Scott Brown's Internal Polls Show Double Digit Lead (Proving Me Wrong)

The Lid/Jim Geraghty ^ | 1/15/09 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

Today I was proven wrong(its not the first time nor will it be the last). Jim Geraghty posted of a source who ..tells me that the most recent internal poll of the Scott Brown campaign shows the Republican winning by... 11 percentage points. I'm getting the sense that the folks hearing this are almost a little incredulous, but it seems every demographic and key group is breaking to Brown in the past day or two. For weeks, Brown and everyone around him has said they will campaign and work as if they're 30 percentage points down. But it seems like the campaign has been one Coakley stumble after another, and you figure that would eventually start effecting the numbers. According to that measure, it's starting to break heavily in Brown's direction... but we'll have to see what the final few days bring.

Earlier today I received an email from a contact who works for a Political PR/Marketing firm in DC who said:

[TruJess]

The alternative is Coakley. She supports partial-birth abortion and federal funding for abortion. Brown does not. So tell me, which do you prefer? And how exactly would a Coakley win protect the unborn more than a Brown win would?

[discostu]

You didn’t think we’d manage to replace Ted Kennedy with Ronald Reagan did you?

[rbbeachkid]

What you may be missing is that as a Republican Senator he will have a voice in Judgeships. He can have no affect on abortions in the United States except by his judicial votes which will be made on other issues.

[madamemayhem]

i am anti abortion as you are but i realize (as i hope you do) that this man can stop the obama care abomination which uses our tax dollars to fund abortions. mr. brown has said he supports it in *certain situations where it is a necessary medical option*. that does not make him “pro-abortion” it makes him a realist who does not want the taxpayers money being used for elective and gratutious abortions.

[Hildy]

moment of weakness...I can be generous because I believe Brown is going to win and he will win big!

[sruleoflaw]

I appreciate your views and am strongly pro-life. Which would you prefer -— MASSIVELY MORE ABORTIONS UNDER THE OBAMACARE PLAN, or the death of ObamaCare and fewer government-financed abortions? Brown is against partial birth abortion and supports parental consent. SOMETIMES YOU WIN BY INCREMENTS. Your attitude is disturbing and please spare us the puke routines.

[roamer_1]

Great....so we elect a pro-abortionist....ends justify the means, right? excuse me while I go puke.

A fool and his principles are soon parted. SOSDD.

[GregoryFul]

Forgetaboutit. The dems will never fear God - God is dead, didn’t you hear? Maybe fear the throwback Christians, as they might get out of hand, but not any stinking God.

[copwife]

Also, if Brown wins, prolife Catholics will still be able to work in ERs!!

[uscabjd]

I’m anti abortion and I think you have lost your mind.

[Nuc1]

Good points. I expect that we will have to make incremental changes for decades and decades to straighten out the mess we have made. The dims didn't destroy the nation overnight and we won't rebuild it overnight. The dims are finished. The economy is an utter disaster waiting to unfold so the first and second increments are IMHO going to be rather large.

[catfish1957]

11%??? I don’t believe it. Taxachusetts is ultra left wing bastion of socialism. I think he can win, but it will be real real close. 45% of MA would vote for Joseph Stalin if he had a D behind the name.