Newton is the 800 pound gorilla in Barney’s district and a high turnout there is fatal for the repubs.
Newton is the 800-pound gorilla, but Brookline is the 600-pound gorilla. Both are deadly.
I think that Bielat needs to outperform Scott Brown in the New Bedford area in order to have a chance at the upset; Brown barely carried the district, and I’m sure that Newton and Brookline will be more energized for a Frank election than they were for Coakley.