He skips the Tea party get-together in Boston this week.
He may have snubbed Palin (who loves talking about him).
He voted with Obama on the jobs bill last month.
Now, he's doing it again - extending the unemployment benefits for hundreds of thousands of people - even though most repubs voted against it.
Joe Scarborough just admitted in msn there is NO WAY Brown gets re-elected in 2012 without voiding the tea party, without trying to stay mainstream.