The Encyclopedia Of Brown

Steve M, as usual, has a damn good point here as he notes that in the latest PPP Massachusetts poll, Scott Brown is pulling ahead, but Bay State voters want the Dems to keep the Senate by a 17 point margin:

"Very interesting tension" is one way of putting it. Another way is: Liberals and moderates are too freaking stupid to recognize that the only way to stop the wingnut madness is to vote against all Republicans forever -- even "nice" ones like Scott Brown -- until the party abandons insane, frothing-at-the-mouth radicalism as a governing philosophy.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: In all likelihood, Elizabeth Warren cannot beat Scott Brown. Massachusetts voters like him too much. Warren can -- perhaps -- beat the Republican Party, however. Her best chance of victory is to stop running against Brown and start running against, well, Todd Akin and all his ideological soul mates. On the right, Missouri voters know how this works. On the left and in the center, blue-state voters still don't have a clue. 

And it's a valid point.  Dems judge races on the candidates at hand.  Republicans judge races by "Screw Nobama."  I think Elizabeth Warren can beat Scott Brown, but she'd win by 15 points if her opponent was Paul Ryan or Todd Akin.    The fact that Brown continues to remain close shows me that Warren should at least consider making the race about Republicans other than Scott Brown, and should do so sooner rather than later.