ClydeR
08-18-2013, 03:08 PM
Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts is traveling to Iowa on Sunday to check out the big boar and the super bull at the Iowa State Fair – and to size up whether Iowans might take a liking to him.
“I’m going to be coming out more often to try to determine whether there’s an interest in my brand of leadership and Republicanism,” Brown told The Des Moines Register in a telephone interview this afternoon.
Brown, 53, is also coming to see family – his wife, Gail Huff, a TV reporter, was born in Iowa and still has relatives in the Winterset area, he said.
But any nationally-known politician who comes to Iowa, home of the nation’s lead-off presidential vote, is viewed as sending signals of presidential – or vice presidential – aspirations. Brown has yet to rule out running for U.S. Senate again or for governor of Massachusetts in 2014, according to the Boston Globe, but his name doesn’t often appear on top 10 lists of 2016 White House prospects.
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My opinion is that Brown has no chance of being the 2016 nominee. Brown is not ready for the prime time spotlight that comes with a presidential campaign.
When he returned to the phone, Brown said he just wants to see where Iowa might take him. He noted he’s been spending time all summer at his home in New Hampshire, which hosts the first primary in the presidential vote.
“I’m under no pressure,” he said. “I’m very happy. My daughter just got engaged! Life is good. I also think there’s a real vacuum of people in the middle like me – the real problem-solvers who will put our country’s interests first are few and far between.”
Brown is a Fox News contributor. He joined the international law firm Nixon Peabody earlier this year. He has served in the Army National Guard, and he’s currently a colonel who works out of the Pentagon as assistant to the chief legal counsel for the National Guard Bureau.
“I’m going to be coming out more often to try to determine whether there’s an interest in my brand of leadership and Republicanism,” Brown told The Des Moines Register in a telephone interview this afternoon.
Brown, 53, is also coming to see family – his wife, Gail Huff, a TV reporter, was born in Iowa and still has relatives in the Winterset area, he said.
But any nationally-known politician who comes to Iowa, home of the nation’s lead-off presidential vote, is viewed as sending signals of presidential – or vice presidential – aspirations. Brown has yet to rule out running for U.S. Senate again or for governor of Massachusetts in 2014, according to the Boston Globe, but his name doesn’t often appear on top 10 lists of 2016 White House prospects.
More... (http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/08/17/massachusetts-scott-brown-to-hit-iowa-sunday-to-see-the-fair-and-voters/article)
My opinion is that Brown has no chance of being the 2016 nominee. Brown is not ready for the prime time spotlight that comes with a presidential campaign.
When he returned to the phone, Brown said he just wants to see where Iowa might take him. He noted he’s been spending time all summer at his home in New Hampshire, which hosts the first primary in the presidential vote.
“I’m under no pressure,” he said. “I’m very happy. My daughter just got engaged! Life is good. I also think there’s a real vacuum of people in the middle like me – the real problem-solvers who will put our country’s interests first are few and far between.”
Brown is a Fox News contributor. He joined the international law firm Nixon Peabody earlier this year. He has served in the Army National Guard, and he’s currently a colonel who works out of the Pentagon as assistant to the chief legal counsel for the National Guard Bureau.