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Related: About this forumWarren, Brown prepare for second Senate debate
Warren, Brown prepare for second Senate debate
byJoan McCarter
The second debate of the Massachusetts Senate race is tonight, and with one more poll giving Democrat Elizabeth Warren the edge, it's likely we'll see replay of the aggressive, bullying, nasty Scott Brown. This weekend, the Boston Globe released another poll, the sixth out of eight public polls released in September giving Warren the lead.
Warren, a Democrat, leads Brown, a Republican, 43 percent to 38 percent, a shift from the Globes last poll in May, when Brown held a 2-point lead. But the race remains within either candidates grasp, with 18 percent of voters still undecided, said Andrew E. Smith, the Globes pollster and the director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. [...]
Warrens lead is within the polls margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent, meaning a spread of as much as 8 percentage points between the candidates would still statistically count as a dead heat. Still, the survey is sobering for Brown six weeks before the election.
Warrens lead is within the polls margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent, meaning a spread of as much as 8 percentage points between the candidates would still statistically count as a dead heat. Still, the survey is sobering for Brown six weeks before the election.
Sobering because Brown is losing the Democratic voters he held previously, and because at the top of the ticket, Mitt Romney is a walking disaster in the state. Obama leads by 27 points. As of now, just nine percent of poll respondents who are voting for Obama say they'll vote for Brown, with 20 percent say they are undecided. A repeat of Brown's first debate performance, in which Brown was in nasty personal attack mode from the outset, could make up the minds of those undecided voters who are open to supporting Brown because he's a likable guy.
The ugly incident with Brown's staff could also be hurting Brown. One undecided voter the Globe followed up with, Charlie Brewer, said he had made up his mind in the week since he was surveyed: If it were today, I think the image of those guys whooping with the tomahawk chop, Id vote for Ms. Warren. It's also not helping Brown that, even after that disgusting display by his staff, that he is still running ads attacking Warren on her heritage. Because he's got nothing else to run on. His attacks are defining Warren for some voters, eroding her credibility.
So will Brown overcome his desperation, completely change the tenor and the direction of his campaign tonight? His actions since the last debate suggest not. That leaves Warren an opening to appeal to those undecided voters by focusing back on Brown's voting record, trying to force him to defend his votes.
The debate begins tonight at 7:00 ET, and will be shown locally on WHDH-TV (Channel 7), NECN, and CSPAN.
8:39 AM PT: WBUR is out with a brand new poll this morning, again showing Warren with a lead, albeit slight. This makes seven of nine polls in the past month giving Warren the edge: "46 percent to 44 percent, with 9 percent undecided in the hotly contested race." That's a slide for Warren from WBUR's poll of two weeks ago, which had her up by five points.
Also of note in this story, don't have high expectations for the debate moderator setting a tone or focusing on substance. The moderator is "Dancing" Dave Gregory.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/01/1138422/-Warren-Brown-prepare-for-second-Senate-debate
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Warren, Brown prepare for second Senate debate (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2012
OP
It is about time for President Obama to add his voice in support of Elizabeth Warren
PuppyBismark
Oct 2012
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PuppyBismark
(594 posts)1. It is about time for President Obama to add his voice in support of Elizabeth Warren
With his lead so high in the state, telling them that he needs her to help him is a great idea.
global1
(25,251 posts)2. So Gregory Will Throw Softballs To Brown And HIt Below The Belt On Warren......
that's how he rolls. He also misquotes the President without an apology.
How many debates are scheduled between Brown & Warren anyway?
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)3. Tonight's debate will be the second of four scheduled.