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BOSTON — A new WBUR poll (PDFs — topline, crosstabs) finds a turn in the U.S. Senate race. Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Scott Brown now leads his Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren, 47 to 43 percent. The survey of likely voters, conducted Oct. 5-7, has a 4.4 percent margin of error.
In WBUR’s last Senate poll, conducted in September, Warren led brown by two points.
The MA race is going to be close, but Warren does have the edge because of the presidential election year. Brown has to win big in suburban Middlesex, Essex, and Bristol Counties to negate Warren's large margins in Boston and the inner burbs.
Based on the race today, I would say the winner, on either side, will probably do it with a 52-48 or 53-47 margin.
While driving around MA last weekend, I saw a lot more Brown lawn signs than Warren. Even in liberal Concord where I grew up.
Otherwise, another question about Warren is whether or not she's ever done any pro bono work. Sure, she has concerns for the middle class and little people, but she's made a very well paying career out of it. Her, with her $12 million Harvard Square house, has never done anything for the "people" for free. She's never waived her fees in order to help out her "little people" even more. And instead of accepting $165,000 a year heading that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for Obama, she could take a token $1 a year salary. Obviously that post is not a full time job for her since she has so many other jobs she is juggling.
Warren knows how to maximize on her billable hours.
And speaking of Wall Street interests, imo as a chairperson, her TARP bailout watchdog committee spent over $10 millions in taxpayer money for travel expenses, meals and consultant fees while overseeing the TARP fund distribution. And she has not been forthcoming over a breakdown of those expenses.
While driving around MA last weekend, I saw a lot more Brown lawn signs than Warren. Even in liberal Concord where I grew up.
Otherwise, another question about Warren is whether or not she's ever done any pro bono work. Sure, she has concerns for the middle class and little people, but she's made a very well paying career out of it. Her, with her $12 million Harvard Square house, has never done anything for the "people" for free. She's never waived her fees in order to help out her "little people" even more. And instead of accepting $165,000 a year heading that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for Obama, she could take a token $1 a year salary. Obviously that post is not a full time job for her since she has so many other jobs she is juggling.
Warren knows how to maximize on her billable hours.
And speaking of Wall Street interests, imo as a chairperson, her TARP bailout watchdog committee spent over $10 millions in taxpayer money for travel expenses, meals and consultant fees while overseeing the TARP fund distribution. And she has not been forthcoming over a breakdown of those expenses.
No thanks, I'll stick with Scott Brown.
Fall in line or get the hell out of line..Mass is a blue state..Anyone who lives there who voted for Romney in 2002 or Scott Brown has no business living there...Perhaps you should go to Mississippi.
It is very simple for us MA residents.
If we really are smart enough and progressive as our image is being projected all over US, we will reject Scott Brown.
There are many reasons for it, but i will state the obvious. Warren is more progressive and better for the middle class than Brown.
Fall in line or get the hell out of line..Mass is a blue state..Anyone who lives there who voted for Romney in 2002 or Scott Brown has no business living there...Perhaps you should go to Mississippi.
No. Massachusetts is NOT a blue state. Most of us are not affliliated with either the Democratic or Republican party. We vote for the candidate that we think is best for the job.
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Polls of active voters by SurveyUSA suggest that 34% of active voters consider themselves Democrats, 16% Republican, and 50% unenrolled.
We've been very happy in the past with our Republican governors. And Scott Brown has the endorsement of several local democratic politicians.
Paul Walsh, former Democratic District Attorney of Bristol County.
Ray Flynn, a former Democratic mayor of Boston and U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican.
Konstantina Lukes, a Worcester city councilor and former Democratic mayor of the city of Springfield.
Rick Caraviello, a Medford city councilor.
Anthony Verga, former Democratic State Representative and from Gloucester.
Charles Ryan, the long-time former mayor of Springfield.
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Brown, who is fighting against Democrat Elizabeth Warren to keep his seat in the U.S. Senate, got a nod of support Monday from Rick Caraviello, a Medford city councilor.
"As a lifelong Democrat, I am proud to support Senator Scott Brown in his re-election bid," Caraviello said in a statement. "As a small business owner, it is important to me that Senator Brown continues to fight to reduce the regulations that suppress small business owners from growing in this difficult economy. During his time in office, Senator Brown has worked tirelessly for the people of Massachusetts and I believe he will continue to do so. His record of bipartisan accomplishments in just two short years is truly impressive."
And Scott Brown also has the endorsement of Independent politicians.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City.
Sefatia Romeo Theken, City Councilor for Gloucester.
So while Scott Brown has the support and endorsements from fellow Republicans, a good number of Democrats and several Independent Massachusetts politicians, Warren only has the endorsement of Democrats.
Clearly partisan politics does NOT work well for Massachusetts or America. And that's why we need morebi-partisan moderate politicians like Brown. And we aren't interested in having someone like Warren be our state senator because she's an extremist democrat.
Now if she'd like to run for state attorney general, that would be a different matter because I think that she'd be well qualified for that job.
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