D'ye know who would make a dandy candidate for the US Senate?

Former US Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich.

Stop and think, he has already run for Governor, so he knows all about stumping the state, he has been to Brockton, Peru and Florida...all the big time towns and beyond the Connecticut River as well.

He is a former Secretary of Labor and a brilliant economist, he can talk about JOBSfrom a position of experience and authority. We are not gonna defeat Scott Brown without a very strong economic program, Reich gets us that just on name recognition alone.

Presumably his name is still magic among progressives, he'd bring a strong cadre of volunteers to the table. He might just clear some of the unserious names out of the race just to start.

He has a reputation as a progressive and something of a populist. Against a notorious trimmer like Scott Brown Robert Reich can very successfully run on a "You know where I stand" program. You can't run on such a slogan if people don't have a sense of your strongly held beliefs.

The strikes against Reich are two-fold:

1.) We have no clue as to what appeal he'd have for independents in this state, he has to be anchored in the progressive wing of the democratic party yes, but he also has to pull in unenrolled voters.

2.) The poor schnook has gone meshugginah and hied himself off to sunny Southern California for a mad phat gig at some academic institute. I doubt he is even registered to vote anymore in the Commonwealth. This isn't a deal breaker by any means, after all Mitt Romney had pretty much quit on Massachusetts before Crazy Christy Mihos convinced the wavering financier he was the only man who could save the State GOP from Jane "Jingle Money" Swift.
Reich could do likewise, the Massachusetts electorate is famously flexible on these matters (look at the mook we got for a Junior Senator if you don't believe me)...But the Former Labor Secretary would have to make his decision soon if he was to pile in with both feet.

Well who am I kidding here?
From all accounts Reich has lost interest in the Big Game at least as it is played in Massachusetts...Its sorta hopeless to think he'd wanna ride in and save our bacon, but he remains the type of candidate we need, eloquent, intelligent, with strong convictions and a base within the democratic party.
Bob?
Are ye tempted?