As we reported yesterday, Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) is raising money on the conservative frightmare doomsday Maddowpocalypse scenario of a hypothetical Rachel Maddow candidacy. The basis for his fundraising pitch is the one-two punch of a Draft Maddow Facebook page and a tweet from Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman John Walsh. Maddow responded to Brown’s solicitation in a funny guest spot on her show last night, and we contacted the Mass Dems to find out where their recruiting offer stood.

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Here’s a weird story. A group of loyal fans of Rachel Maddow started a Facebook Group encouraging the MSNBC host (and part-time resident of Northhampton, MA) to run for Senate, challenging the newly elected Scott Brown. The state Democratic Party chair got wind of this, and sent his contact info to @maddow, which in turn inspired the Brown campaign to ask for donations to fend off the “liberal MSNBC anchor!” The failed tweet and email solicitation after the jump.

Just in case our mandate of covering the media is not recursive enough for you, we gather here today to watch the watchmen watch the watchmen. In other words: How did ESPN’s new ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer do in his first column for the World Wide Leader in Sports? The answer: pretty good… if you could make it far enough into the nearly 4,000-word column to get to the point.