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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

TELL US: What Should Scott Brown Do Next?

U.S. Senator Scott Brown will leave office in January. What should he do next?

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, a Republican, was defeated Tuesday by first time candidate Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat. Warren will take office as the state's junior senator in January. She'll replace Brown, who was elected in a special election in January 2010 when he defeated Democrat Martha Coakley. In his concession speech on Tuesday night, Brown told his supporters that "defeat is only temporary." As soon as the race was called, analysts began suggesting Brown may run for Massachusetts governor in 2014 or would seek the state's other U.S. Senate seat if Senator John Kerry is named Secretary of State under President Barack Obama in his second term. What should Brown do next? Tell us in the comments.

Lar01

11:04 am on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Well, although this didn't ask about the President, since Katie brought it up, Scott Brown has far more experience than Mr. Obama had prior to running for President. That said, I hope that he runs for Senate again, calls himself an Independent (since someone above was right; Brown is neither Republican nor Democrat), and that someone more in the mold of Bill Weld runs for Governor. In my opinion…   more ›

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