Tagg Romney won't seek Kerry's Senate seat

Tagg Romney, son of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney

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No, there will not be a Senator Romney anytime soon.

Looking to quiet chatter that he's considering running in the special election to fill newly-minted Secretary of State John Kerry's Massachusetts Senate seat, Mitt Romney's eldest son Tagg issued a statement today breaking the news to supporters: "The timing is not right."

"I have been humbled by the outreach I received this weekend encouraging me to become a candidate for the U.S. Senate," he said. "I love my home state and admit it would be an honor to represent the citizens of our great Commonwealth. However, I am currently committed to my business and to spending as much time as I can with my wife and children.

"The timing is not right for me," the statement continued, "but I am hopeful that the people of Massachusetts will select someone of integrity, vision, and compassion as our next U.S. Senator."

• Scott Brown not running for Senate
• Special election to fill Kerry's Senate seat set for June 25

Longtime Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., are the only candidates to have formally declared bids. So far, all high-profile Republican prospects to take on the two veteran Democrats have petered out.

Since would-be GOP frontrunner, former Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., announced last week he would not seek the seat, former Gov. Bill Weld, R-Mass., and former state Senate minority leader Richard Tisei, R-Mass., also removed their names from consideration. State Rep. Daniel Winslow, R-Mass., has said he will make a decision by Tuesday.

The Democratic and Republican primaries are scheduled for April 30 and the winners will face off in a special election on June 25 for the right to serve out the remainder of Kerry's term, which ends in January 2015. Gov. Deval Patrick, D-Mass., last week named his chief of staff, William "Mo" Cowan, to hold the seat temporarily until the June 25 special election.

[mancnetman]

Your founders -- Joseph Smith and Brigham young -- were polygamists. Smith was married to 56 women, some of them already married to other men. Sloppy seconds! What was it with these wackos needing to own a stable full of women? Brigham Young (whom your big college BYU is named after) also revoked priesthood and blessings from black LDS church members, and said, "shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so." What a classy namesake for your University ... a womanizing bigot!

I love staying in Marriotts ... when I open the bedside table drawer, there a Gideon's Bible and a Book of Mormon, sitting next to each other. Choose your own fictional adventure story about imaginary sky monsters and self-made prophets!
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[mancnetman]

MUTT, wife mult. sclor. ann, and turd sons, brought to you by the mormons.. the same church who sponsored the mountain meadows massacre...the moronmons murdered 150 men, women and children and covered it up.. mormonism is a cult of murder and disgusting slavery and racism... look it up.

[knsn_for_cmn_sense]

Read my lips. NO NEW MORMONS. In government.

[vissionquest]

We from Ma. will never forgive Romney, nor are we about to accept his son.

[snowyphile]

Lint and Bathtub Ring are still available as monikers.

[harley0-0]

this moron is like sarah palin they have nothing to offer. Just like their father boasting I can provide millions of jobs. Well just because he lost an election where is his proof in the pudding. Why as a citizen can he not get the millions of jogs???? just like mccain yelling I will disclose every lobbyist if I am elected, well where are they

[LastGirl2009]

The citizens of MA can now all breathe a collective sigh of relief.

[nearl451]

Really? Scott Brown is expected to run for a more historically GOP position: Governor.