Don’t call him a #copterbagger this time, Dean, because on August 9 Scott Brown drove his famous truck up to NH from his home in MA.

That was one of the major clues to Scott Brown’s intentions to run (or not) for US Senate from his August 9 appearance at a GOP fundraiser in Salem, MA. Brown’s pick-up truck got mentioned first, before anything else, by Brown’s introducer, as well it might be since it seems to be an important qualification for getting your vote.

Brown told the “Restoring Trust in Government” event that “I’m nine generations in NH,” referring perhaps to his family summer place at Rye Beach. (According to Wikipedia, Scott Brown was born in Maine and spent childhood summers in Newburyport, MA, where his father was City Councilor for 18 years — but who’s counting?)

According to the Salem, NH Patch, Brown’s prominence in discussions of NH politics is a sign of the “the short bench of possible Republicans” to run against Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)  in 2014. Jeb Bradley may not be happy with that assessment.

Time will tell, but one thing seems to be certain … the wheels of the famous pickup truck are greased and ready.