I find it really odd that in such a high-profile "nationalized" campaign like this, that there are apparently no credible external polls being done in this race. All we have to go on is Barney's "internal" polls and a lame Globe poll that has Frank up by 13 (but qualified the poll by saying "enthusiasm is breaking GOP's way"). Where are the major pollsters in this race?
Anyway, Sean Bielat is definitely running a strong and admirable campaign and I think it is much closer than the local media is telling us. Why else would Barney loan his campaign $200K out of his retirement funds?
No matter how massive the GOP victory is next Tuesday on a national basis, I'll be bummed out if the coattails of that victory don't penetrate into Massachusetts and knock some of these embarrassments out of public office. I can't fathom anybody, even a liberal, wanting to vote for Barney Frank. He's a pervert and a very nasty, unlikeable despicable man. And yes, like some have posted earlier, he belongs in jail.
I really find it hard to fathom how he could be up 19 points in these days of anti-government sentiment. Even in Mass.
That seems a tad bit optimistic.