it can as well be a love letter.
The battle will be on the independents and the gist of this story makes him very sympathetic (the speech was incoherent, but he was sick. I am not sure this speech was more incoherent than any other speech Brown makes, but this does not appear in the article). He is frustrated not to be able to be bipartisan. He voted with the Democrats on the finance bill (they do not even say that it was after emptying him of part of his substance). And while they criticize Brown on the legislation he tried to still from Gillibrand, it comes in the very end, at a point where most readers will be tired of reading.
I do not disagree with you on your comments concerning Brown, but this is not how the Boston Globe's article will be read by those people to convince. He comes out as an independent voice frustrated by the Senate's partisanship. In addition to the idea that it could be good to have a divided representation just in case Romney is elected. Frankly, this article is too subtle for those who are not yet convinced by Warren (not to the Warren's campaign. Start talking to other people than those who already support you or we'll be stuck with 6 more years of Brown).
In addition, Brown is running an excellent ad, which of course does not focus on what he did, but on the fact that he is an independent ready to work with everybody and that, with work, you can get over any adversity, just like him (of course without mentioning that he was helped). Of course, the ad is full of vacuum, but it is effective and talk to these independents that he needs to win.
At the same time, a new Suffolk poll is going out today. The rumor is that it is very bad for Warren, so bad that the DSCC published a poll where they are tied. I know that people will say that Suffolk is biased, but they tend to be pretty good in MA and were spot on during the two last elections). So, we really need these negative ads on Brown.
Sorry to be so gloomy, but I really do not feel good about this election.