Elizabeth Warren - UP BY 5 - appears to inch ahead of Scott Brown in new Globe poll, 43 - 38

[kpete]

Elizabeth Warren appears to inch ahead of Scott Brown in new Globe poll, 43 - 38
But 18% of voters said they’re still undecided

With Elizabeth Warren and Senator Scott Brown preparing for their second debate Monday night, Warren appears to be inching ahead in the highly competitive race for Senate, as Massachusetts Democrats energized by the presidential race begin to fall in line behind her, according to a new Globe poll.

Warren, a Democrat, leads Brown, a Republican, 43 percent to 38 percent, a shift from the Globe’s last poll in May, when Brown held a 2-point lead. But the race remains within either candidate’s grasp, with 18 percent of voters still undecided, said Andrew E. Smith, the Globe’s pollster and the director of the University of New Hampshire ­Survey Center.

This survey is the sixth of eight public polls taken this month that show Warren ahead.

Warren’s lead is within the poll’s 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.

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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2012/09/29/elizabeth-warren-appears-inch-ahead-scott-brown-new-globe-poll/4u10XRyC5PmIPCkKsutsnN/story.html

[valerief]

1. Second debate Oct. 1!

http://beaconhill.patch.com/articles/scott-brown-and-elizabeth-warren-to-debate-oct-1-in-lowell-5ed1850f

Sucky moderator, though.

Monday night's debate will be moderated by “Meet the Press” anchor David Gregory. It will begin at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live on WHDH Channel 7, New England Cable News, WBZ-AM 1030 and WRKO-AM 680. It will be streamed online at bostonherald.com, and the Associated Press will provide a feed to its members.

[kentuck]

2. I think this is probably accurate.

Scott Brown has indulged in unnecessary attacks on Elizabeth Warren lately and he doesn't have the political capital to engage such activities. The only way he can win in MA is to come across as a moderate - not tied too closely to the Republican Party. Once he is tied to that bunch of nuts, the race is over for him.