Scott Brown spent most of the last four years saying jobs were his top priority. Now that he has announced he is not running for Senate, that passion becomes a lot more personal. The former US senator, whose every move once drew national attention, has to find a new occupation.
Two possibilities loom: Some Republicans are hoping he will run in the next big race ahead, for the governor’s office in 2014. Others believe that financial pressures and his exhaustion after two grueling campaigns in three years will lead him to seek a job out of the limelight, at a law firm.
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Has Warren Tolman divorced his union cronies? Of counsel to some law firm? Maybe he is, but how come the Glob doesn't include Tolman's more political connections, state leader of the AFL-CIO? Even if he has resigned that job, and there is no available evidence that he has, such would make Tolman a more valuable source commenting on political matters than being 'of counsel', which means the holder of such a title is a consultant or less th an full-time collague to some gang of legal beagles.
Does Mr. Brown know that if he works for a law firm he will not be able to conduct mortgage refinancings and other busines in his kitchen, in his pajamas?
The bigger question is does Brown have the legal skills that a law firm would want to recruit him for? Just having notoriety alone won't cut it. There has to be something there that would lead a client to say "I want to be represented by him", and I don't just mean a routine will, divorce, or real estate closing. It has to be a client with deep pockets and big ideas.
Why doesn't he try to sell some more copies of that dopey book he wrote.