a close MA Senate race means lots of national attention, which means lots of traffic for local blogs.  We've seen a big surge over the last week or so, after the expected lull between Christmas and New Year's.  Our traffic, … [Read more...]

Well, the polling is just all over the freakin' place in this race.  Suffolk's new poll, taken Monday through Wednesday and released tonight, has Brown at 50%, Coakley at 46%, Kennedy at 3%, and 1% undecided.  Suffolk shows Brown … [Read more...]

"Unfamiliar" with the Tea Party Movement.  First of all, anyone who pays even passing attention to politics is "familiar" with the Tea Party Movement, so unless Brown has been living under a rock for the last couple of years, he's … [Read more...]

No surprise there.  But they do so in terms that are worth repeating. The Democratic nominee, Attorney General Martha Coakley, is a well-tested public servant who has won office both locally as the district attorney for the state's … [Read more...]

There's a new poll out from Rasmussen that has Coakley up 49-47, with 3% for Kennedy and 2% unsure.  And Taegan Goddard says he's heard that the same internal polling that showed Coakley up 14% a few days ago now has her up only 5%. … [Read more...]

Scott Brown delights in talking up his military cred, and enjoys posting pictures of himself in uniform on campaign-related websites.  Yet, in case you missed this a few days ago: [H]e has never been deployed to a war zone.... Despite … [Read more...]

Our friend EaBo has his knickers all in a twist over an image in Martha Coakley's new ad and my reaction thereto.  He says "the left is contemptable." First, Rob, it's "contemptible."  Listen to your browser's … [Read more...]

By the way, here's the backup supplied by the campaign for the most incendiary part of the ad (the bit about the rape victims): Scott Brown Denies That He Would Deny Rape Victims Emergency Contraception Brown Wanted to Provide Religious … [Read more...]