Rachel Maddow should run for MA Senate in 2012

[Bill McBlueState]

Sorry for the post-and-run, but I have a flight to catch.

As former residents of Massachusetts, my wife and I were talking last night about Rachel Maddow running in 2012 for the Senate seat Brown just won. She maintains a residence in Massachusetts, is well-known in the western part of the state, and appears to be a committed Democrat from her consistent support of Obama. The MA Dems will have their best shot at getting the seat back if somebody "famous" runs.

Think that could work?

[MrsBrady]

1. If I were in MA I'd vote for her RIGHT NOW...BUT

1) would the party get behind her
2) does she want it?

[cali]

2. yeah. if we want to keep that seat in repuke hands

love Maddow right where she is.

[Bill McBlueState]

5. tell me why

I understand the conventional wisdom, that nobody wants to vote for a big scary liberal, but two days after the Republicans won Kennedy's seat is not a good time to be relying on conventional wisdom.

[cali]

7. sure. how many reasons do you need? start with this:

she has never run for political office before. This isn't the time to put a neophyte campaigner up.

She has no experience in governing.

She's a talk show personality who's almost certainly said things that will make great copy for the Brown folks.

[90-percent]

3. western mass

just wondering - how is it she is well known in western Mass, other than she lives there? She lives about 25 miles north east of me and I invited her and her spouse out to dinner with my wife and I, but never got a response.

She should do a better job being generous with her personal time with all her fans that live within 25 miles of her. If you ask me.

Rachel serving in the Senate in Teddy's seat would be magnificent!

-90% Jimmy

[DaveinJapan]

11. Perhaps she just thought that was creepy.

I sure wouldn't accept an invitation to dinner from a complete stranger!

Would anyone?

[90-percent]

17. correct

Yes, it was creepy.

But, you never know. It was really mostly a fan letter and I'm not bitter.

Also, Rachel and I both drive Ford Rangers. We're almost separated at birth, if I wasn't 20 years older than she is.

-90% Jimmy,

who could really use a "facetious" emoticon for my posts.

[WI_DEM]

22. So a fan asks her out for dinner and you didn't get a response. Color me surprised!

[bullwinkle428]

4. Sorry, but the selfish part of me insists on seeing & listening to her

for an hour every day!

[FSogol]

6. Sorry, but talk show people rarely make good politicans.

On your show, you look good because you control the subject, dialogue, and can shut off any viewpoints you don't like. You can also pre-research whatever you know will come up. In politics you can rarely control any of these things.

[closeupready]

8. Scott Brown is preferable?

??

[cali]

9. no, an experienced, tough, good campaigner who's a progressive is

preferable. You do know that they exist in MA, right?

[closeupready]

13. Oh, absolutely. Who do you think would be a good candidate to run against him?

I mean, like names?

[cali]

16. Michael Capuano? Ed Markey?

[Bill McBlueState]

19. I can see your logic...

But, I get nervous when highly qualified, long-time Democratic insiders run against Republican pretty-boys for statewide office in MA. Shannon O'Brien and Martha Coakley are just the two most recent examples.

[cali]

23. Martha Coakley is hardly a good example

and shouldn't be compared with reps like Markey and Capuano. One more time. Maddow has ZERO experience either in governing or campaigning. How come that doesn't make you MORE nervous.
Oh, and Brown had a lot of experience in campaigning. Much as it might comfort you to believe it, he ws not merely some pretty boy.

[FSogol]

14. +1 n/t

[FSogol]

15. Maddow is the ONLY person who can defeat Brown? Really? n/t

[bdamomma]

10. wow, that would be interesting, Franken and Maddow reuniting!!!

[Bill McBlueState]

20. Al Franken's election is what got me thinking about Maddow n/t

[ecstatic]

12. A state that voted for Brown won't vote for Maddow

Harsh truths and all...

[WeDidIt]

18. If she did, I'd desperately want to move to MA

just to vote for her.

[WI_DEM]

21. She won't.