Scott Brown represents the policies put forth by Mitt Romney. He revealed himself as divisive . He focused on Elizabeth Warren's indian heritage and would not let go. He mocked her and put himself on this "Im for You" pedestal. This column is naive to suggest that voters will have amnesia. Scott was soundly beaten and his selfishness exposed. He will lose again make no mistake about that.

I think the barn coat is threadbare and the truck is in the garage.

This guy could become the first "relief" Senator in history.  He wins a low turnout special election.  Then faces a general election in which Ted Jr. ,now having time to get his duck's in a row, beats on him like a drum in a general election.  Perhaps Warren then takes an appointment, Brown wins the special election and then loses to a now interested Affleck.  That'd be cool.

Tom, no mention of Bill Weld???

In a general election, this registered Democrat would jump party lines and vote for Weld in a heartbeat over any name mentioned in your column today. I still think he was the best governor this state has had in the half-century plus I've been living here.

We've seen this act already.  We don't need an encore.

You left out Democratic State Senator Ben Downing from Western Mass. who has indicated an intent to run. Brown would not be able to broad brush Downing with the Congressional negatives as he will any of the current US Reps...Downing is smarter than Brown and would have at least 35 state senators helping to raise his name recognition in their districts.

This time he wouldn't be running against a political novice. I think Markey, Lynch or Capuano would clean his clock. These guys have been around and are very well versed on the issues and have a lot of background. It would look something like Biden vs. Ryan. In that debate, Ryan wound up being the straight man for Biden.

Oh how I loathe to see pieces like this. What an irresponsible column. Tom, please don't try to prop this guy up again. A lot of us couldn't stand his policies to begin with but now that we know the man, we know he's an empty vessel with shallow, selfish, pedestrian and misogynist views. No more please. 

It's shallow analysis like this article that make me wish the current Globe was at least half as good as it once was.  The really sad point is that mass media analysis is so bad that even a diminished Globe is better than most sources.  And - no - Brown is not a shoe-in for Senator - for many reasons which some other commenters have already stated.

While Sen. Scott Brown may like being a senator, it appears that he does not like the work that accomanies being a senator.  He never seemed familiar with the issues.  

I don't think he could win another state-wide election based on his performance in the last few years.  His campaign against Sen-elect Warren did not help his reputation.

Do we hear of anything that our 2nd most bipartisan Senator is doing or contributing, to avoiding the fiscal cliff? We do know that he is an adamant Grover Norquist puppet, voting last summer against keeping tax rates unchanged for 98%, because it would include raising taxes on the 2%.

Do we admire Brown for his opposition to a federal ban on assault rifles, until an unspeakable massacre of school children and teachers occurs and he changes his mind? He says he really was always against assault rifles, but thought that it needed to be legislated state by state. Realistic or naive?

Do we wonder about Brown's comment that we need to look at mental heal care, vis a vis Newtown? Since he wants to repeal Obama care, is he thinking that mental health care reforms should also be a state by state endeavor?

Do we look at Brown's actions last summer, writing to the FDA requesting relief from regulation on behalf of New England Compunding Corporation, a 'job creator'?  

Do we look at Brown's opinion piece in the 2008 MetroWest news that the Massachusetts biotechnology/life sciences initiative was a "billion dollar boondoggle"? Only problem is that 4 years later, Massachusetts is consider the national leader in this sector with even European firms flocking to our state (Sunday Globe feature front page article June 2012).

Bipartisanship that is phony, and exposed, will not automatically parachute Brown to the US Senate. Progressive thinking voters in Massachusetts will not sit back and avoid participating in this special election. Tom and other pundits, beware of the oversimplification trap.

The Democrats have been burned once.  They won't get burned again.  Any well-financed Democrat - even Ed Markey - could beat Brown.  This is Massachusetts, where, in a congressional election, Winston Churchill, if he were a Republican, would lose to Adolph Hitler, if he were a Democrat.  

Scott Brown lost the election because the campain revealed him to be not all that nice, not all that bipartisan, and not all that bright..

what the frig is keane smoking? Doesn't he understand that our state is basically sick and tired of this poseur who would try (again) to be an ineffective senatorial representative. Mark my words....this time he would be an "independent" republican....still beholden to the mcconnell cabal only not so obvious.

Really touching that the dopey keane forgets to note that the republican affiliation these days is like calling it the party of Mudd...due to their stance on the fiscal cliff deal. For sure, there won't be many voting republican with their taxes going up and unemployment benefits being cut. Perhaps no one told keane that he would be paying more? 

So let's put little scotty back in his box....to be opened only when other repubs of his ilk contemplate running for office in this state....repubs need not apply.

Think he'll admit he's a Republican this time?

It sounds like the Democrats (or perhaps they should be called, 'ham-sandwiches") are still licking their wounds after seeing Senator Scott Brown win an election to represent Massachusetts. This man did a far better job than Massachusetts' politicians _ Markey, Lynch, Capuano & the other ones that we don't know because we never hear anything about unless it is 'run-ins' with the legal system.

Now, the Democrats have a pseudo American Indian woman, pounding her chest while asking other politicians to "pretend" she is having discussions with them, while she is walking in Washington. Too many people thought this state was smart enough to see through her phony/baloney campaign, but Warren spent about 42 million, to grease the wheels all the way to Washington.

Hopefully, Massachusetts voters who were shocked to see Senator Brown loose the election will make a greater effort to ensure he is elected. VOLUNTEER. HELP in  any way your can. 

Our political appointees are pathetic. Can you name anything they ever did in Washington to make you proud that you voted to put them there? There salaries & perks are from your tax money! But they appear not to know the basic fact that they are supposed to be working on our behalf for the good of this country _ we simply did not elect them to shame us with their greed & stupidity.