Can someone here explain how Elizabeth Warren is polling behind Scott Brown?

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5. Actually, not in this case. EW and SB have an agreement: no 3rd party ads

There are simpler explanations.

1.Scott Brown is running an excellent campaign. You would never know he is a Republican just by watching his ads. Very personal, nothing political, appealing to the working class MA voter.

2. Elizabeth Warren's campaign, otoh, is not achieving the one thing that she needs to achieve, and that is getting MA voters to 'know' her as a person. She needs to run ads that introduce her. Her liberal credentials and where she stands on issues are already known.

3. This is something beyond EW's control. The majority of registered voters here in MA are Independents. However, probably 75% of these so-called Indies are really Republicans who just won't admit it until they hit the voting booth.

4. Massachusetts folks hate it when their elected officials see their office as merely a stepping stone to bigger and better things. And with (imo) too many out of state calls for 'Elizabeth Warren 2016' and more money raised from outside sources than from MA residents, it does raise a red flag. Scott Brown probably has more higher office aspirations than EW, but he has managed to bamboozle the people here into thinking he loves being our 'senatah' and nothing more.

5. Finally, Baystaters are disgraceful when it comes to electing a women.