OH DEAR, OH DEAR, CALM DOWN – AT 6:08 P.M. ET:  There is already a Scott Brown for president movement:

He's only been a U.S. senator for a week but the drumbeat already has begun for Scott Brown to run for president in 2012, Fox News reported today.

After the Massachusetts Republican captured the seat previously held by Ted Kennedy in an upset election last month, ending the Democrats supermajority in the Senate, Brown's supporters have launched a Facebook page devoted to discussing a potential presidential bid.

They've also scooped up several "Scott Brown for President" domain names, including scottbrown2012.com, scottbrown2016.com and scottbrownforpresident.com -- a Web site that offers "Scott Brown for President" bumper stickers.

A new Gallup poll ranks Brown fourth among 11 potential GOP presidential contenders who voters would like to see as the nominee.

"He is the fresh face, and he's new," Republican strategist and pollster Kellyanne Conway told Fox News. "The whole idea that you don't have enough experience, I think that went out the window with the age of the Obama presidency."

COMMENT:  I wish they wouldn't do this.  They will only damage Brown by calling too much attention to him and making others envious.  He'll become an immediate target, even within the Republican Party.  Competition and envy have predictable effects.

The man just arrived.  We don't even know how he'll perform in the Senate.  Saying that Brown, if he runs in 2012, will have about the same level of experience that Obama had when he ran for president is no great compliment. 

Back off.  This does no good.

February 13, 2010