Thursday afternoon roundup.

First in a flurry of posts this evening, check back frequently.

--BlueMassGroup hired Research 2000 to conduct a poll, which found Martha Coakley leading Scott Brown 49%-41%.  Even in BMG's poll Coakley can't crack 50%, plus Brown leads Coakley 49%-36% among independents.  She better hope the Democrats come out in force. (And BMG makes the case here that they have to.)

--WBUR's Monica Brady-Myerov talks to some Mass politicos to get their thoughts on Scott Brown's almost meteoric rise in this campaign.

--The Fix wonders if nationalizing the Senate race will be a good thing for Martha Coakley. The Fix also has a prediction poll, so be sure to vote.

--I forgot to post this earlier, but former NYC Mayor Rudy Guliani will come to Massachusetts tomorrow to campaign for Scott Brown (and try and take some attention away from President Clinton's simultaneous visit to campaign for Coakley).

--David Bernstein has some interesting notes at his Talking Politics Blog.

--The Rothenberg political report says the Massachusetts Senate race is a toss-up.  The blog notes, that "Brown has “won” the “free media” over the past few days, and if he continues to do so, he will win the election."

--The Patriot Ledger outlines five key differences between Martha Coakley and Scott Brown: Health care, terrorism, taxes, Afghanistan, and climate change.

--At the Herald, Hillary Chabot talked to Curt Schilling about Martha Coakley.  Number 38 got a bit heated when talking about Coakley's "shaking hands outside of Fenway" comment from yesterday's Globe.

--Joe Kennedy says that Scott Brown supporters are threatening him.  My take (if it's true, and I have no reason to doubt Joe, especially if he fears for his safety.):  a) It's too late for Joe to take his name off the ballot, b) if his supporters decide they want to vote for Scott Brown, they'll do it regardless of whether or not he drops out/endorses Scott, c) If there are any voters out there who show up on Tuesday with absolutely no clue about the election, they are more probably more likely to vote for Kennedy over Coakley because of the name, rather than Kennedy over Brown.  Not sure what anyone would have to gain by threatening Joe.

--Senator Chuck Schumer called Scott Brown a "far-right tea-bagger" in an email to supporters.

--And the Associated Press is reporting that Vicki Kennedy has recorded an ad for Martha Coakley.  I will post it as soon as it's available.