The buzz on the street...

is that Former State Senator Scott Brown, is nigh unbeatable come next year.
So far the democrats that are either in or making truculent noises are the usual long shots or well meaning obscurities.
People are supposedly scared off by Brown's high approval rating and seven million dollar war chest.
Humble Elias is just waiting on the inevitable column from You Know Who snarking about the outbreak of cowardice among well know and well heeled democrats when it comes to running against Brown.
Wait for it, it is coming I assure you.
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Well what will be will be, Brown rose from absolute obscurity to the US Senate someone else from further down the ladder can do likewise and the same to him.
Stranger things have happened.
There are three things we need to remember about Scott Brown as we segue into campaign 2012.
1.) Lots of people seem to like him, but damned few seem to know him....Especially in terms of what are his real political beliefs?
Which leads to:
2.) "No" on Monday means "Yes" on Friday for Scott Brown. Assuming of course that sufficient payoffs can be arranged for his sponsoring corporations. This is what flipped him on health care and financial regulation. Yes he got that legislation watered down dangerously, he also peddled his vote to all comers on a "hat in hand, best deal offered" basis and in public as well.
Operationally speaking this means Scott votes FOR sixty billion dollars in ruinous budget cuts last Tuesday and then virtually denounced his own vote on Wednesday.
Which brings us to:
3.) Cards on the table, how many jobs has Scott Brown brought to Massachusetts?
Virtually none that I can see.
How many jobs has Scott Brown managed to keep in Massachusetts?
Damned few, Fidelity just shipped out 1,500 jobs to Rhode Island of all places.
Now you'd think that Scott being the darling of the corporate right (as opposed to the Tea Partei Right), he'd have some leverage with and outfit like Fidelity.
But no, any bid to keep these jobs in Massachusetts has fallen into the lap of Governor Patrick.
Where is Scott? Is he on the phone making protestations?
Nope he is out doing book signings.
I dunno maybe it's me, as Lenny Bruce once mumbled "No art form tracks its own opposite", but to me, this guy Scott Brown hardly seems like a sure thing....There are some real conceptual problems there for anyone willing to make the case.