Senate upset in Massachusetts?

GOP hopes for Massachusetts Senate upset

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Republicans may be on the verge of pulling off what was politically unthinkable until now: winning the race to fill liberal lion Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts.

Tuesday's special election is deadlocked, according to a new poll.

President Obama will campaign Sunday in Massachusetts to try to help save the seat for Democrats, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.

A GOP victory in overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts could give Senate Republicans enough votes to block Obama's health care plan. It also could shatter assumptions about the competitiveness of politics in the progressive Northeast.

No Republican has a won a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts since 1972. The state's entire congressional delegation is Democratic. Obama crushed Sen. John McCain in Massachusetts in 2008, beating the GOP nominee by 26 percentage points.

Kennedy, an advocate for overhauling health care throughout his career, held his seat for more than 46 years. His brother, President Kennedy, had it for another eight.

A Suffolk University/7 News poll released Thursday night indicates that 50 percent of likely voters back GOP state Sen. Scott Brown. Forty-six percent support state Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Democratic nominee.

Comment: It would be massive if the Dems lost this seat! Special election is Tuesday.