Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic reports that Travis Childers, the Dem who nearly beat Republican Greg Davis in a runoff election in a R+10 MS district is now distancing himself from Obama.

UPDATE: jeepdad was kind enough to point out a new Rasmussen poll from today showing Obama beating McCain by 12 PTS. Link  That pretty much makes this diary irrelevant, although I had fun doing it.    

According to the latest poll of a hypothetical McCain/Obama matchup in Massachusetts, Barack Obama beats McCain by only 2% (the poll has a 4.2% MOE).  The poll was conducted by SURVEY USA from Apr. 11-13 and can be found here.

Now, considering that Hillary beat Obama by a sound margin in the primary, it should come as no surprise that she does much better against McCain than Obama.  But I was shocked to see Obama doing so poorly in a state generally assumed to be reliably Democratic (how soon we all forget Weld and Romney).  Does anyone seriously believe Obama will lose MA?  Not really.  But my curiosity prompted me to look for an explanation of why Obama does so poorly.  The surprising findings follow....