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60% said that MA having some Republican and some Democratic representation could help the state. That question were asked after the ballot question, so it did not influence it. A question not asked was whether if it would make the difference between Republican control of the Senate. (here are the questions asked and the marginals - http://www.suffolk.edu/images/content/THURSDAY_FINAL_MA_Statewide_Marginals_Feb_16_2012.pdf Some of the results are currently embargoed.
I think that Warren still has no overriding message. It can't just be fighting the financial corruption and the middle class. She also needs to be able to speak of it succinctly and in a personal way. I also hope that she begins to be seen on places not just considered her base - it is way too easy to get fooled by the praise from left wing side of the party.
The National Journal, which I have always seen as leaning right, says that this poll is not all positive for Brown - http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2012/02/suffolk-poll-is.php the poll was taken Feb. 11-15 - http://www.suffolk.edu/50647.html
Before he jumped on the Blunt amendment, his position likely could have sounded like Kennedy (as he insists) or Kerry - but I am reasonably certain that Kennedy would be one of the strongest voices on the Senate floor saying that amendment would gut healthcare. So, the timing is important - Brown got an extreme amount of praise for the insider trading bill - which really had Lieberman's name on it - and Brown and Gillibrand just edited the House bill introduced in 2006 by a Washington and a NY representative - both Democrats. Yet Glenn Johnson even gave Brown credit for getting it passed in the House!
Edited to add, two bad things in the details - the low percent (40%) who think she is qualified to be Senator and the percent who think he is a leader in the Senate. Together, they are particularly not good.
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