Scott Brown’s (R) campaign in New Hampshire “sent a news release Wednesday questioning why Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) wasn’t appearing with President Obama while he was ‘in town,'” the Washington Post reports.

“But Obama was in Worcester, Mass., about 50 miles from the New Hampshire border. The president will then be raising money in Boston for Senate Democrats.”

A new Boston Globe/SocialSphere poll in Massachusetts finds Martha Coakley (D) leading Steve Grossman (R) in the Democratic primary, 49% to 14%.

Coakley leads a general election match up with Charlie Baker (R), 42% to 31%.

A new Honolulu Civil Beat poll in Hawaii finds David Ige (D) leading Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) by 11 percentage points in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, 48% to 37%.

First Read: “So we’re now into Day 4 of Hillary Clinton’s official book rollout, and here’s an early conclusion: It’s been a mediocre rollout, at best. Yes, she hasn’t tripped over herself the way Jeb Bush did with his immigration book from last year. But consider: Her ‘dead broke’ comment received lots of blowback. Yes, the Clintons had racked up considerable debt and lawyers’ fees after their time in the White House, but they weren’t struggling the ways that millions of Americans are financially struggling. That gaffe exposed one of her biggest vulnerabilities: How does someone who hasn’t walked alone in 22 years (thanks to Secret Service protection) relate to the average American?”

The New York Times interviewed several economists about the writings of David Brat (R), the conservative economics professor who toppled House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R) this week in a primary.

Said University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers: “I did find him pretty confusing. This dude just really wants us all to go to church, and that appears to be his economic policy conclusion.”

A new Bloomberg National Poll finds 52% of Americans view Hillary Clinton favorably, down from 56% in March and 70% in December 2012.

“The decline means Clinton wouldn’t enter a possible 2016 race as a prohibitive favorite over key Republican rivals. While she still bests them in head-to-head matchups, she doesn’t have majority support against any of them.”

“Hillary Clinton had a tense exchange with an NPR host in an interview airing Thursday over whether she made ‘a calculus’ against publicly supporting gay marriage before endorsing it last year,” Politico reports.

“It’s the first time Clinton, a potential candidate for president in 2016, has been extensively questioned about her support for gay marriage. She did not back it in her 2008 presidential campaign but she issued support for it by video in 2013, weeks after leaving the State Department.”

A new Magellan Strategies (R) poll in Colorado finds Cory Gardner (R) edging Sen. Mark Udall (D) in the race for U.S. Senate, 47% to 45%.

Dave Weigel follows up on the Arizona race featuring a candidate who changed his name to Cesar Chavez. It gets much crazier.

“Eric Cantor’s campaign: You are no longer the most mockable and bumbling team in American politics this week.”

A new Mitchell Research poll in Michigan finds Gary Peters (D) edging Terri Lynn Land (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 45% to 42%.

Meanwhile, Gov. Rick Snyder (R) leads challenger Mark Schauer (D) in the race for governor, 46% to 41%.