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US Senate race not a tuneup for Brown
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State Sen. Scott Brown is running for U.S. Senate to win, not just to raise his visibility for future elections, a campaign spokesman said Tuesday.Spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said Brown is well aware of the formidable odds against him, but he is going all out in the Senate race. "He knows he's the underdog. He knows he's going up against a one-party political machine. But, he's in it to win," Fehrnstrom said. Brown, R-Wrentham, is a Republican running in a Democrat state and will likely have to face a better-known, better-financed Democrat in the January special election to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Commentators in both parties have speculated that Brown is running for the U.S. Senate not so much to win, but to get his name known throughout the state so he can run for another office in November. "I think he's going for lieutenant governor. That's what they say at the Statehouse," said state Rep. Steve D'Amico, D-Seekonk. D'Amico and others remember Joseph Malone ran a longshot, but positive campaign for Senate against Kennedy in 1988. Malone lost badly but parlayed that into a successful run for state treasurer in 1990. Brown has been mentioned as a possible candidate for lieutenant governor, attorney general or treasurer if he loses the Senate contest. Republicans and Democrats alike have said losing the Senate race would not be the end of Brown's political career. State Rep. Richard Ross, R-Wrentham, recently said a loss would still put Brown in a good position to run again with more name recognition. Others agree. "I see it as a win-win for Scott, regardless," said Earl Henry Sholley, a Republican congressional candidate from Norfolk. "If he loses the Senate race, just think how much he's going to increase his visibility," he said. The speculation goes beyond the local area. "If he was unsuccessful in his Senate race, he still builds a statewide base for a potential bid for the lieutenant governorship," state Sen. Steven Tolman, D-Brighton, told State House News Service. But, Fehrnstrom said Brown only has his eyes on the U.S. Senate. "You don't enter a statewide campaign and commit that kind of time and resources unless you are in it to win," he said.
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wxman wrote on Sep 17, 2009 8:41 AM:
Snarky and GetitRight add their typical NOTHING to the debate and get right to the name calling. I think it proves who has the "potato brain". (note the CORRECT spelling of "potato") "
curmudgeon wrote on Sep 16, 2009 10:48 PM:
But at the same time its understandable that all the Brown haters can only find this one item to be crass and shrill against.
Best of luck Sen. Brown, I do so want someone to watch over my pocketbook, someone who isn't planning and letting every illegal allen become legal, some one who says one thing, but when questions about what is in his bill, it counteracts his statements.
Perhaps one of you would like to opine as to why the sitting Atty. Gen. of the Commonwealth refuses to investigate wrong doing in the administration of the City of Boston, because she desperately needs his help, endorsements and back-room power plays to help her overcome the other Democratic challengers to the Senate race.
We should be outraged that the White House is telling our leaders whom to put in for the interim period, yet when JFK (John Forbes Kerry) ran he missed over 90% of the votes, where was his outrage about being under represented?
At least Brown is not an hypocrite "
GetItRight wrote on Sep 16, 2009 8:48 PM:
snarky wrote on Sep 16, 2009 7:52 PM:
hockeytown wrote on Sep 16, 2009 7:04 PM:
tallyho57 wrote on Sep 16, 2009 5:12 PM:
I don't care what the students wrote to Senator Brown. But I do care what Senator Brown's reaction was in a gym full of students. This is about character and judgment --- or Brown's apparent lack of it. Those who support him by stating he was simply reading what the students wrote are conveniently ignoring the most salient fact: they're 16-17 year old students; he's a 48-year-old state senator. He should know better. And he didn't know any better than to repeat obscenities in front of schoolkids? Come on, vote for him if you want, but please don;t insult the intelligence of people who feel, Republican or Democrat, his actions were immature and lacked judgment. And I do not want a man representing me in the U.S. Senate who has such poor judgment. "
celt wrote on Sep 16, 2009 4:32 PM:
celt wrote on Sep 16, 2009 12:42 PM:
Duffman wrote on Sep 16, 2009 12:38 PM:
wxman wrote on Sep 16, 2009 12:26 PM:
And the kids who did not post the comments should know that their peers did this and if they choose to do so too, they will be called out on it. "
celt wrote on Sep 16, 2009 11:33 AM:
wxman wrote on Sep 16, 2009 11:26 AM:
If these same teenagers can be given talks about sex, and be provided contraception in school, then they are adult enough to be called out using the same language with which they are familiar with. "
celt wrote on Sep 16, 2009 11:09 AM:
realist wrote on Sep 16, 2009 10:26 AM:
Coakley is right now hoping the Menino email case blows over before her office gets involved because she wants his support.
ishouldbemayor is right. We are being ruined by one party rule. A party that can cynically change the rules they made because they no longer suit the need. "
wxman wrote on Sep 16, 2009 10:17 AM:
Secondly, I see nothing wrong with what he did. The teachers should know how they're students are publicly disparaging people on social networking sites, and those students responsible, as well as their peers should know that they will be held accountable for anything they post on the internet. His speech quoted Facebook posts about him and his family verbatim. "
attaboy wrote on Sep 16, 2009 9:32 AM:
How about explaining why a presumably mature 40-ish state senator walks into a high school auditorium and proceeds to deliver a speech full of obscenities to high school students? What kind of example is that for this alleged God-fearing, flag-waving, family-values Republican? Oh, I forgot. The Scott Browns of the world have one rule: Do what I say, not what I do. What a fraud Brown is, and so are you, Mr. Fehrnstrom! "
Ishouldbemayor wrote on Sep 16, 2009 8:27 AM:
wxman wrote on Sep 16, 2009 8:16 AM:
kevin h. wrote on Sep 16, 2009 8:15 AM:
GETITRIGHT wrote on Sep 16, 2009 4:45 AM: