Scott Brown Skewered at Wild Irish Breakfast

He wasn't even there, but Friday's Wild Irish Breakfast in Nashua quickly turned into what seemed like a roast of soon-to-be Senate candidate Scott Brown.

The ribbing of the oft-unshirted former Massachusetts Senator crossed party lines, with Gov. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat, and Republicans Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal all taking shots at Brown.

The Wild Irish Breakfast, put on by the PLUS Company, is always a light-hearted affair, filled with jokes and political jabs. This year, the jokes centered around Brown and David Campbell, the Nashua state representative who famously mowed down several ducks with his car earlier this year.

Hassan got the ribbing started, saying "Scott Brown was supposed to be here but he made an impromptu trip to Ukraine... he heard there was an election soon."

Ayotte joined in when she took the podium, taking a jab at both Brown's former career as a male model and his recent shirtless appearance on the front page of The Union Leader, the state's largest newspaper.

"I was a little insulted when I heard that I was your second choice to be here this morning," she joked. "The word on the street is your first choice was Scott Brown, but apparently he said no when he heard that he had to wear a shirt up here."

Jindal also referenced the former Massachusetts Senator in his remarks, saying "I was hoping to see Scott Brown here today in New Hampshire, or as Scott Brown likes to call it, Massachusetts minus about a million Democratic voters."

Multiple news outlets are reporting that Brown will announce today at the Northeast Republican Leadership Conference in Nashua that he is forming an exploratory committee to run for Senate in New Hampshire.