The former state treasurer of Massachusetts, Joe Malone, is considering a run against Rep. Bill Delahunt (D., Mass.), representing the south shore and Cape Cod.

“Within a month here, we’ll go through enough steps for there to be an announcement,” Malone tells NECN. The interviewer nudges him into acknowledging that he’s not likely to announce that he’s not running.

“I think this district is not a Nancy Pelosi district, and he’s been a Nancy Pelosi congressman . . . He doesn’t speak up when we’re pampering terrorists instead of making them enemy combatants and dealing with them that way . . .” He hits Delahunt for meeting with Chavez and “legitimizing a dictator.”

Malone talks a bit about Scott Brown, and agrees with an observer’s conclusion that a big lesson from Brown’s success is “be yourself.”