



Republicans are sweating next year’s Massachusetts Senate race, and for good reason. The latest poll, out on Wednesday from UMass–Lowell and the Boston Herald, gave Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren a seven point lead over incumbent Republican Sen. Scott Brown—a 10 point swing from the group’s previous survey. Which sort of explains this new ad hitting the airwaves in Massachusetts, from Karl Rove’s dark-money outfit, Crossroads GPS:

Notice something odd? Just a few weeks ago Rove’s group released an ad chastising Warren, a Harvard Law School professor who started up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, for inciting Occupy Wall Street. Now, his group has done a complete 180. Warren’s no longer a radical anti-capitalist crusader; she’s Wall Street’s best friend (albeit a friend one banker called “the anti-Christ”).

The kicker: As Michael Isikoff reported, “A substantial portion of Crossroads GPS’ money came from a small circle of extremely wealthy Wall Street hedge fund and private equity moguls.” So Wall Street is attacking Warren for associating with Wall Street. Got it?