Senate candidate Scott Brown: 'Do I have the best credentials? Probably not. Cause, you know, whatever.'

Former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R) faces an uphill battle in his quest to return to Congress from neighboring New Hampshire. There's the obvious carpetbagger critique — he only recently moved his primary residence to the Granite State — and the fact that Brown was resoundingly booted by Massachusetts voters just two years ago. But Brown is doing himself no favors in making totally un-self-aware remarks like this one he gave to the Associated Press: "Do I have the best credentials? Probably not. 'Cause, you know, whatever. But I have long and strong ties to this state."

In fairness to Brown, he was discussing his residency dilemma. But Democratic operatives are already having a field day with this one:

It'll be hard for Brown to pretend that this remark was just another pocket tweet.

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