Posted on 09/20/2012 8:25:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Following the Democratic Convention, intial polling suggested that Elizabeth Warren had taken the lead over Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race. More recently, a poll by WBUR/MassINC put Warren ahead by 5 points, 47-42.
But now comes a poll by UMass Lowell/Boston Herald, taken during basically the same period as the WBUR poll, that puts Brown ahead by 50-44. The poll also shows, however, that Brown’s lead (assuming the reliability of the poll) is not as solid as its size suggests. Nearly one in three Brown backers say they could change their mind before Election Day, compared to just 19 percent for Warren.
Thus, the Brown-Warren race looks like the same toss-up it has been, more or less, all along.
The race will enter a new phase tonight when the candidates hold their first debate (of four). The debate begins at 7:00 p.m. (EST).
Warren will want to show that she’s likeable. Brown will want to confirm that he’s independent. On its face, Brown’s task seems easier, although one never knows with debates where the random gaffe can be key.
As noted, however, the Boston Herald poll shows that Brown’s hold over voters is more tenuous than Warren’s. In that sense, Brown has more to lose.
By a strange co-incidence with the debate tonight and Brown up by 6 in one pool, Da Mayah Tom Menino has endorsed Lieawatha.
Thank Wu! Mistah mayah, you know I’m not fancy talkah.
Go see the jumbletroms and the potta pottas in the rollin’ rally. That is one thing that, you know, fries my nose...
Will this endorsement be an Alcatraz around Fauxcahotis’ neck?
I think I can discern that you are speaking English, but I’m not quite sure...
Too bad SNL is in the tank for Liberals. I’d love to see a parody of this debate where Granny Warren gets asked a question and Deval fields it for her.
I hope there will be a live thread on tonight’s debate.
How is someone who benefited and profited from claiming a racial set-aside she didn’t deserve, or qualify for, considered a legitimate candidate fr the US Senate???
OH...
WAIT....
SHE’S A DEMOCRAT....
The biggest problem with this election is that they both cannot lose.
Will C-span broadcast it live? Any internet links?...
The polling sample in the pro Warren polls is completely out of touch with party registration in MA.
The plurality of of voters in MA are Independents and they are overwhelmingly for Brown.
The pro Brown polls seem to have undersampled D and over sampled Is.
This race is a toss up
LMAO......gasping for air!
It's a wicked piss'ah.....
“Too bad SNL is in the tank for Liberals. I’d love to see a parody of this debate where Granny Warren gets asked a question and Deval fields it for her.”
We are so in need of a conservative version of SNL. The material is virtually unlimited and the skits practically write themselves. I would love to see Glenn Beck have a show like this on his cable network. Add youtube clips of this stuff to the mix and soon the show would be picked up by a channel with a bigger audience.
“...conservative version of SNL. ...”
There’s a wealth of craziness to choose from on that side...
Start with “Hippies Crying Over Trees”...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G880gxjj9dI
And just keep going. They write the material themselves, just being who/what they are.
To try and win back support Elizabeth decided to put on her deer skin outfit and war paint make-up while answering some of the questions in INDIAN during the debate.
To try and win back support Elizabeth decided to put on her deer skin outfit and war paint make-up while answering some of the questions in INDIAN during the debate.
A leftist will win this debate.
She’s a loon. Another one with the psycho eyes, like Pelosi.
It’s like, in their mind, they just KNOW so much more than you’ll EVER know, and they deserve power...
And the libs queue up behind her, unquestioningly...like good little apparatchniki...
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