I don’t think there’s any question that Scott Brown has enough vulnerabilities for Bay State Dems to turn this race against him. The question is whether they have enough time. Different Massachusetts readers have different explanations for why Coakley is in such trouble (besides the obvious global problem that it’s a really rough time to be running as a Dem). But the most consistent and convincing explanation I’ve seen is that she was just not visible after the primary while Brown has been ubiquitous. In other words, Brown got a jump on Coakley. And Coakley’s campaign was late to catch on.
The real question to me is whether they have time to shift the dynamic. One vulnerability I don’t think I’ve seen much attention to is that Brown has contradicted himself right and left about whether he supports the kind of plan the Dems are now trying to pass — pretty much exactly the kind he voted for in Massachusetts just back in 2006.
