MA-Sen: The RNC’s Scene-Setting Memo

BOSTON — The Republican National Committee’s well-timed poll of what Massachusetts voters want after the ballots are counted tonight provides a roadmap to the party’s strategy if Scott Brown wins tonight. The key bit:

Should the winner of this special election be seated in the U.S. Senate immediately or should the Democrat leaders in Washington be allowed to delay seating the winner until after the health care reform bill has been voted on?

79%     Seated Immediately

10%     Allow Democrat Leaders To Delay Seating

9%       DK/Refused

Wording aside, there are the seeds of an aggressive campaign to make any delay in a Brown seating politically impossible. Past examples to look at–scandalized Sen. Roland Burris’s (D-Ill.) rain-soaked trip to the Senate to demand that he be seated, and the series of anti-health care reform rallies outside of Congress, put together on incredibly short notice.

RNC MA Statewide Pre-Election Survey 1-10 – Final With Results