WSJ on Scott Brown's strategy

[karynnj]

This article admits that he will have a tough re-election. It also speaks of the recent polls with Warren ahead. It then - in a pretty dishonest paragraph blames her improvement over Brown on:

While the poll results may be disconcerting for Mr. Brown and Senate Republicans, they're not unexpected. Ms. Warren's campaign has spent $1.5 million on an ad that portrays her as a defender of the middle class. And the League of Conservation Voters has dumped $2 million on spots that tar Mr. Brown as a Washington insider. The real surprise is that Mr. Brown still leads Ms. Warren, 53-37, with independents. Because Republicans constitute less than 15% of the Massachusetts electorate, Mr. Brown will probably have to win more than two-thirds of the independent vote and probably pick up some Democrats as well.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203413304577088701702217354.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Why dishonest, they ignore all of the Republican ads - some of which defended Brown and various obnoxious Republican ads that attacked Warren. The latest of which should be rejected by the tv stations as incredibly dishonest.

As to strategy, it is pretty limited - given that it was the headline -

Mr. Brown might feel the need to bolster his credentials as an independent thinker by voting with Democrats on some issues. These occasional defections may irritate Republicans, but they'd do well to ask themselves if they'd rather have a Scott Brown in that seat who votes with them 90% of the time -- or an Elizabeth Warren.

Umm, which is a further reach - Brown as independent or Brown as a thinker?