Elizabeth Warren surged ahead of Scott Brown (R-MA) in the polls yesterday, and Carl Rove, aka Turd Blossom, unveiled a thoroughly ridiculous attack ad against her. In his earlier attack, Rove called Warren the intellectual godmother of OWS. The new ad directly contradicts that, accusing Warren of being the Bankster’s butt buddy, opposing the American people. Say what?

Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren has taken a 7-percentage-point lead over incumbent Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), according to a new poll, buoying prospects for the Harvard professor.

Warren garnered the support of 49 percent of registered voters surveyed, compared to 42 percent for Brown, according to the poll released Wednesday by the Boston Herald and University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Those numbers represent substantial gains for Warren, who trailed Brown 41 percent to 38 percent in a similar poll in October.

While Warren’s 10-point-swing is troubling for the Brown campaign in its own right, perhaps even more troubling is that the senator’s favorability and approval ratings have also dropped substantially. Over the past two months, Brown’s job approval rating has slipped from 53 percent to 45 percent, while only 48 percent say they have a favorable view of their senator. That number is down from 52 percent in September.

Those who have an unfavorable view of Brown have ticked up from 29 percent to 35 percent over the same period…