LONDON TIMES: ‘Safe’ Kennedy seat now up for grabs. “Even a narrow loss for the Republicans, in what should be one of the safest Senate seats in the country, would be seen as disastrous for the Democrats, who are haemorrhaging the support of the independent-minded centrists who swept Mr Obama to power.”

Yes. Whether Scott Brown manages an upset or not, the closeness of this supposed-to-be-safe race demonstrates the Democrats’ problems.