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...they can't be swayed by facts and worried about getting crosswise with the most highly energized part of the Republican base, McCainworld has allowed her version of reality to go largely unchallenged - and her rise to continue unchecked. There is perhaps a related factor: a recent Washington Post poll found that Republicans regard Palin as the front runner for their party's 2012 nomination and that she best represents the GOP's values - besting McCain on that score...
Momentum in the special election to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat seems to be swinging back to the Democratic candidate, Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley, after a public policy poll over the weekend showed Republican state senator Scott Brown pulling slightly ahead. (Read "The Kennedy Succession: The Coming Scramble...
...Since that poll left Democrats in the state and the nation's capital panicked about a possible upset, a Boston Globe poll found Coakley leading by 15 percentage points and one from the Mellman Group - albeit a Democratic-leaning organization - showed Coakley with a 14-point lead. But more important than the surveys themselves, the Massachusetts Democratic leadership seems to have been awakened by the closeness of the race - as, Coakley hopes, have been Democratic voters. (See Game Change: Why Harry Reid Said What He Said...
...comfortably ahead," says a Senate Democratic leadership aide. "In this climate, we take nothing for granted. A win is a win, and we need to make sure she pulls this off." In fact, Democrats are now a little less worried about keeping the seat - if anything, the public policy poll did them a good turn, helping to energize otherwise lethargic Dem voters...
...with the most highly energized part of the Republican base, McCainworld has shied away from fighting for the soul of the party, instead allowing her version of reality to go largely unchallenged - and her rise to continue unchecked. There was perhaps a related factor: a recent ABC-Washington Post poll found that Republicans regard Palin as the 2012 front runner for their party's nomination and that she best represents the GOP's values - besting McCain himself on that score...