Will Scott Brown's Senate Departure Prove Brief?.....

Brown has not publicly said whether he would seek a return to the upper chamber, but close observers of Massachusetts politics have few doubts that the politically gifted, charismatic, and generally popular Republican would strongly consider a bid to duplicate his special election victory in 2010, when he claimed the seat long held by Ted Kennedy.

“From what I hear from people who’ve talked to Brown and are close to him, he definitely has interest in the special, if it happens,” said a Massachusetts Republican strategist. “But he hasn’t made up his mind that if it happens, he’s definitely going to run. He’s waiting to see where the appointment process goes, and then he’ll decide.”

Deval Patrick will be the Next U.S. Senator from Massachusetts & there will be no special election.....

And you think it's easy living in Massachusetts?

The day after the election I was speaking with a long time Democratic strategist who was convinced of two things. First that Deval Patrick will be the next U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and second that he will not face a special election. At first I was incredulous, reminding him that the law states there must be a special election. He reminded me that the Democrats still have a super-majority in the legislature, and can change that law at will.

Here's how the scenario will most likely play out:

The legislature will change the law back to the governor being able to appoint a Senate Vacancy until the next regularly scheduled election. This will happen soon.

Next, Barack Obama will name John "Reporting for Duty" Kerry as Secretary of Defense.

Then, Deval Patrick will resign as Governor, paving the way for Acting Governor Tim Murray to appoint Patrick as the U.S. Senator.

That's how it is going to play out. Just you wait and see.

Obama considers John Kerry for job of defense secretary....

OK...no fair...I saw this and dropped my Dunkins coffee all over the Office floor....damn! Good Grief!!!

Obama considers John Kerry for job of defense secretary - The Washington Post: President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David H. Petraeus.

If Romney wins, Mass. can expect big changes ....

This sounds like ABSOLUTE Heaven to me!

Watch for major changes in Massachusetts government and politics in the event Mitt Romney becomes president.

A Romney win would mean U.S. Sen. John Kerry will not become secretary of state in a second Obama administration, a job he has coveted shamelessly. In addition, Romney surely will target Kerry for defeat if Kerry seeks reelection in 2014.

Kerry, in the last days of the presidential campaign, has not only gone out of his way to attack the former Massachusetts governor but has mocked him as well. Kerry played Romney in the three of President Barack Obama's television practice debates. After the third, Kerry said he needed an "exorcism" to get Romney out of his system. It was supposed to be a joke.

2004 FLASHBACK: Kerry Slams Bush Same Day Seven Servicemen Killed In Iraq......

In the wake of a overseas tragedy, in 2004, Kerry not only had no problem with the idea of publicly hammering a president for what was perceived as a foreign policy blunder, he was the one doing the hammering.

But now that's wrong, you know, because Barack.

So who's playing politics here?

That would be Barack Obama and his utterly shameless media minions.