dad]

How big was the “massive” crowd?

[Diogenesis]

As predicted here by others, Brown is now a RINO who will
only help Romney and will continue to impose ROMNEYCARE.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

(((PING)))

[who knows what evil?]

Sarah should have gone to Washington; not Boston. An appearance in New England is akin to an appearance in a hostile foreign country...

[McGruff]

Brown’s decision to skip the first big rally in Boston by the group whose members are credited with helping him win election has some experts saying he’s tossed the Tea Party overboard, as he prepares for re-election in 2012.

“He wants to mainstream himself before the election,” said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist.

Sounds like he's joined the inside the beltway crowd.

Scott, we hardly knew you.

[Venturer]

Brown is an anomaly and a one termer.

The actions that led to his being elected were not something that can be sustained.

Massachusetts will replace him in the next election, I believe we all know that. The man was never a Conservative to begin with . He was elected because the Health care Bill was so wrong that even mass. Democrats could see it.

I was glad to see him elected , but I and anyone with a brain knew he wasnt a Conservative republican.
Just as Romney is no Conservative republican.

[faucetman]

Give him the benefit of the doubt. (odd phrase). Don't be so quick to throw him under the bus. He is NEW after all. He has to get up to speed and has an election coming up again very soon. While, so far, I'm not his biggest fan, but let's wait and see how he votes when it counts. It will become clear over time if he is really Scott Collins or Olympia Brown.

[Carley]

Brown’s daughter now works for CBS.

[sodpoodle]

More creative writing from the Boston Herald!!

Who are the *experts* who have decided the implications, motive and fall-out from his decision to not attend?

If only these MSM journalists had given more positive credit to the TEA movement when Scott Brown was elected - this current propoganda would have more credibility.

[lionheart 247365]

Playing the fence .

[ajwharton]

I also understand, but I loathe political triangulation. BE WHO YOU ARE. I happen to KNOW that SB is a stand-up, hardcore conservative, but he is starting to listen to his WDC "handlers" that only know status quo ante.

Leave the dance with who brung ya.

[rrrod]

Steele, Cornyn,Burr, Graham or McConne; problably told heim not to go.

[ardara]

Has Brown become a Rino so soon ?

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

We knew he was Romney-lite and could never be a go-to Conservative vote. He’s not in much of a position to be one. However, he has served a purpose and continues to do so. I just wish he weren’t so cozy with McCain.