Boston Herald (found via political wire)
Democrat Elizabeth Warren has opened up a lead against Republican incumbent Scott Brown for the first time in their U.S. Senate showdown, but a barrage of attack ads appears to have damaged Warren and Brown’s standing among Massachusetts voters, a new University of Massachusetts at Lowell/Boston Herald poll shows.
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A UMass-Lowell/Boston Herald poll taken in late September showed Brown ahead by a 41-38 percent margin, so the new poll represents a 10-point swing in Warren’s favor in less than two months.
Occupy is essentially a wash.
Warren’s support for Occupy Wall Street is having some negative effect on her campaign, but not a very significant one right now. Just 23 percent of voters say they are less likely to back her because of her OWS position, while 16 percent say it makes them more likely to support her.
But the Occupy movement appears to be unpopular, even in heavily liberal Massachusetts. One third of voters say they oppose the Occupy movement, with just 26 percent voicing support. The poll also shows the Tea Party movement continues to be extremely unpopular in Massachusetts.
Attack ads by both sides are taking a toll on the candidate's positive / negative opinion scores. But there's no question who has the momentum. I predict that a lot of Boston Bankers (State Street et al) took some antacids with their morning coffee.
I was tremendously upset when Brown took Ted Kennedy's seat. But now we're going to get Elizabeth Warren, who looks like she's going to be a progressive champion, and Martha Coakley is doing God's work in her old job as AG. Sometimes things work out better when I don't get what I want.