stunned but galled democrats. a photo genic, inel tyen tyupst seat left vacate by the death of ted kennedy and it could prove decisive in preventing republicans from wresting control of the chamber. both parties will flood the state with money. warren on monday announced an impressive two-month tally of $3.15 million in donations and both parties candidates will be shoe horned into the election cycles of biting cliche s and conceits whether they fit or not. warren and brown don t at least not neatly. katty kay, massachusetts is going to be a critical senate battle. probably the most fascinating next year. yeah, because the republicans if they want to take the senate need to hold on to massachusetts and they think that in scott brown they have what they believe is the perfect candidate. he was always going to be vulnerable. it was always a surprise that a republican took that seat