Looks like basing your entire campaign strategy around attack your opponent’s genealogy and calling them “Professor” as if it were an insult isn’t working:

@polltracker Average: MA Senator ‘12:WARREN(D) 49.0% BROWN(R) 43.6% #ptmobile polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.com/contests/ma-se…

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 7, 2012