Poll: Sen. Scott Brown enjoying higher favorables in Mass. than Obama, Kerry

[thundley4]

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) enjoys high favorability ratings after almost five whole months in office, a new poll found Monday.

The freshman GOP senator, who won the special election in January to fill the vacant seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D), is riding a wave of approval in the state, driven by support from Republicans and independents.

55 percent of the state's voters have a favorable opinion of Brown, while 18 percent have an unfavorable rating, according to a Boston Globe poll released Monday. 13 percent had a "neutral" opinion of the senator, while 14 percent didn't know.

Brown enjoys a 79-3 favorable-to-unfavorable rating amongst Republicans, the Globe reported, and a 55-11 rating among independents.

Brown will need these numbers to hold over the next two years if he wants to win reelection in 2012, when he'll have to run for his own, full six-year term.

The Republican senator has sought to strike a centrist pose during his first few months in the Senate, joining with Democrats on several key votes, such as several pushes to extend unemployment benefits, and on Wall Street reform. (Brown has threatened to oppose the final version of the financial overhaul due to changes made in conference.)

But Brown's rating also eclipses the favorability ratings of President Barack Obama and his state colleague, Sen. John Kerry (D), in the meanwhile.

Kerry has a 52-37 favorability rating, while Obama has a 54-41 rating.

The poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire's Survey Center from June 17-23, has a 4.2 percent margin of error.

The Hill

Ouch. 

[JohnnyReb]

Don't worry, dog face Kerry will be reelected.......dammit.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Well, really, what is there to like about Kerry?  He is a rich guy married to a rich woman, both of whom very clearly regard themselves as above the despicable proles who vote for him, and who was exposed very publicly for over-promoting his military record. 

[Eupher]

Since Kerry can't hide behind Kennedy's shadow any more, he's got to make his own way. And that's a problem for Kerry since he was Kennedy's disciple for so long.

I utterly fail to understand what the voters in Massachusetts see in Kerry (besides a horse face).

[NHSparky]

Well, really, what is there to like about Kerry?  He is a rich guy married to a rich woman, both of whom very clearly regard themselves as above the despicable proles who vote for him, and who was exposed very publicly for over-promoting his military record. 

Dude, you're talking about Massholes here.  If it has a D after its name, living, dead, or merely brain-dead, they vote for it.

There are Catholic homes in Boston that STILL have shrines for the Kennedy's which are bigger than the ones for Jesus.  I wish I was kidding.

[seabelle]

Don't worry, dog face Kerry will be reelected.......dammit.

Surely there's another "Scott Brown" out there    Taking out "Kerry's seat" should be easier than a "Kennedy's seat.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Dude, you're talking about Massholes here.  If it has a D after its name, living, dead, or merely brain-dead, they vote for it.

There are Catholic homes in Boston that STILL have shrines for the Kennedy's which are bigger than the ones for Jesus.  I wish I was kidding.

Yeah, I know.  Notice I didn't say he was in any danger of being thrown out, just that he is an unlovable snob.