Brown: One too many good looking GOP politicians from Mass.

Maybe it's the good hair, or the manly jawlines. But the number of attractive Republican politicians from Massachusetts has grown recently, and for at least for one voter, it's getting confusing.

As Sen. Scott Brown told a gathering at a St. Patrick's Day breakfast on Sunday, a woman recently paid him a high compliment. Sort of.

"I know you," she said, approaching Brown, "you're that handsome Republican from Massachusetts."

Brown, who's admittedly a good-looking guy, took the compliment in stride, "I'm pleased to meet you," he said to her.

The woman replied, "I'm pleased to meet you too, Mr. Romney."

The line got a good laugh, although the resemblance between Brown and former Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is a bit of a stretch.

No Brown appearance would be complete without the joke that never dies: Life-sized posters of Brown's nude Cosmopolitan magazine photo were photoshopped with the heads of his fellow Bay State politicians, Gov. Deval Patrick (D) and state Sen. Jack Hart (D), superimposed on the photo of Brown in his birthday suit.

Brown, Hart, and Patrick were even joined on stage by Attorney General Martha Coakley, in what was her first joint appearance with Brown since January's special Senate election, which Brown won in an upset.

With the defeat is still fresh in political memories, Coakley bravely told a well-worn campaign joke, which helped to relieve some of the tension. "I want to thank you to everyone from Southie who voted for me," she said to the crowd of more than 1,000, "and I think both of them are here, actually."