http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politi ... position=0



Poll shocker: Scott Brown surges ahead in Senate race

Jessica Van Sack By Jessica Van Sack
Thursday, January 14, 2010


Riding a wave of opposition to Democratic health-care reform, GOP upstart Scott Brown is leading in the U.S. Senate race, raising the odds of a historic upset that would reverberate all the way to the White House, a new poll shows.

Although Brown’s 4-point lead over Democrat Martha Coakley is within the Suffolk University/7News survey’s margin of error, the underdog’s position at the top of the results stunned even pollster David Paleologos.

“It’s a Brown-out,â€