Things are looking up

Public Policy Polling reports:

"Massachusetts Senate race is now a toss up"

Buoyed by a huge advantage with independents and relative disinterest from Democratic voters in the state, Republican Scott Brown leads Martha Coakley 48-47.

The Weekly Standard's reaction. Wow.

Instapundit writes:

I had noticed that the powers-that-be in Massachusetts were acting kinda nervous, so maybe their own polls say something similar. It must be troubling when your push-pollers ask people if it would affect their vote if the guy was a Nazi and the respondents say “Nope, he’d still be better than Coakley.”

Legal Insurrection was manning phones at Brown HQ.

I arrived at around 11 a.m. The best description of the experience was that it was like one of those movies or commercials where everything is quiet until the actor opens a door, and then there is a blast of noise and light.

From the moment I arrived until I left about 5 hours later, the atmosphere was electric. I had not expected the frenzy of phones ringing, people walking in the door to write checks, dozens of people making calls to voters, and generally ebullient mood.

Those of you who follow this blog know that I am a big supporter of Scott Brown. So I claim no neutrality. And you can believe me or not when I tell you that there is an air of excitement and movement which is beyond belief.

They are out of lawn signs and bumper stickers. Completely. Nothing left, but people kept calling all day wanting to find out where they could get them. I was told it has been this way for days.

Earlier:

The Campaign Spot at NRO: Coakley by 15, or by 1?

A reader in Massachusetts that I trust sends along word that each of the Boston papers will have a poll of the Senate race out this weekend. The Globe's poll, he hears, will have Coakley up by 15 percentage points. The Herald poll, he hears, will have it much closer—Coakley ahead by 7 percentage points among all voters, Coakley ahead by only 1 percentage point among likely voters.

That's a pretty dramatic spread. No word on whether the Globe poll was among all voters or likely voters.

Boston Herald: Brown's swearing-in would be stalled to pass health-care reform.

First their candidate won't campaign or agree to a one-on-one debate; now this. Perhaps the "Democratic" Party should consider a name change.

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