I have to go with Brown on this one. He faced an electorate who should have appreciated his energy and moderate voting patterns (good for that area), but they voted for a lying idiot. Why should he expend time and effort on such people again? If he lost this upcoming election, his career would be toast. He needs to take a breather.

This is Massachusetts. Electing a republican is an anomaly. Don´t throw a Romney into this one. Save the political capital.

Mitt(not his wife or son)should run for that seat.He should have run when Kennedy died.

But,I suppose he considers that too low of a position.

#3, Romney ran against Kennedy. I´m absolutely sure he doesn´t consider the senate beneath him.

No mention in this article of Sean Bielat. But Bielat (if you don´t know who he is, Google him)may be out of politics permanently after losing to Barney Frank and then to the Kennedy kid.

Perhaps Weld would have a shot, though he just moved back here from NY and it makes him look like a carpetbagger/opportunist.

Kerry Healy, who was Romney´s lt. gov., would make a fine senator, but I don´t know if she has a shot. Richard Tisei is good, too, but lacks statewide name recognition.

I think Brown want to be governor. If that´s his intent, I wish him the very best.

None of them should run. I agree with #1. Massachusetts has a majority of voters who are clearly too stupid to vote for the better candidate. Why waste all that campaign money on a sure loser?

Sorry, I meant #2. To reiterate, I´m quite sure Romney doesn´t consider the senate beneath him.

It really does not matter.

This just in... Claiming that the Boston Red Sox have always been her favorite team, Hillary Clinton has just announced a Massachusetts "Listening Tour". It is said that the former "Kennedy Seat" is the only seat in the Senate wide enough for America´s best Secretary of State. Expected to run against her on the GOP side and matching her wit-for-wit, is longtime Boston bar patron Cliff Claven.

Perhaps the two candidates who would garner the most Dem votes in this perverse state are Obama´s two illegal relatives. His aunt lives in Boston public housing and is fully conversant on Medicaid, food stamps and other welfare programs. His uncle works in a liquor store and is personally quite knowledgable about DUI arrests and court appointed attorneys. Since Massachusetts will only elect RINOs, who better to be senator than either of these two Kenyans who grew up near rhinos

Most importantly, since Obama´s # 1 priority is amnesty for illegals, who better to debate this issue than two illegal immigrants who have continuously ignored ICE deportation orders.

If only the GOP thought outside the box.

I believe Governor Romney has given us his best effort and I think he deserves a well-earned rest from the political fires.

Brown isn´t up for it? Then run Mitt, and get at it. Otherwise, just quit the game and roll over.

We need new, fresh, undeniably and consistently fiscally conservative faces. Can you say Senator Cruz x as many as we can? Should we be blessed with a good President again, Romney should be asked to serve in the Cabinet or Fed.

Romney should have run for Senate long ago before ever considering a POTUS run.

Romney did run for the senate, #13. Against Ted Kennedy. He lost.

My guess is that the Romney family *as a unit* is looking at places outside the US, with plenty of Mormons, detachment from what is going on here and better economics, to go settle. The ugliness shown in this campaign and the physical attacks on conservatives in blue states (read Howie Carr´s other article) has ratcheted up to the point where I personally am scared to say a WORD except among whom I know are ´safe´ people and in safe places. Don´t be surprised if the Brown family is preparing to exit Massachusetts.

If any of them run it should be Ann Romney. She´s the one who had to cajole & push him the hardest to try to get his heart into the election, so at least I know she´d really want it.

Ann Romney is a wonderful lady, but she has a medical condition that could be exacerbated by this kind of thing.

Absolutely #16. Because Ann is not a whiner don´t get the impression MS doesn´t take a terrible toll
Scott Brown tried the Senate and reaped the scorn of the never satisfied GOP perfection wing so why would he want a repeat.
The Governor´s seat may be a different direction because they have the real power now.