Former Senator Scott Brown leads an unnamed Democrat by 8 points and the only official Democratic contender,Ed Markey, by a whopping 53-31 in the upcoming special election per the latest MassInc poll. While the state is overwhelmingly Democratic, he has solid favorability ratings and is, with potentially stronger Democratic contenders turning down the chance, the current favorite in a special election which would be far less Democratic than the November result where he lost to Elizabeth Warren by 7 points. Besides the Virginia Governor's race, perhaps the only race really worth watching this year.

For full disclosure, MassInc's final poll gave Warren a 6-point edge, missing the final margin by a single point.

http://minx.cc/?post=336915

Which is why the state legislature will revert to a governor appointee.

Brown's got a rubber spine anyway. This state is hopeless.