Looks like Elizabeth Warren has won the BMG and DailyKos primary for the right to take on Brown. (It was Super Tuesday already?). But, some may remain open to other candidates.
I don’t know anything about the good Mayor. Anybody?
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I believe AmberPaw likes Bob Massie (former candidate for Lt Gov on the Roosevelt/Massie ticket)…good man.
Someone else wanted Rachel Maddow to come back to Massachusetts to run, now Elizabeth Warren is being harkened back to enter the fray. Good women, both, but apparently disinterested in legislative office.
None of our state’s Congressman appear to be willing to take the plunge. They are busy defending their districts from a redistricting disaster.
Mayor Settie Warren appears to be yearning to run (it must be annoying to him to have other mayors getting press mentions, too).
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p>US Senator…the best job in the country…Scott Brown has it (and unlimited funds to defend it)…where are the Democrats with the courage it takes to run (which also means the courage it takes to lose)??? Anyone with the guts will need to make it known by March…it takes time to raise money and build name recognition from scratch…20 months to the election…2 conventions to work, thousands of delegates to pander to, 351 cities and towns to visit, millions of dollars to raise (a lot of smiling at and sucking up to wealthy people with open checkbooks), issues to study, millions of folks to meet and greet and convince 24/7 week after week, families to shortchange (but just for 20 months, unless you win)…
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p>Scott Brown will be on 60 Minutes this Sunday to peddle his autobiography…he’s no dummy..he is clever and cunning…that’s how he got where he is…as he launches more of his narrative this week, you can bet that he will make ’em laugh or make ’em cry…but, rest assured he will make ’em…unless Dems can make a more compelling case and unmask the artful dodger.
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p>Who will it be? Step right up!
That’s not to say people are thinking about it and exploring the possibility. But it’s still a long way til things really get going.
If you start today, you would have to raise about $10,250 per day, EVERY SINGLE DAY between now and Nov., 2012 to come up with just what Brown has in the bank now…He says he plans to raise 25 million and he has 7 mil of that already…any Democrat can’t waste time getting to the money raising component, waiting “until things get going” will mean waiting too long.
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p>Brown does not have to spend anything on getting name recognition…he is a celebrity…In October, 2010, the Suffolk poll had his name recognition at 97%…and 54% of those people had a favorable opinion of him, 29% unfavorable and 14% undecided….those aren’t bad numbers…it will be interesting to see the next Suffolk poll taken after Brown’s 60 Minute pitch for his new book…
I am sorry, small city mayors, out of state personalities known only to the liberal blogosphere, and LG nominees from 15 years ago are not going to cut it. We need real, strong, progressive but populist locally grown candidates that can actually win. Brown is in a strong position, with the polls, with moving to the center, certainly with money and publicity. This should be the number one priority of the state party, of the national party, and it seems once again the party is gutless and slow to take on a tough challenge or field credible candidates. We can’t be outvoted, out locally oriented, or out grassrooted again.
it’s not the state party’s fault if nobody who meets all of your criteria happens to exist. As far as I know, you’re looking for an imaginary person. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong (and you can skip Tim Murray, since he’s running for Governor in 2014 and has shown zero interest in moving to DC). Personally, I don’t think a Boston accent is a requirement for winning a Senate seat in Massachusetts.
I never said it was, I also don’t think driving a truck is either. But apparently the voters of this fine Commonwealth feel otherwise. Again Murray meets all of those criteria and if he is smart, if we encourage him, and if the State Party actively tries to recruit him he could be a truly compelling candidate. Capuano, if he starts early (like yesterday), gets a better ad campaign going, and consolidates the support of progressives early, also meets that criteria.
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p>Listen I like Maddow, Warren, and some of the Mayors floating about, but they have to start now to get any kind of momentum and money flowing to be serious challengers. The progressive priority this time should not be finding the candidate that necessarily agrees with us on every issue or shares exactly the kind of background we want, but rather the candidate that has the best chance to beat Brown because the longer he remains our Senator the worse it is, not just for progressives, but for everyone in the Commonwealth. And I am really saddened by the fact that this is a race we are already falling behind on and that many in the state party are making the same mistakes we made last time.
Don’t be absurd. Brown won by 5 points against one of the worst campaigns in recent memory, amidst a veritable perfect storm of favorable circumstances. Yes, of course he’ll be tougher to beat this time around. But the notion that a successful candidate must emulate Brown’s calling-cards is precisely the trap that Charlie Baker fell into. We’d do well not to commit those same mistakes.
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p>I think Tim Murray would be a terrific candidate, but he evidently doesn’t want the job. The state party doesn’t need to “actively try to recruit” Tim Murray, for God’s sake – Tim and John Walsh know each other pretty well, and if Tim wanted to run, I’m pretty sure he’s say so. As for Cap … I’ll stand by what I’ve said previously about him. Frankly, I don’t see him running, since this time (unlike last time), if he runs and fails to win either the primary or the general, he’s out of a job.
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p>I do agree that an outside-the-box challenger needs to get things rolling sooner rather than later. There’s money to be raised and name-recognition to be achieved.
Bah. Before Kennedy died, who was Scott Brown? He was a state senator, which in my book is on par with being a small-city mayor. In January of 2008, who had heard of him? Two types of people: those heavily tuned in to state politics, and those people in (or extremely close to) his district.
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p>And he was up against a field of Democrats who all had excellent name recognition; he ended up in the general with the Democrat who, in January 2008, probably had had the greatest name recognition.
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p>Which is not to say it wouldn’t be very difficult for Warren, Massie or Maddow to run and win. It’s correct to say that someone with better name recognition would have an easier time of it. But Brown himself showed that “not going to cut it” doesn’t apply to anybody.
Working with Swampscott and other communities, very well respected by other city officials. Don’t know if this is her time but certainly someone to watch (as well as other mayors like Setti Warren, Scott Lang and Thatcher Kezer of Amesbury).
As a longtime marcher and follower of the Willows Horribles parade I did not like how she handled that non-controversy and back peddled on it, that said its a fairly minor blemish on an otherwise distinguished record. I think she would be a great candidate to replace Tierney if he retires, but she will need to campaign yesterday to have a shot a beating Brown.