What matters this Massachusetts election will be WHO COUNTS THE VOTES???? Their Secretary of State together with ACORN will do whatever they can to spoil all republican gains there. May God reign over them all!!
The difference here vs. Congressional races is this is a state wide vote. This is why the only (MA) Pubbies elected in the last twenty years (18 of them including Pubbie Governors) is because of the "flyover independent voter" areas in western MA and dotted within liberal enclaves.
With Brown polling Indies at around 80% this is a huge corral of votes to garner. Couple this with the anger against the Dems blatant power play by changing the very succession statutes they had created to thwart a Romney replacement of Kerry and the fact that Indies and Pubbies realize that with a statewide election their votes won't be as diluted by Beantown and you can see a perfect storm favoring Brown.