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Democrats had been favored to keep this Senate seat, and are in a state of shock as Coakley has lost her 30 point lead and trails Republican [[Scott Brown]] by a few points in the latest polls. Coakley has proven to be an ineffective candidate who is unable to reach independents. Brown is a much better campaigner, and leads 2-1 among independents, who will elect him if they turn out and vote. Brown's main theme is that he will be the 41st senator and will block the Obama health care plan--which Massachusetts does not need, he explains, because it has its own plan now in operation. Coakley responds by attacking bankers and bringing in big guns like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, though their appearance underscores her strength among Democratic party regulars and her weakness against independents. A defeat for Coakley, coming on the heels of the Democrats' loss of Virginia and New Jersey in Nov. 2009, would be a major blow to the liberal cause and would reinvigorate the Republican party nationally.
Democrats had been favored to keep this Senate seat, and are in a state of shock as Coakley has lost her 30 point lead and trails Republican [[Scott Brown]] by a few points in the latest polls. Coakley has proven to be an ineffective candidate who is unable to reach independents. Brown is a much better campaigner, and leads 2-1 among independents, who will elect him if they turn out and vote. Brown's main theme is that he will be the 41st senator and will block the Obama health care plan--which Massachusetts does not need, he explains, because it has its own plan now in operation. Coakley responds by attacking bankers and bringing in big guns like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, though their appearance underscores her strength among Democratic party regulars and her weakness against independents. A defeat for Coakley, coming on the heels of the Democrats' loss of Virginia and New Jersey in Nov. 2009, would be a major blow to the liberal cause and would reinvigorate the Republican party nationally.
==Latest poll results==
see [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/ma/massachusetts_senate_special_election-1144.html for latest polls]
* ARG Poll (released 1/16): Brown 48, Coakley 45
* PJM/CrossTarget (released 1/15): Brown 54, Coakley 39
* Suffolk/7News (released 1/15): Brown 50, Coakley 46
* Blue Mass Group/R2000 (released 1/14): Brown 41 Coakley 49
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