THREE DAYS TO GO – AT 10:08 A.M. ET:  There are no new polls from Massachusetts at this hour.  There were wild rumors late last night about candidates' internal polls, but the rumors were all over the place, with none confirmed.

We expect new poll numbers this weekend, with perhaps some last-minute polls on Monday, or Tuesday morning, reflecting the impact, if any, of Obama's campaign trip to Massachusetts tomorrow to try to save Martha Coakley from herself.

GOP challenger Scott Brown is snapping back at the smear offensive being waged against him, as Dems pull out all stops to keep the "Ted Kennedy seat" in their column.  From Fox News:

GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown and his supporters are firing back at Democratic senators for accusing him of being a "far-right" politician backed by "right-wing radicals" by virtue of his ties to the conservative tea party movement.

Brown, with the support of the tea party groups and others, is posing a stiff challenge to Democrat Martha Coakley in the race for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy. Polls show him closing in on Coakley, long the frontrunner, with just four days to go until the special election, and the latest survey shows him leading by 4 points.

With the race tightening, national Democratic heavyweights have stepped into the picture and are lobbing harsh accusations at Brown's support network.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., claimed in an e-mail that "swift boaters" were trying to sink Coakley, a reference to the ads that targeted him in the 2004 presidential campaign. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called Brown a "far-right tea-bagger" in an e-mail, using a term that also can refer to a sexual act. Then on Friday, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., wrote in a fundraising e-mail that Coakley was "being attacked by tea partiers and right-wing radicals."

COMMENT:  It's all negative.  What is there positive to say about Martha Coakley, Madam Gaffe, whose latest blunder was to describe Boston Red Sox great Curt Schilling as "a Yankee fan."  I mean, really.

January 16,  2010