Massachusetts: Cahill (I) in a polling freefall after a series of negative ads

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The big news out of Massachusetts -- the negative ads that the RGA are running against Tim Cahill have been a smashing success -- his support has crashed to 14%.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/massachusetts/election_2010_massachusetts_governor

On the other hand, Patrick has been the beneficiary of the emerging two-candidate race thus far:

Charlie Baker (R) 31%

Deval Patrick (D) 45%

Tim Cahill (I) 14%

Not sure  10%

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

You know, 45% is pretty good for someone supposed as hated as Patrick is.

His favorables improved slightly over the past month. One could theorize it was his handling of the "Great Bostonian Aquapocalypse of 2010," not that he did anything special other than to tell us to boil water.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I'm curious to see what Cahill does with his money. He said in the Globe it's still too early for him to spend his cash. But it may be too late.

Frankly, he made the same exact mistake that Coakley did. Just because you're a statewide elected official doesn't mean you can just sit back and let attacks go unanswered.