[nhwingut]

Brown is a solid candidate. It could be closer than usual. Coakley is a bad candidate.

There is a 3rd party libertarian named Kennedy that the liberal media is (what a shocker) trying to promote so he steals Brown’s base.

[taildragger]

This typical NE Democratic party Pshyc-Ops. They have been doing this crap for 20 or 30 years at least. Clever B@$+@rDs they are for finding a doop with the Kennedy name.

[SamAdams76]

Coakley is an awful candidate and that's why you haven't seen any polls touted in the media here. Whatever the margin is, it's too close to comfort so the Dems strategy is basically to keep Coakley closeted in her limo and to run out the clock. If they can avoid any debates with Brown, they will do so and if they do have to debate, they will insist on Joseph Kennedy (the Libertarian and no relation to the dysfunctional family from Hyannisport) being a part of them so as to minimize the time Coakley has to speak because head-to-head with Brown, she'll look like the shrill empty pants-suit that she is.

It is true that Kennedy will draw some base away from Brown but most Democratic Massachusetts voters are so stupid that they will vote for Joseph Kennedy, thinking he's related to the same Joseph Kennedy that used to bootleg liquor and screw showgirls. So Kennedy's candidacy will probably be a wash.