Downtown Scotty Brown and the Friday morning roundup.

In today's paper, the Boston Globe's candidate profile series takes on its first Republican candidate, State Senator Scott Brown.

The detailed look at Brown's background by Globe reporter Brian Mooney includes discussions of his childhood, his experience in the National Guard, his legislative record, and his exploits on the basketball court.  Brown apparently starred for Wakefield High School and Tufts University, and earned the nickname "Downtown Scotty Brown."  He even told a judge in his youth, "Well, I score about 30 or 40 points a game."

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?  If Pagliuca pulls the upset in the Democratic primary, we should skip debates and have Pags and Downtown Scott Brown play one-on-one for the Kennedy seat. Winner take all.

On to the morning roundup:

--Alex Beam thinks we need some attack ads to spice up the Democratic primary (I agree!), and makes some suggestions.  I'm not really sure what happens over at Boston.com, but Beam's pieces keep popping up online for a day and then vanishing.  They're like one of those hidden Easter Eggs on DVD's.  Click on them if you see them, they're worth it.

--Dave Wedge reports on Jack E. Robinson's exploits outside Park Street station yesterday, where he told subway riders he would push for free public transit if elected to the Senate.

--I missed this yesterday, but Massachusetts Attorney General and Democratic candidate for Senate Martha Coakley penned an opinion piece for The New Republic this week with Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor who currently chairs the Congressional Oversight Panel. Coakley and Warren make the case for passage of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009, currently pending in Congress.

--The Globe's Matt Viser has reaction from Mike Capuano and Martha Coakley to Steve Pagliuca's press conference yesterday, where he challenged them on health care. Needless to say, Capuano and Coakley were none too pleased with Pagliuca's lecture.  Scott Lehigh also weighs in on Pagliuca's health care push.

--Globe columnist Adrian Walker opines on Coakley's charisma challenge.  He notes that even some supporters know she is not a flashy candidate, but that she is criticized for a number of admirable qualities.

--Finally, Brian Mooney (I know this is Globe heavy today, what can I say? They covered a lot of angles.), notes the fundraising tallies, including Scott Brown's $290K and Steve Pagliuca's $350K.