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Bay State FReeper reporting, as requested.

Weather will NOT be a factor in the voter turnout on Tuesday, dagnabbit.

Local TV is PACKED with political ads, with 10 or more running in a row, back to back, around the dinner hour. People are getting sick of them. The TV ads are running about 8:1 for Coakley, which includes SEIU and DSCC ads. I’m almost amused at how they use the word “Republican” like a hideous insult. Brown might do well to remind people that we had low unemployment and no terrorist attacks after 9/11 under Bush. The Dem meme that Bush was the worst president EVER needs to be challenged.

People do NOT get real news from Boston media, so there has been next to no coverage of the shoving incident or the Massachusett(e)s or Twin Towers mistakes. People who get their news online are much better served than they are from Boston media.

Brown seems to connect with “real people” better while everybody knows Coakley is a hack. As a resident of Middlesex County, where she was the DA before becoming AG, I have a better memory of her lousy performance than most Bay Staters. Brown would do himself a favor if he took the gloves off and attacked her miserable record as both DA and AG. He should also spend more on printing up bumper stickers, which seem scarce.

From my perspective, independents and Republicans are heavily favoring Brown, while Democrats (as is typical in Massachusetts) would vote for Satan himself if he had a “D” after his name. That being said, I do detect some Obama remorse among Mass. Democrats (remember, Hillary beat The One here in the 2008 primaries) but it isn’t enough to carry the day. This one will be close.

I do sense some panic among the Dems, so watch out for dirty tricks. Poll watchers are needed in EVERY precinct to keep the graveyard voters in their tombs. Nobody I know ever admitted voting for Teddy, but he kept getting re-elected.

We would love to see Scott Brown visit the Merrimack Valley, but we know there are bluer corners of the state that need more attention. After Jim Ogonowski gave Niki the Dunce a good run, we know Republicans stand at least a fighting chance in the Lowell suburbs.

See you on Tuesday!