New Rasmussen: Coakley's Lead is Down to Two

Guys? This is going to happen.

I've already decided the Globe poll was nonsense and that of course the Democratic Party's own poll is worth doodley squat.

So now we have one poll showing a one point Brown lead, and this one showing a two point deficit.

It's going to happen.

Woot: AHFF Geoff notes without leaners included (who may not vote, after all), Brown's really one point ahead.

And on Twitter, Slublog points out something astonishing: Among likely unaffiliated voters, Brown leads 71-23.

Of course, he's going to need that sort of lopsided split to offset the massive, massive Democratic advantage. But I'm pretty sure a lot of Democrats will be voting for him.

More: Via Allah's mighty Twitter feed -- even internal Democratic polls only show Coakley ahead by five.

Cratering: Same internal poll, down from 15 a week ago to 5 now.

Thanks to enoxo.

Panic Button: From Coakley's call to donors...

“It’s a little frightening how much traction he’s been able to get so quickly,” Coakley said on the call, which I was able to listen in on this afternoon, adding that he’d successfully used terror and joblessness to stoke voter fears.

Coakley also pleaded with donors to come through with last-minute funding for what she said would be an extremely pricey home-stretch. “It’s astounding how expensive this is,” Coakley said, saying additional TV ads are on the way. “We can’t stress enough how urgent it is. We need $400,000 in additional TV, $325,000 in getting out the vote mailings, and $80,000 in robocalls.”

Thanks to LoopyD of Spitfire Murphy.

posted by Ace at 05:07 PM

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