Friday, January 15, 2010

One Hot Race: National players join Senate battle in Mass.

Subject: txt 1st 2010 - as Brown cuts into Coakley's lead
BOSTON -- Once considered a lock for Democrats, the race for Massachusetts' second seat in the U.S. Senate has gone from a sleepy affair to an all-out war being played out locally and nationally as Attorney General Martha Coakley and state Sen. Scott Brown sprint for the finish.

Energized by polling data that suggests the race could be a virtual dead heat, Brown and his supporters have sent a scare through the Democratic establishment in Massachusetts by showing that a Republican can not only compete, but just might win.

"I wish they would stay out of it, and let Martha and I talk about the difference between us,"

Brown told The Sun this week.

"I don't need anyone's help. I need people's help."

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