Brown took Edward Kennedy’s seat back for the people of MA and YES there were folks here suggesting him for the national ticket.
So your memory of things is faulty (surprise)... kind of like Cruz and his Wall St. loans.
My memory is pretty good. Many were in favor of Brown because we recognized that he was probably as good as we could get in Massachusetts , and he was a MILLION times better than kennedy. But many acknowledged that he would be flawed as a national candidate. Others were against him because he was too liberal, and gaining the Senate seat wasn’t worth it.
But, it would take trump cultists to justify this one.