Mass. Senate race tidbits, Part II
More tidbits on the Senate contest:

-- Perhaps the biggest story of the morning: Voter turnout now expected to be high. What this does to all the polls and projections (which were based on low turnout), I don’t know. I suspect it will help Coakley. Who knows at this point?

-- Spare me the emails for not saying it will help Scott Brown. … I got a mini-bombardment of emails yesterday from what I suspect were out-of-state types who were furious that I wasn’t sufficiently gung-ho for Brown. I finally figured out what was happening. It explains the update note to Reader Z in yesterday’s last post.

-- TPM: ‘Martha Coakley, They Just Aren't That Into You.’ … Mostly true. But it also falls under the emerging blame-Martha meme Dems are practicing in case Martha loses.

-- Here’s why Scott Brown isn’t exactly my cup of tea, even though I’m thrilled his candidacy is scaring the living s&%t out of Dems.

-- I never thought I’d miss the very tired ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ line. Sure Beacon Hill, Obamacare (pro and con), Martha’s incompetency, etc. are all factoring into the race (and all four pieces are quite good and recommended). But getting lost in the shuffle is the old-fashioned, proven trend of the party in power getting creamed when the economy goes south. I’m as guilty as anyone else for forgetting that elementary fact of elections.

-- Quote of the morning (merely because it sort of reflects what I’m thinking):

My only hesitation in voting for Brown is how that vote will be spun by the mediots in the Beltway. Let me say emphatically that my vote for Brown isn't a vote against Obama. It's a vote against the Democratic Party, and hacks like Coakley, but also a vote to help moderate the GOP. One more New England Republican is necessary. Of all the places the GOP might find it's path again I hope it's from where it was born.

-- Biggest disappointment of last 24 hours: My home-made manicotti was wrecked by absolutely awful Newman’s Own tomato and basil sauce, which overwhelmed everything with a weird sweet-and-sour taste. The ‘Battleground’ movie and Brigies IC were fine. See note in yesterday’s tidbits.

-- Yard sign watch: Only one (1) Coakley sign in my neighborhood. My next-door neighbor, who usually has the earliest and most Dem signs during elections, has none (0). … I’m doing a yard-sign scouting mission later today. Update to follow.

-- Memo to White House/DNC staff: Bring your own Coakley signs to Boston today. There seems to be a shortage here.

-- Intrade still has Brown up 55-47 this morning. There.  ¶ 8:11 AM