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4:55 PM ET, January 16, 2010

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Coakley dismisses Schilling: ‘Another Yankee fan’ — In the intensifying Democratic precriminations game over who to blame if Coakley loses, here's one for the blame Coakley camp: On another talk radio show, “Nightside With Dan Rea,” Coakley jabs Rudy Giuliani as a Yankee fan …

Discussion: Power Line, The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, The Reaction, The Fix, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Another Black Conservative, JammieWearingFool, AmSpecBlog, The Lonely Conservative, The Corner on National …, The Politico, Althouse, Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media and Hot Air

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Quote For The Day — “I've been called a lot of things...but never, I mean never, could anyone make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan. Well, check that, if you didn't know what the hell is going on in your own state maybe you could...” - Curt Schilling, responding to Martha Coakley's latest, awful gaffe.

Discussion: Dennis the Peasant

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

Political Memo: Democrats Fret That the Public Is Dissatisfied — BOSTON — There may be no better place to measure the shifting fortunes of President Obama and the Democratic Party than in the race being fought here this weekend for the Senate seat that had been held by Edward M. Kennedy.

Discussion: TalkLeft

Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:

I've been called a LOT of things... But never, and I mean never, could anyone ever make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan. Well, check that, if you didn't know what the hell is going on in your own state maybe you could.... This is great stuff.

Discussion: National Review, National Review Online, AmSpecBlog, Power Line, Gateway Pundit, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Betsy's Page, The Daily Caller, Pundit & Pundette, TigerHawk, Riehl World View, PoliPundit.com and The Politico

Robert Cruickshank / Firedoglake:

MA-Sen: We've Seen This Movie Before — When Mike Stark commented on “the implosion” looming for Democrats as evidenced by the Massachusetts Senate special election next week by suggesting he wouldn't phonebank for Martha Coakley, there were a number of replies taking issue with his assessment …

Robert Costa / National Review:
Not Wicked Awesome — By: Robert Costa

Discussion: The Natural Truth

Jon Keller / Wall Street Journal:
The Backlash Is Coming! The Backlash Is Coming!

Discussion: Hot Air, SCSUScholars, Jules Crittenden and New York Times

Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
Senate Can Pass Health With 51 Votes, Van Hollen Says

Discussion: Left Coast Rebel, Scared Monkeys, Raw Story, The Corner on National …, sisu, Another Black Conservative, RedState, Daily Kos, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit

Jim Geraghty / National Review Online:
One Internal Poll: Dead Even. …

The Note:
Bill Buckner Curse Haunts Health Care?

Discussion: Right Wing Nut House, American Power, Taylor Marsh, neo-neocon, Flopping Aces, Political Punch, The Democratic Daily, TPMDC, Democratic Strategist, ABCNEWS, The Politico, PoliPundit.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hot Air and Betsy's Page

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

Dem Mail: Scott Brown Wants Hospitals To Turn Away All Rape Victims — This is absolutely brutal: Massachusetts Dems have dropped a mail piece accusing GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown of wanting hospitals to turn away “all” rape victims. — The mail piece — sent over by the Brown campaign …

Discussion: Right Wing Nut House, Hotline On Call, Ben Smith's Blog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Caucus

ZIP / Weasel Zippers:

Honest Democrat Ed Schultz Says 'I'd Cheat' To Keep Scott Brown From Winning... The Democrat Party should change it's name to ‘Thieves “R” Us’... Via Breitbart.tv — FreeThinkerNY

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, DaTechguy's Blog, Breitbart.tv, The Other McCain and The Greenroom

Jon Walker / Firedoglake:

Ohio Democrat Steve Driehaus Losing To Steve Chabot 39% to 56% — Steve Driehaus (image via aflcio2008 flickr) — FDL/SurveyUSA, 1/12-1/14, 600 likely voters, Margin of Sampling error ± 4.1% … A new SurveyUSA poll sponsored by Firedoglake shows incumbent Democrat Steve Driehaus …

Discussion: The Hill, RedState and The Fix

Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:

Campbell Brown Breaks Down Over Death Of Haitian Child — Sadly, this little girl's story is one of tens of thousands in Haiti right now, each one heartbreaking and grossly unfair: … If only more talking heads in this country could move past their own limited binary thought of politics …

Discussion: CNN, Hullabaloo and Doctors Without Borders

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

Bush, Clinton join Obama at White House to kick off Haiti relief fund — President Barack Obama joined his two predecessors at the White House on Saturday to kick off a Haiti relief drive. — Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton returned to the White House to join Obama to speak about the …

Discussion: New York Times, Associated Press, Crooks and Liars, The Swamp and PERRspectives

Mark Landler / New York Times:
In Show of Support, Clinton Goes to Haiti

Discussion: TalkLeft, Reuters and Associated Press

The Hill:
Payments to states emerges as major obstacle to healthcare reform

Discussion: The Plum Line, The Politico, RedState and The Political Carnival

EricWiz / Red Mass Group:

WOW! Purple Shirted SEIU Members Holding Signs at Standout — This picture sums up the Coakley campaign. Keep up the work but I have a feeling we are going to win running away. — Photo Credit: David Toppen's Facebook Page — That is perfect! I love this picture (0.00 / 0)

Discussion: Hot Air, Gateway Pundit, Left Coast Rebel and AmSpecBlog

Michelle Malkin:

Video: “Massachusetts Miracle” — Everyone's e-mailing it to me: — See what others have said — Note from Michelle: This section is for comments from michellemalkin.com's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that I agree with or endorse any particular comment just because I let it stand.

Discussion: protein wisdom and The Lonely Conservative

New York Post:

Hood massacre report gutless and shameful — There are two basic problems with the grotesque non-report on the Islamist- terror massacre at Fort Hood (released by the Defense Department yesterday): — * It's not about what happened at Fort Hood. — * It avoids entirely the issue of

Discussion: Outside The Beltway and The Daily Caller

Jeffrey Young / The Hill:

Obama goes after Wall Street over bailout in his weekly address — President Barack Obama vowed to recoup billions of dollars in bailout money paid out to prevent a major crisis among large financial firms in his radio address Saturday, declaring, “We're not going to let Wall Street take the money and run.”

Discussion: The Swamp, The Politico and TigerHawk

Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Weekly Address: Getting Our Money Back from Wall Street

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Page

David Weigel / The Washington Independent:

Did Firedoglake Take Out Vic Snyder? — Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) announced his retirement today, mixed-but mostly dire-news for Democrats, who were hopeful that he could hold on and defeat his likely, scandal-tainted GOP opponent Tim Griffin. One of the possible reasons for the retirement?