Fixed that one for you, Scott
From Scott Brown's
explanation of why he's considering a presidential bid:
It's 2013, I think it's premature, but I am curious. There's a lot of good name recognition in the Dakotas and here – that's pretty good.
By "here," Brown was referring to Iowa, where he did the Iowa State Fair—even eating his very first corn dog. But while he may be pleased with his name recognition in the state,
Des Moines Register reporter Jennifer Jacobs
reported:
Few Iowa fairgoers recognized him as he ate his very first corn dog, drank a couple beers at the Bud Tent, shot a bunch of photos of his wife, Gail Huff, posed in front of the fair’s main attractions (the butter cow, a deep-fried Oreo stand, the Big Boar) and did three local news interviews.
So actually not very many people knew who he was, but hey, his wife was born in Iowa, which makes him pretty much from Iowa. Plus, he's also basically from New Hampshire too, which really gives him a corner on being a favorite son of the early states.
Brown told the Boston Herald that he was looking beyond Iowa and the Dakotas to gauge potential support.
I want to get an indication of whether there's even an interest, in Massachusetts and throughout the country, if there's room for a bi-partisan problem solver.
Wait, he wants to look to Massachusetts to see if there's room for a guy like him to run for president? Doesn't the fact that Massachusetts voters gave Elizabeth Warren's 54 percent of the vote answer that one pretty clearly?
Still, let's not write him off just yet. There's is almost certainly some entertainment value left to be had in Brown. And plus, even though Massachusetts voters may have thrown him out of office after serving less than three years, he's still got more experience in high political office than Sarah Palin.