Coakley internal poll: Brown 47, Coakley 45

As a friend points out, the Friday night numbers probably don’t take into account Coakley’s latest well-publicized gaffe, when she seemed to forget that Curt Schilling — who at one point flirted with running in this race — had played for the Red Sox. It may be silly that baseball IQ could have anything to do with a Senate candidate’s election prospects, but that’s where we are.