Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren hit the campaign trail this weekend with a potentially shifting backdrop, as some national political handicappers begin to call Warren the slight favorite.
Several political sites, including the conservative-leaning Rasmussen Reports on Friday and the Washington Post’s Fix blog on Thursday, moved the closely fought contest from “tossup” to “leans Democrat,” as polls giving Warren a slight edge continue to stack up. The Cook Report continues to rate the race a tossup, while the Rothenberg Political Report on Friday moved it from “pure tossup” to “tossup/tilt Democrat.”
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Scott Brown may yet pull out a win, but he was in the driver's seat until the opening moments of the first debate when he went after Elizabeth Warren for her Native American heritage. In one stroke, he lost the benefit of three years of a carefully nurtured image as a nice guy. If Warren wins, that may well be looked back on as the turning point of the campaign.
Quick!!! Pull the old lady in the red drape back from the edge before she falls off and winds up in a debating club of old men. . .. !!!!