A new Suffolk University/Globe poll confirms what Jon Keller was saying the other week: People are in a bad mood and it’s indeed a crappy time to be an incumbent. … In Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, they’re rejecting Trump, rejecting Dems, and even rejecting dog catchers (if they could) etc. etc. … I’m waiting for the Globe to drop the latest Maura Healey poll numbers in the wake of the recent (somewhat surprising) UNH data

… Meanwhile, Jon Keller notes one incumbent in particular may be vulnerable during these crappy political times: Sen. Ed Markey, who Jon not-so-kindly describes as an “overripe baby-boomer about to turn eighty who insists he’s hanging around.” … Are state Dems about to commit their own original sin? We’ll see. … Anyway, Jake Auchincloss and Seth Moulton are reportedly eyeing Markey’s seat. But they’re incumbents. Jon suggests Earl Martin Phalen might be a sleeper candidate.  Jon provides the bio. But note Phalen’s impeccable Ivy League credentials. … OK, that’s a minor pet-peeve of mine. Still, it does sort of fit into the Dems-are-the-party-of-the-college-educated narrative.

Update — The Globe has dropped another poll story showing voter discontent with RFK Jr. and his policies. No big surprise. Unfortunately, no Healey numbers yet.