Former senator Scott Brown appeared to place a temporary freeze on his political career Monday, announcing that he had joined a Boston law firm and, senior Massachusetts Republicans said, removing the most serious GOP obstacle to former nominee Charles D. Baker’s potential candidacy for governor next year.
In another and perhaps firmer sign that Brown is no longer a factor in that race, Baker has told associates that his calculus around a run now hinges less on Brown and more on whether Baker believes a Republican can win a statewide race in Massachusetts.
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Ok.... yet another incomplete Glob story version. . . What we're missing in this one is whether Scotty's new lawyer position allows him to a) be treated as a Nixon Peabody partner, and b) to continue his willing ways with Fox News?
If you had read to the endo f the article, boatwrote, you'd already know the answers to your questions.
boatwrote should change their name to dopewrote....may be related to l'il scotty....?
So it was Wall Street that said,"He's one of us."
When was the last time a retired politician, taking a job with a law firm, actually said, "Yeah, I'm going to be a lobbyist."
Today.
This story is entertaining relative to recent news.
Brown will concentrate on issues related to the finacial services industry (banking/credit cards). In other words, help them deal with Washington to better enhance their objectives. Meanwhile Senator Elizabeth Warren is concentrating her efforts in the same area (on behalf of the consumer) to insure that the banks in this country don't pick our pockets. Looking back at their debates, this brings them together again as extreme opposites. What a great way for them to define what they really stand for!
It turns Warren's election victory into poetic justice!
"....but he then worked behind the scenes to help loosen several key banking regulations..." Of course he did! Now comes the pay-off. Must be a big step to move his law practice from a spare drawer in his kitchen to a Boston office with real office furniture and other professional stuff like that.
Not a Big Step at all......Exactly the way he planned it...!
He's one of U$
National Guard Reserve Officer, Fox News commentator, Law Firm employment. That is what is known as "working" for a living. By the way, Mr. Brown has always "worked' for a living. It's nice to have political people who actually run to serve, not for a lifetime job with no heavy lifting at the expense of the taxpayers. Do I sense a lot of pent up anger and hypocrisy over this article? Way to go Scott, continue to pursue the American dream, and thanks for your service by the way.
All three of the jobs you listed require just showing up, (rather than "working for a living") especially the National Guard drill weekends once-per-month where JAG colonels drink coffee and shoot the breeze to accumulate retirement points. With Fox he needs to be camera-ready which he always is just like his wife, and at the law firm he needs to do e-mail and phone calls once in awhile. The law firm is similar to a product endorsement like pro athletes who announce they wash with a certain brand of soap.
There is no "pent up anger", it's simply truth. He's cashing in on his celebrity so get real. if Republican candidate supporters decide to speak the truth once in awhile, maybe others willl pay attention.
"Heavy lifting". That's hilarious!
Better keep cashing in, Senator Brown, your 15 minutes of fame are almost up.
I feel sorry for the clients who have that pea brain as their lawyer. Hope he has lots of malpractice insurance.
Good for you Scott. The liberal loonies have their undies in a bundle. It was ok for Sen. Pochahontas Warren to do legal work for the insurance companies which inevitably did harm to folks i.e. Travelers etc. bu twrong for you to try to make a living. They are ALL shameless!
Nonsense and you know it!
No, we're celebrating Brown's return to the private sector and the inevitable obscurity it will bring.
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would 'prostitute' be too strong a term?
Globe HOPES that Brown won't run. That's what this Globe Opinion Piece, pretending to be "news" means.
Doesn't matter at this point, the guy is basically unelectable in the state right now. Too many questionable statements have crossed his lips.
That empty suit would lose in a landslide. His 15 minutes of fame ended long ago, and even he is not too stupid to know it.
Scott Brown really caused a commotion with his initial campaign and the way he appealed to the average voter. But, instead of taking the ball and running with it, he slipped into a zone in Washington that was kind of Tea Party, kind of Republican and kind of mediocre. He was capable of so much. But, now it seems he is going to be a remote lobbyist and pay back some political debt to special interests who are already "too big or too cocky to fail!"
When he says he speaks with Charlie Baker "all the time" does that mean with the same frequency as he received phone calls from Obama, Biden, and Clinton?
Seriously, once Brown signed on with Fox he gave up on running for anything else in MA.
He talked with him as often as he talked with kings and queens.
Follow the money. End of story.
Scott Brown regularly gives Charlie Baker "guidance"? One of the brightest individuals in Mass gets guidance from Senator Brown? No, really?
This may be one of those "be careful for what you wish for" moments akin to the GOP blocking Warren's appointment to the consumer board. Baker will be a compelling candidate for governor. The years under Patrick and other executive branch leaders with a (D) after their names have been marred by serious mismanagement and waste. While he will assalted by democratic operatives as a high paid executive feasting off of working families, Baker will bring a vastly different resume to the table that will appeal to pragmatic voters of all stripes.
Give the boy credit for knowing when to maximize his options. It's irrelevant what he does now. His potential for harm has sharply diminished.
I don't really "apprehend" what the article says Weld was telling Charlie Baker about running again.
Would someone please explain to me why all these simple-minded lefties hate Scott Brown so much? I know he had the audacity to occupy Teddy's seat for awhile, but considering the caliber of the typical Massachusetts politician, their animosity seems bizarre.