Remain Calm -- All Is Well

The Democrats are now seriously worried about losing Ted Kennedy's Senate seat... um, make that the people's Senate seat...

A major national union supporting Democrat Martha Coakley is taking out a massive TV ad buy that slams her Republican rival, Scott Brown, for his positions on abortion and climate change.

The ad taken out by the Service Employees International Union, will begin airing statewide tomorrow. The buy size is $685,000, one of the largest of the election.

“Before you vote for Senate, here’s a few things you should know about Scott Brown,” says a narrator in the 30-second spot. The narrator then says he “has repeatedly opposed a woman’s right to choose” and he “expresses skepticism that climate change is being caused by humans.”

“No wonder Brown’s campaign is being supported by the same extremist group that backs Sarah Palin,” the narrator says. “Martha Coakley for Senate. Massachusetts values.”

Jim Geraghty points out that in addition to the SEIU, the national Democrats have dropped over a million bucks into the race. We know the Dems are worried when their internal polls match up with what Scott Rasmussen says: that the race is within the margin of error and effectively a toss-up. I'm starting to wonder whether Chip Diller from Animal House will show up as Coakley's campaign spokesman" "Remain calm. All is well."

Of course, it doesn't help when your candidate's most memorable moment of the week is misspelling "Massachusetts" in a campaign ad as "Massachusettes". Martha Coakley's best attribute is that she's making the current crop of Congressional Democrats look competent. While Coakley's raising money from big-time lobbyists, Brown's moneybomb Monday night got $1.3 million with an average donation under $80 (by way of disclosure, I threw some cash in the pot myself).

Can Brown win? I'd quote a certain three word campaign slogan from the 2008 Presidential election campaign, but that would seem trite.