No, that eager buzz you’ve been hearing at the bar over frosty Miller Lites is not true. Rachel Maddow isn’t running for the U.S. Senate in 2012. The rumors began circulating after Maddow’s address at Harvard University, where the audience pressed her about transitioning from covering politics and politicians to being a politician.
Maddow rejected such a transition with a “never,” which means the MSNBC host will not be taking on Republican Scott Brown in his next round in Massachusetts.